Diabetes (disambiguation)

Diabetes usually refers to diabetes mellitus, a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood glucose levels over a prolonged period.

Diabetes may also refer to a heterogeneous group of diseases that only have in common excessive urination and thirst:

Diabetic conditionsEdit

Diabetes insipidusEdit

  • Diabetes insipidus (DI), a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine (unrelated to the high blood sugar levels of diabetes mellitus)

Diabetes mellitusEdit

Types of diabetes mellitusEdit

Common typesEdit
Rare typesEdit

Complications of diabetes mellitusEdit

AcuteEdit
  • Diabetic coma, a reversible form of coma, a medical emergency, found in people with diabetes mellitus with a extremely elevated blood sugar
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially life-threatening complication in patients with diabetes mellitus (usually type 1)
ChronicEdit
  • Diabetic foot, refers to several podiatric pathologies associated with diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetic nephropathy, damage to the kidneys and the development of proteinuria and chronic kidney disease
  • Diabetic neuropathy, a disorder that is associated with diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetic retinopathy, damage to the retina of the eye caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which can eventually lead to diabetic nephropathy, damage to the kidneys and the development of proteinuria, and chronic kidney disease

Diabetes in animalsEdit

Diabetes managementEdit

PeriodicalsEdit

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  • Diabetes Care, a peer-reviewed medical journal published since 1978 by the American Diabetes Association

See alsoEdit