What is Diabetes Mellitus?

Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as mellitus, diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body sugar, does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do insulin, not respond to the insulin that is produced. First identified as a disease associated with "sweet urine," and excessive muscle loss in the ancient world. Elevated levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) lead (hyperglycemia) to spillage of glucose into the urine, hence the term sweet urine.

Types of Diabetes


Type 1 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Gestational diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes


Results from the body s failure to produce insulin Requires person to inject insulin Also referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes insulinmellitus, IDDM for short, and juvenile diabetes.)

Type 2 Diabetes


results from insulin resistance, a condition in resistance, which cells fail to use insulin properly, sometimes combined with an absolute insulin deficiency. Formerly referred to as non-insulin-dependent non-insulindiabetes mellitus, NIDDM for short, and adultadultonset diabetes.

Gestational Diabetes


when pregnant women, who have never had diabetes before, have a high blood glucose level during pregnancy It may precede development of type 2 DM.

Symptoms

Impact/diseases
 blindness, blindness,

kidney failure, and nerve

damage.  microvascular disease. disease.  hardening and narrowing of the arteries atherosclerosis), (atherosclerosis),  Strokes  Diabetic foot

Ways to counteract Diabetes

 Have

a balanced diet more often

 Exercise  Avoid  Don t

smoking and drinking alcohol STRESS to much (less homework)

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