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The first very much more common than the second and the patient
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who says he diabetic almost without exception will mean that he has
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diabetes mellitus.
Insulin secretion of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Its
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in liver form of glycogen.
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insulin immediately raises the level of blood sugar and this condition
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known as hyperglycaemia. Sugar appears also in the urine and to its presence
the studentwill see the term glycosuria applied.
A disturbance of sugar metabolism in the body associated with im
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paired combustion of fats, as the one process assists the other. When the
oxidation of fats only partial, certain aceto-acetic acids or ketones are
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elderly person.
With this treatment the blood sugar can be kept at normal level, the
free of glycosuria, and his diabetes said to be stabilized. Once
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