Diabetes+Mellitus


 * Simply known as Diabetes
 * Metabolic Disease


 * __Three main types include:__
 * Type I Diabetes
 * Body fails to make enough insulin
 * Requires insulin shots
 * Type II Diabetes
 * Insulin resistance
 * Can be controlled with medicine
 * Gestational Diabetes
 * When pregnant women who have never had diabetes before have high blood glucose levels during pregnancy.
 * May develop into Type II Diabetes
 * __Other forms:__
 * Congenital Diabetes
 * Genetic defect of insulin secretion
 * Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes
 * Steroid diabetes (induced by high doses of glucocorticoids)
 * Various forms of monogenic diabetes
 * __Symptoms include:__
 * Polyuria (frequent urination)
 * Polydipsia (increased thirst)
 * Polyphagia (Increased hunger)
 * __Complications:__
 * Acute
 * Hypoglucemia
 * Diabetic Ketoacidosis
 * Nonketotic hyperosmolar coma
 * Serious long term:
 * Cardiovascular disease
 * Chronic renal failure
 * Retinal damage
 * __Treatment:__
 * Cannot be completely cured
 * Insulin
 * Became available in 1921
 * Type II can be controlled by medication
 * Pancreas transplants can sometimes cure Type I
 * Gastric bypass surgery has successful cured morbid obesity and Type II
 * Gestational diabetes usually resolves after delivery


 * In 2000, at least 171 million people had diabetes. That's 2.8% of the population.
 * Type II is the most common, caused by morbid obesity
 * Affects 90 to 95% of U.S. Diabetes population