Diabetes Types WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Diabetes Types
Diabetes is a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of hereditary and environmental causes, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar levels. The two principal idiopathic forms of diabetes mellitus are known as types 1 and 2. The term "type 1 diabetes" has universally replaced several former terms, including childhood-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, and insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM). Likewise, the term "type 2 diabetes" has replaced several former terms, including adult-onset diabetes, obesity-related diabetes, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM). …read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Types of diabetes are type 1, type 2, diabetes insipidus and gestational diabetes.1
- Symptoms of diabetes include polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia.2
- It can be diagnosed by using a glucose tolerance test.2
- Gestational diabetes is diabetes that is found for the first time when a woman is pregnant.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ MedicineNet: What Are The Different Types Of Diabetes?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia: Diabetes Mellitus
- ↑ eMedTV: Overview Of The Types Of Diabetes
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- Contributor: Kricel Abreu
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Kricel Abreu
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Diabetes Type, TYPES OF DIABETES, Type of diabetes
- Last update: Jul. 17, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
