Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar levels), especially after eating. All types of diabetes mellitus share similar symptoms and complications at advanced stages.

Diabetes mellitus
(Science: disease) relative or absolute lack of insulin leading to uncontrolled carbohydrate metabolism.

Diabetes mellitus actually means "sweet urine". It may shock you that, in fact, in the old days the way this diagnosis was made was by a quick little sample of the taste, and distinguished diabetes mellitus from diabetes insipidus, ...

Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is an endocrine disorder characterized by many signs and symptoms. Primary among these are: ...

diabetes mellitus, Types I and II A disorder associated with defects in insulin action.

Diabetes mellitus is the inability of beta cells of pancreas to produce insulin
Restriction enzymes/endonuclease cut DNA at specific recognition sites
This produces either "sticky ends" or "blunt ends"
DNA ligase can be used to re-join the ends ...

Diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, adrenal disease
Hypothalamic-pituitary factors:
Kallmann syndrome
Hyperprolactinemia
Hypopituitarism ...

Diabetes mellitus is a good example of a complex disease. We know that quite a few genes (at least a dozen) are influential in determining which individuals develop diabetes.

Regular physical activity in women reduces overall mortality and the incidence of coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, stroke, osteoporosis, obesity, and disability, and it also lessens the impact of arthritis and cognitive decline.

Disease of the kidneys caused by damage to the small blood vessels or to the units in the kidneys that clean the blood. Commonly accompanies later stages of diabetes mellitus; it begins with hyperfiltration, renal hypertrophy, microalbuminuria, ...

diabetes Condition characterized by a high blood glucose level and the appearance of glucose in the urine due to a deficiency of insulin or the inability of body cells to respond to insulin; diabetes mellitus.

See also: Cells, Trans, Human, Cell, Organ