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  2. Type 1 diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. 11–22 million cases globally [4] Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease that originates when cells that make insulin (beta cells) are destroyed by the immune system. [5] Insulin is a hormone required for the cells to use blood sugar for energy and it helps regulate glucose levels in the ...

  3. Diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age, and a significant proportion is diagnosed during adulthood. Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA) is the diagnostic term applied when type 1 diabetes develops in adults; it has a slower onset than the same condition in children. Given this difference, some use the unofficial term "type 1.5 diabetes ...

  4. Hypoglycemia - Wikipedia

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    In type 1 diabetics, 6–10% will die of hypoglycemia. [3] Hypoglycemia, also called low blood sugar, is a fall in blood sugar to levels below normal, typically below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L). [1][3] Whipple's triad is used to properly identify hypoglycemic episodes. [2]

  5. History of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    The condition known today as diabetes (usually referring to diabetes mellitus) is thought to have been described in the Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BC). Ayurvedic physicians (5th/6th century BC) first noted the sweet taste of diabetic urine, and called the condition madhumeha ("honey urine"). The term diabetes traces back to Demetrius of Apamea (1st ...

  6. Diabetic hypoglycemia - Wikipedia

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    Diabetic hypoglycemia is a low blood glucose level occurring in a person with diabetes mellitus. It is one of the most common types of hypoglycemia seen in emergency departments and hospitals. According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP), and based on a sample examined between 2004 and 2005, an ...

  7. Diabetes management - Wikipedia

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    Diabetes management. The term diabetes includes several different metabolic disorders that all, if left untreated, result in abnormally high concentrations of a sugar called glucose in the blood. Diabetes mellitus type 1 results when the pancreas no longer produces significant amounts of the hormone insulin, usually owing to the autoimmune ...

  8. Outline of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Preventing diabetes mellitus type 1. Currently, there is no known way to prevent diabetes mellitus type 1. However, onset of diabetes mellitus type 1 may be delayed by about two years by administering Teplizumab. Preventing diabetes mellitus type 2. Preventing diabetes mellitus type 2 – entails a lifestyle with a routine, regime, or self care ...

  9. Diabetic retinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Diabetic retinopathy (also known as diabetic eye disease), is a medical condition in which damage occurs to the retina due to diabetes. It is a leading cause of blindness in developed countries. Diabetic retinopathy affects up to 80 percent of those who have had both type 1 and type 2 diabetes for 20 years or more.

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