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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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insulin pump
Health care; Diabetes treatment
An insulin-delivering device about the size of a deck of cards that can be worn on a belt or kept in a pocket. An insulin pump connects to narrow, flexible plastic tubing that ends with a needle ...
pramlintide acetate
Health care; Diabetes treatment
An injectable medicine used to treat diabetes. Pramlintide helps food move more slowly through the stomach and helps keep the liver from releasing stored glucose. Pramlintide belongs to the class of ...
byetta
Health care; Diabetes treatment
An injectable medicine for diabetes that mimics the effect of incretin hormones, a type of gastrointestinal hormone. This medicine helps food move more slowly through the stomach and helps keep the ...
exenatide
Health care; Diabetes treatment
An injectable medicine for diabetes that mimics the effect of incretin hormones, a type of gastrointestinal hormone. This medicine helps food move more slowly through the stomach and helps keep the ...
insulin shock
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Also called low blood glucose, a condition that occurs when one’s blood glucose is lower than normal, usually below 70 mg/dl. Signs include hunger, nervousness, shakiness, perspiration, dizziness or ...
capsaicin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
An ingredient in hot peppers that can be found in ointment form for use on the skin to relieve pain from diabetic neuropathy.
glaucoma
Health care; Diabetes treatment
An increase in fluid pressure inside the eye that may lead to vision loss.
