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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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islet transplantation
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Moving the islets from a donor pancreas into a person whose pancreas has stopped producing insulin. Beta cells in the islets make the insulin that the body needs for using blood glucose.
millimoles per liter; a (mmol/L)
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A unit of measure that shows the concentration of a substance in a specific amount of fluid. In most of the world, except for the united states, blood glucose test results are reported as mmol/l. In ...
milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL)
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A unit of measure that shows the concentration of a substance in a specific amount of fluid. In the united states, blood glucose test results are reported as mg/dl. Medical journals and other ...
oral hypoglycemic agents
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Medicines taken by mouth by people with type 2 diabetes to keep blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible. Types of oral hypoglycemic agents are alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, biguanides, ...
noninvasive blood glucose monitoring
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Measuring blood glucose without pricking the finger to obtain a blood sample.
fructosamine test
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Measures the number of blood glucose molecules linked to protein molecules in the blood. The test provides information about a person’s average blood glucose level for the previous 3 weeks.
hypotension
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Low blood pressure or a sudden drop in blood pressure. Hypotension may occur when a person rises quickly from a sitting or reclining position, causing dizziness or fainting.
