Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

Industry: Health care

Add a new term

Contributors in Diabetes treatment

Become a Contributors

Diabetes treatment

foot care

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Especially important for diabetics. This involves taking special steps to avoid foot problems such as sores, cuts, bunions, and calluses. Good care includes daily examination of the feet, toes, and ...

lipid

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Fat / oil. Usually, used in reference to fat in the human body.

ketosis

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Fat metabolism. It is characteristic of ordinary metabolism, when glucose is not available, but can become abnormal, leading to ketoacidosis under some conditions. It is not uncommon among diabetics, ...

fats

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Food substances which are the chief energy storage mechanism in organisms such as plants and animals. Fat molecules are composed of fatty acid chains attached to a glycerol backbone, usually in ...

latent diabetes

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Former term for impaired glucose tolerance.

debridement

Health care; Diabetes treatment

The removal of infected, hurt, or dead tissue. it is necessary to deprive bacteria of a growth medium and to provide intact tissues a 'clean' surface on which they can begin to repair damage.