Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

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retina

Health care; Diabetes treatment

The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive layer of tissue, lining the inner surface of the eye. The optics of the eye create an image of the visual world on the retina (through the cornea and lens) ...

stiff hand syndrome

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Thickening of the skin of the palm that results in loss of ability to hold hand straight. This condition occurs only in people with diabetes.

insulin allergy

Health care; Diabetes treatment

This occurs when a person's body has an allergic or bad reaction to taking insulin made from non-human insulin (e.g., from pork or beef or from bacteria). the reaction can be because the insulin is ...

secrete

Health care; Diabetes treatment

To make and give off such as when the beta cells make insulin and then release it into the blood so that the other cells in the body can use it to turn glucose (sugar) into energy.

hyperlipidemia

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Too high a level of fats (lipids) in the blood.

hyperinsulinism

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Too high a level of insulin in the blood. This often involves a condition in which the body produces too much insulin. Researchers believe that this condition may play a role in the development of ...

insulin reaction

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Too low a level of blood glucose (i.e., 'sugar') in the blood. This occurs when a person with diabetes has injected too much insulin, eaten too little food, or exercised without compensating for the ...