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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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Diabetes treatment
blood glucose monitoring
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Tracking one's blood glucose level, usually by using a blood glucose meter. This was formerly characterized by periodic testing in a clinic or hospital. If done properly, the modern monitoring is far ...
blood vessels
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Tubes which carry blood around the body. They come in three types, arteries, veins, and capillaries. Capillaries are always tiny, the others vary from large (centimeters in diameter) to quite small ...
coma
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Unconsciousness. For a diabetic, coma can be caused by hypoglycemia or by diabetic ketoacidosis.
fractional urine
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Urine that a person collects for a certain period of time during 24 hours; usually from breakfast to lunch, from lunch to dinner, from dinner to bedtime, and from bedtime to rising.
block urine
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Urine that a person collects for a certain period of time during 24 hours; usually from breakfast to lunch, from lunch to dinner, from dinner to bedtime, and from bedtime to rising.
photocoagulation
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Using a special strong beam of light (laser) to seal off bleeding blood vessels such as in the eye. The laser can also burn away blood vessels that should not have grown in the eye. This is the main ...
laser treatment
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Using a special strong beam of light of one color (laser) to heal a damaged area. A person with diabetes might be treated with a laser beam to heal blood vessels in the eye.
