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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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insulinoma
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A tumor of the beta cells in areas of the pancreas called the islets of Langerhans. Although not usually cancerous, such tumors may cause the body to make extra insulin and may lead to a blood ...
delta cell
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of cell in the pancreas clumped with other cells (in the islets of Langerhans). Delta cells make somatostatin, a hormone that is believed to control how the beta cells make and release insulin ...
nonketotic coma
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of coma caused by a lack of insulin. A nonketotic crisis means: (1) very high levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood; (2) absence of ketoacidosis; (3) great loss of body fluid; and (4) a ...
diabetes insipidus
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of diabetes (excess urination) unrelated to diabetes mellitus.
gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of diabetes mellitus that can occur when a woman is pregnant. During the pregnancy (usually later in it), the woman may have glucose (sugar) in her blood at a higher than normal level. ...
amyotrophy
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of diabetic neuropathy that causes muscle weakness and wasting.
