Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

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sliding scale

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Adjusting insulin on the basis of blood glucose tests, meals, and activity levels.

aldose reductase inhibitor

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Aldose reductase inhibitors are a class of drugs being studied as a way to prevent eye and nerve damage in people with diabetes.

background retinopathy

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Also known as non-proliferative retinopathy

An abdominal organ with multiple functions. It is a ducted organ which produces chemicals used in the intestines for digestion. It is also an endocrine gland producing several hormones in the islets ...

acidosis

Health care; Diabetes treatment

An acidic condition in body fluids, chiefly blood. If prolonged, or severe, it can cause coma and death regardless of cause. For a person with diabetes, this can be caused by insufficient glucose ...

receptors

Health care; Diabetes treatment

In biochemistry, a receptor is a molecule usually found on the surface of a cell, that receives chemical signals from outside the cell. When such external substances bind to a receptor, they direct ...

impotence

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Inability to participate in sexual relations. In men, it is usually caused by failure of the complex mechanisms involved in erection. It's common in diabetic men, due to damage to the nerves involved ...