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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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hypotension
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Low blood pressure or a sudden drop in blood pressure. A person rising quickly from a sitting or reclining position may have a sudden fall in blood pressure, causing dizziness or fainting.
lipodystrophy
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Lumps or small dents in the skin that form when a person keeps injecting the needle in the same spot.
human insulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Man-made insulins that is identical to the insulin produced by your own body. It is produced by bacteria which have had insulin genes installed into them. Human insulin has been available since ...
metabolic syndrome
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Metabolic syndrome is a disorder of energy utilization and storage, diagnosed by a co-occurrence of 3 out of five of the following medical conditions: abdominal (central) obesity, elevated blood ...
metabolism
Health care; Diabetes treatment
Metabolism is the sum of all the processes involved in using food to produce chemical energy for cell functions. It is a complex interaction of enzymes, substrates, itnermediate products, etc. ...
milligrams per deciliter (Mg/dL)
Health care; Diabetes treatment
How much glucose (sugar) is in a specific amount of blood. In self-monitoring of blood glucose, test results are given as the amount of glucose in milligrams per deciliter of blood. A fasting reading ...
millimoles per litre (mmol/l)
Health care; Diabetes treatment
The world-standard (excepting the US) designated SI unit for the measurement of blood sugar levels. It is the concentration by molecular weight in a set amount of liquid.
