Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

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etiology

Health care; Diabetes treatment

The origin and development of a condition. The etiology of Type 1 diabetes is somewhat understood (an externally triggered auto-immune disease) while the etiology of Type 2 diabetes is currently ...

kidney threshold

Health care; Diabetes treatment

When the blood is holding so much of a substance such as glucose (sugar) that the kidneys allow the excess to spill into the urine.

The pressure of blood in the arteries has normal values in a population. Blood pressure in an individual which is characteristically higher than that value is called high blood pressure. Exercise, ...

glycogenesis

Health care; Diabetes treatment

The process by which glycogen is formed from glucose. Controlled by insulin.

nutrition

Health care; Diabetes treatment

The proper levels of needed ingredients in the diet. Thus, '...his nutrition has been deficient in the past several weeks, as he is showing signs of scurvy, the deficiency disease associated with ...

kussmaul breathing

Health care; Diabetes treatment

The rapid, deep, and labored breathing of people who have ketoacidosis or who are in a diabetic coma. Kussmaul breathing is named for Adolph Kussmaul, the 19th century German doctor who first noted ...