Diabetes Mellitus

DIABETES MELLITUS

• Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion.

• These range from autoimmune destruction of the β-cells of the pancreas with consequent insulin deficiency to abnormalities that result in resistance to insulin action. 

• Symptoms of marked hyperglycemia include polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, sometimes with polyphagia, and blurred vision. 

• Long-term complications of diabetes include retinopathy; nephropathy; peripheral neuropathy, amputations,  and autonomic neuropathy causing gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and cardiovascular symptoms and sexual dysfunction.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXAe3eOjqCk
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• http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/Supplement_1/S64.short