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The complications of diabetes can dramatically impair quality of life and cause long-lasting disability. Overall, complications are far less common and less severe in people with well-controlled blood sugar levels. [3] [4] [5] Some non-modifiable risk factors such as age at diabetes onset, type of diabetes, gender, and genetics may influence risk.
Top causes of death, according to the World Health Organization report for the calendar year 2001: [ 7 ] Causes of death in developing countries. Number of deaths. Causes of death in developed countries. Number of deaths. HIV-AIDS. 2,678,000. Ischaemic heart disease. 3,512,000.
Deaths from diabetes in the United States‎ (3 C, 201 P) Pages in category "Deaths from diabetes" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 201 total.
In 2014, more than 29 million people had diabetes in the United States, of whom 7 million people remain undiagnosed. [32] As of 2012 another 57 million people were estimated to have prediabetes . [ 33 ] [ 34 ] There were approximately 12.1 million diabetes-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2010 for adults aged 18 years or older (515 ...
Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. [ 10][ 11] Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin, or the cells of the body becoming unresponsive to the hormone's effects. [ 12] Classic symptoms include thirst, polyuria ...
Diabetic coma. Universal blue circle symbol for diabetes. [ 1] Diabetic coma is a life-threatening but reversible form of coma found in people with diabetes mellitus. [ 2] Three different types of diabetic coma are identified: [ 3] Hyperosmolar nonketotic coma (usually type 2) in which an extremely high blood sugar level and dehydration alone ...
A diabetic diet is a diet that is used by people with diabetes mellitus or high blood sugar to minimize symptoms and dangerous complications of long-term elevations in blood sugar ( i.e.: cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, obesity ). Among guideline recommendations including the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and Diabetes UK, there is ...
The condition known today as diabetes (usually referring to diabetes mellitus) is thought to have been described in the Ebers Papyrus ( c. 1550 BC ). Ayurvedic physicians (5th/6th century BC) first noted the sweet taste of diabetic urine, and called the condition madhumeha ("honey urine"). The term diabetes traces back to Demetrius of Apamea ...