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Diabetic Nephropathy Symptoms

Diabetic nephropathy is the damage caused to kidneys due to diabetes mellitus. Usually, the condition develops after a diabetes duration of about 10 years. Around one fourth of all people who have had diabetes for more than 10 years are at risk of diabetic nephropathy.

3 Dec 2009

Diabetic Coma Treatments

Diabetic coma is a condition that poses a dangerous threat to individuals with diabetes. Treatment is more effective the earlier it is started but depends on the cause of the coma as this defines which type of diabetic coma a patient has.

3 Dec 2009

Cause of Diabetic Coma

Diabetic coma is a dangerous condition that can lead to unconsciousness and even death. Diabetic coma may affect 2% to 15% of all diabetics at least once in their lifetime and the condition that most commonly causes the coma is severe hypoglycaemia or low blood sugar.

3 Dec 2009

Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma

Nonketotic hyperosmolar coma is a life threatening metabolic derangement that can develop in people with diabetes mellitus, usually due to illness, infection or failure to monitor blood glucose levels.

3 Dec 2009

Advanced Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a dangerous condition characterized by a severe rise in blood sugar or hyperglycemia, depleted bodily fluids, shock, and in some cases unconsciousness. Coma and even death may occur if DKA is left untreated or if it becomes more severe due to excessive vomiting.

3 Dec 2009

Diabetic Coma Severe Hypoglycemia

Diabetes mellitus is a condition characterized by severely fluctuating blood glucose levels. Hypoglycemia is a condition where blood levels of glucose drop to an abnormally low level.

3 Dec 2009

What is a Diabetic Coma?

Diabetic coma is a rare but serious occurrence. It is important to be aware of the risks of coma in diabetic patients and the possible causes.

3 Dec 2009

Diabetes Insipidus Treatment

Diabetes insipidus treatment depends on the type and therefore pathology of the condition. For example, treatment of cranial or central diabetes insipidus aims at correcting deficient levels of the fluid regulator antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or vasopressin.

3 Dec 2009

Diabetes Insipidus Classification

There are four types of diabetes insipidus including: Central or cranial diabetes insipidus, Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, Dipsogenic diabetes insipidus and Gestational diabetes insipidus

3 Dec 2009

Diabetes Insipidus Pathophysiology

Diabetes insipidus is caused by abnormality in the functioning or levels of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also known of as vasopressin. Manufactured in the hypothalamus and stored in the pituitary gland, ADH helps to regulate the amount of fluid in the body.

3 Dec 2009

Diabetes Insipidus Diagnosis

Diabetes insipidus presents with symptoms that are very similar to the much more common diabetes mellitus. Increases in thirst and urination are seen with both forms of diabetes.

3 Dec 2009

Diabetes Insipidus Symptoms

Diabetes insipidus is caused by a decrease in the level or function of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also known of as vasopressin. ADH helps regulate the amount of fluid in the body and it is manufactured in the hypothalamus and stored in the pituitary gland.

3 Dec 2009

What is Diabetes Insipidus?

Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a condition that arises either due to the body’s inability to produce sufficient quantities of the hormone known as ADH.

3 Dec 2009

Blood Sugar Glucose Measurement

Imbalances of blood sugar are common among patients of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes indicates persistently high blood sugar that may cause damage to various organs like the kidney, heart, small arteries and the eyes (retina).

3 Dec 2009

Low Blood Sugar

Low blood sugar is referred to as hypoglycaemia. It is the most common and most dangerous condition for many people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This occurs when the blood glucose drops below the normal level.

3 Dec 2009

Blood Sugar Regulation

Blood glucose or blood sugar, as it is commonly called, is a tightly regulated biochemical parameter in normal humans and animals. The body maintains the blood sugar within a narrow range. There are several interacting systems that regulate blood sugar. Of these, regulation of blood sugar by the hormone insulin is the most important.

3 Dec 2009