diabetes mellitus Flashcards
medical name for diabetes
diabetes mellitus
doctors in what countries named the disease
greece and rome
diabetes meaning in greek
passing through (polyuria)
mellitus meaning in latin
sweet or honeyed
condition where blood sugar is too high
diabetes
mainly comes from carbohydrates
glucose
body’s go to source of energy
glucose
a hormone produced by the pancreas
insulin
high blood sugar term
hyperglycemia
much rarer than mellitus
insipidus
who discovered sweetness of urine from diabetic
thomas willis
when was sweetness of urine from diabetic discovered
1675
unrelated to other disease
primary
due to damage of pancreases or another disease
secondary
insulin dependent
type 1
autoimmune disease
type 1
immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in your pancrease
type 1
called when it occurs in childhood or infancy
juvenile diabetes
associated with ketosis and acidosis
juvenile diabetes
non insulin
type 2
body does not make enough insulin
type 2
body’s cells do not respond normally to the insulin
type 2
most common type of diabetes
type 2
associated with obesity
type 2
can be controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs
type 2
stage before type 2 diabtes
prediabetes
blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough
prediabetes
chemical, subclinical, latent, or borderline diabetes
prediabetes
stage between normal and diabetes
prediabetes
not show signs of diabetes
prediabetes
reversible
prediabetes
impaired glucose tolerance
prediabetes
during pregnancy
gestational diabetes
goes away after pregnancy
gestational diabetes
higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life
gestational diabetes
occurs at 28 weeks
gestational diabetes
pancreas experiences damage and affects ability to produce insulin
type 3c diabetes
develops much slower than type 1
LADA
LADA meaning
latent autoimmune diabetes in adults
monogenic diabetes
MODY
inherited genetic mutation
MODY
MODY meaning
maturity onset diabetes of the young
rare form of diabetes
neonatal diabetes
occurs within first six months of life
neonatal diabetes
form of monogenic diabetes
neonatal diabetes
50%; lifelong form of neonatal diabetes
permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus
other 50%; condition disappears within few months after onset
transient neonatal diabetes mellitus
frequent and severe episodes of high and low blood sugar levels that can lead to hospitalization and pancreas transplant
brittle diabetes