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