If you have diabetes, your body is either unable to produce or effectively utilize insulin. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 24 million people in the United States struggle with diabetes. People over the age of 45...
A child that develops persistently high blood sugar levels can be diagnosed with a medical condition called type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, which was formerly referred to as juvenile diabetes, is diagnosed in over 15,000 juveniles in the United...
Diabetes is a serious disease that causes an imbalance of insulin, the hormone responsible for regulating blood sugar and energy levels in the body. Untreated diabetes can cause organ and nerve damage and lead to permanent physical disability....
An estimated 18 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes as of 2007, according to the American Diabetes Association. Moreover, about 57 million Americans have pre-diabetes, with almost 2 million new cases of diabetes...
Symptoms of diabetes in adults might be barely noticeable. For other individuals, high blood sugar levels associated with diabetes can cause significant health complications that include coma and death. Diabetes has a negative impact on overall...
The onset of diabetes may be accompanied by many types of diabetes symptoms. But the American Diabetes Association warns that diabetes may also arrive quietly, with many of the symptoms overlooked as mild annoyances. The Mayo Clinic warns that...
Approximately 3 to 8 percent of pregnant women in the United States develop a condition called gestational diabetes, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. Gestational diabetes can result in unusually high blood sugar levels...
Type 1 diabetes, or insulin-dependent diabetes, is the form of the disease in which insulin isn't produced at all or in insufficient quantities to let you live without treatment. Insulin is a hormone that helps your body use glucose. Type 2...
Diabetes is a prevalent disorder characterized by chronic high blood sugar, known as hyperglycemia. While several types of diabetes exist, cases of type II diabetes mellitus are rapidly increasing in most age groups due to a rise in obesity rates....
Blood must contain a certain amount of sugar, called glucose, to properly nourish and energize the body. Diabetics, however, have more blood glucose than their bodies can use, and this damages the body. According to the American Diabetes...
The Mayo Clinic reports that more than 6 million Americans do not recognize the symptoms of diabetes, which prevents timely diagnosis and treatment. Symptoms can range from mild to severe depending on the course of illness. The discomforting...
Type I diabetes, also known as juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes, is the type of diabetes diagnosed in babies. According to the Mayo Clinic's website, type I diabetes is an autoimmune disorder in which a baby's pancreas does not produce the...
Diabetes refers to a group of conditions that affect the way the body responds to blood sugar, or glucose. According to the Centers for Disease Control, diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases affecting children and adolescents in...
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is the type of diabetes that is most prevalent in children. It occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to properly regulate levels of glucose, or sugar, in the blood stream. According to MedlinePlus, a...
Juvenile diabetes is a condition in which the pancreas does not produce insulin, a hormone necessary for converting glucose into energy. Without insulin, high levels of glucose are present in the blood. This excess glucose is harmful to the body...
Numerous complications or symptoms are associated with diabetes progression. According to MayoClinic.com, diabetes care is a lifelong responsibility, and following a diabetes treatment plan takes a significant amount of commitment. It's important...
A person with diabetes mellitus who experiences frequent, wide-ranging fluctuations in blood glucose levels is said to have brittle diabetes. This occurs almost exclusively in people with type 1 diabetes. Because their bodies produce little to no...
About one-third of people with diabetes develop kidney disease, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Symptoms rarely appear in the early stages of the disease--and many symptoms are not specific, meaning they may be overlooked or mistaken...
Borderline, or prediabetes, is a condition defined by the presence high blood sugar and predisposition to the disease. According the the American Heart Association, borderline diabetes is determined by higher than normal levels on impaired fasting...
Many of the symptoms of diabetes eventually end up causing problems in the feet. Other than trauma, diabetes is the leading cause of amputation in the lower body, says "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine." According to an article in the...
Diabetes Type I also is known as juvenile diabetes because it typically occurs in children and young adults. The cause is not known, the Mayo Clinic reports, but may be related to heredity. Type I diabetes is caused by the pancreas not...
Diabetes, or diabetes mellitus, refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body reacts to and utilizes glucose, or blood sugar--the body's main energy source, derived from food. Numerous diabetes symptoms occur after eating, when glucose...
Juvenile diabetes is used to label Type 1 diabetes that occurs in children or young adults. Type 1 diabetes can appear at any time in an individual's life but it is more likely to appear in childhood. This type of diabetes occurs because the...
Diabetes is a disease that causes high levels of sugars in the blood as the result of an inadequate supply of insulin or the body's inability to use insulin properly. Affecting 6 percent of the American population, diabetes causes complications...
Diabetes is a disease that many people may not know they have, because the symptoms are sometimes masked or thought of as minor. Routine blood work gives doctors a tool to see if further testing for diabetes is necessary. When a chemistry panel...
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by increased levels of sugar in the blood, also known as hyperglycemia. Two variants of DM exist: type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Type 1 is characterized by an...
According to the American Diabetes Association, more than 17 million people suffer from diabetes each year. There are two primary types of diabetes--type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is characterized by the body's inability to produce an adequate supply...
According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, 7.8 percent of Americans were diagnosed with diabetes in 2007. An incurable disease, diabetes impacts the endocrine system which is responsible for regulating blood sugars and hormone...
Diabetes is a serious health problem facing children and teens. More than 13,000 children are annually diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, according to AtHealth.com, because they cannot properly produce insulin, and a growing number are diagnosed with...
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