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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is a medical term that describes diabetes mellitus that requires insulin therapy to avoid ketoacidosis. IDDM is often considered a synonym for juvenile diab...
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Diabetes mellitus type 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A charity offering care and support to people with diabetes and their carers. Includes a limited range of information but some useful links, mainly about insulin dependent diabetes. ... Or write to us at: Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust, PO Box 294, Northampton, NN1 4XS.
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Insulin is a hormone that helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. With Type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin. With Type 2 diabetes, the more common type, your body does not make or use insulin well.
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Insulin-dependent diabetes; Juvenile onset diabetes; Diabetes - type 1 ... Type 1 diabetes is often called juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes. In this type of diabetes, cells of the pancreas produce little or no insulin, the hormone that allows glucose to enter body cells.
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; A person with IDDM needs daily injections of the hormone insulin to survive.; Insulin-Dependent Diabetes; ... Insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM) is a chronic disease that usually begins in childhood. It is not the most common form of diabetes--IDDM accounts for only 5 percent or less of diabetes in this country.
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Insulin dependent diabetes, also known as Type 1 diabetes, is a disease that affects the way cell’s respond to insulin, or diminishes the amount of insulin produced by the pancreas, so that glucose (sugar) in the blood can’t be absorbed by the body.
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3 This document was endorsed one year later by WHO.4,5 The two major types of diabetes mellitus were given names descriptive of their clinical presentation: "insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" (IDDM) and "noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" (NIDDM).
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Type 2 diabetes, once known as adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition that affects the way your body ... When you have type 2 diabetes, your body is resistant to the effects of insulin — a hormone that regulates the absorption of sugar into your cells — or your body produces some,
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Type 1 diabetes — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this lifelong endocrine condition. ... Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to convert sugar (glucose) into energy.
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