“Diabetes mellitus” or Diabetes is a chronic medical condition characterized by high blood sugar levels. This disease can be controlled by proper medication but lasts for a lifetime. In ancient time it was identified as a disease which was associated with “sweet urine and excessive muscle loss”. Sweet urine is used for diabetes because of the presence of increased level of glucose in the blood which leads to spillage of glucose into the urine.
The condition in which there is increased high amount of glucose in blood than the normal is termed as Hyperglycemia. This high level of glucose occurs due to the defects in insulin secretion, action or both. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. The function of insulin is to maintain the optimum level of glucose in blood i.e. when a person consumes food; insulin is released from the pancreas to keep glucose level of blood under control.
Diabetes is a very dangerous disease if not kept under control as it can cause many other health complications i.e.
Consequences of Diabetes Mellitus:
Diabetes mellitus is actually a group of metabolic diseases causing severe health problems like blindness, nerve damage, and kidney failure. These health complications occur due to the damage caused to small vessels. All these diseases are referred to as microvascular disease. Diabetes results in narrowing and hardening of the arteries called as “artherosclerosis”. Other health complications include strokes, coronary hear disease and macrovascular diseases.
Thus get your diabetes treated properly before you suffer from any of the above severe health complications.
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