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    Diabetes Mellitus Descrition

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    Diabetes mellitus is a disorder where the body does not produce enough or respond normally to insulin, causing high blood sugar levels. There are several types of diabetes including type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes. Doctors use various tests like the A1C test, fasting plasma glucose test, oral glucose tolerance test, and random plasma glucose tests to diagnose diabetes based on blood sugar level thresholds. Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage nerves, eyes, kidneys and other organs.

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    Diabetes mellitus is a disorder where the body does not produce enough or respond normally to insulin, causing high blood sugar levels. There are several types of diabetes including type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes. Doctors use various tests like the A1C test, fasting plasma glucose test, oral glucose tolerance test, and random plasma glucose tests to diagnose diabetes based on blood sugar level thresholds. Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage nerves, eyes, kidneys and other organs.

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    Diabetes mellitus is a disorder where the body does not produce enough or respond normally to insulin, causing high blood sugar levels. There are several types of diabetes including type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes. Doctors use various tests like the A1C test, fasting plasma glucose test, oral glucose tolerance test, and random plasma glucose tests to diagnose diabetes based on blood sugar level thresholds. Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage nerves, eyes, kidneys and other organs.

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    Diabetes mellitus is a disorder where the body does not produce enough or respond normally to insulin, causing high blood sugar levels. There are several types of diabetes including type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes. Doctors use various tests like the A1C test, fasting plasma glucose test, oral glucose tolerance test, and random plasma glucose tests to diagnose diabetes based on blood sugar level thresholds. Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage nerves, eyes, kidneys and other organs.

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    Diabetes Mellitus

     Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which the body does not produce enough or respond
    normally to insulin, causing blood sugar (glucose) levels to be abnormally high. (Brutsaert
    2020)
    Doctors often use the full name diabetes mellitus, rather than diabetes alone, to
    distinguish this disorder from Diabetes Insipidus.
     Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage your nerves, eyes, kidneys, and
    other organs.
    Types of Diabetes

    • Prediabetes occurs when your blood sugar is higher than normal, but it’s not high enough
    for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
    • Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. The immune system attacks and destroys cells
    in the pancreas, where insulin is made. It’s unclear what causes this attack. About 
    10 percent of people with diabetes have this type.
    • Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body becomes resistant to insulin, and sugar builds up in
    your blood.
    • Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar during pregnancy. Insulin-blocking hormones
    produced by the placenta cause this type of diabetes.
    Diabetes Mellitus
    Diagnosis
    There are several ways to diagnose diabetes. Each way usually needs to be repeated on a second day to diagnose
    diabetes. Testing should be carried out in a health care setting, such as your doctor’s office or a lab.
    (American Diabetes Association, 2020)

    Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)


    A1C test -A two-hour test that checks your blood sugar levels
     Measures average blood sugar for the past before and two hours after you drink a special sweet
    two to three months. drink.
    -It tells the doctor how your body processes sugar.
     Advantages: diagnosed this way you don't •Diabetes is diagnosed at 2 hour blood sugar of
    have to fast or drink anything. greater than or equal to 200 mg/dl
     Diabetes is diagnosed at an A1C of
    greater than or equal to 6.5%

    Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) * Random (also called Casual) Plasma Glucose
     Checks your fasting blood sugar levels.
    Test
    (nothing to eat or drink except water for at least 8
    hours before test. This test is a blood check at any time of the day
     Usually done first thing in the morning, before when you have severe diabetes symptoms.
    breakfast.
     Diabetes is diagnosed at fasting blood
    •Diabetes is diagnosed at blood sugar of greater
    sugar of greater than or equal to 126 mg/dl than or equal to 200 mg/dl

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