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This page lists the different types of Diabetes.
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Diabetes is a term used for some medical conditions, which have excessive urination as a prominent symptom. This page serves to help you find the article you want.


{{rpl|Diabetes insipidus}}


*[[Diabetes insipidus]] is charcterised by increased urination.
Diabetes mellitus describes the condition in which the excessive urination is caused by high blood levels of [[glucose]] (a sugar).  
*[[Diabetes mellitus type 1]] is identified by deficiency or loss of efficiency of the insulin-producing beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
*[[Diabetes mellitus type 2]] is the result of decreased efficiency of the body's use insulin at the cell membrane.
*[[Gestational diabetes]] is characterised as diabetes that occurs during pregnancy.


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There are three main articles about diabetes mellitus
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{{rpl|Diabetes mellitus type 1}}
{{rpl|Diabetes mellitus type 2}}
{{rpl|Gestational diabetes}}
 
The terms insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are no longer used to classify diabetes mellitus because people with any type of diabetes mellitus may need treatment with insulin.

Latest revision as of 04:07, 24 September 2013

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.

Diabetes is a term used for some medical conditions, which have excessive urination as a prominent symptom. This page serves to help you find the article you want.

  • Developing Article Diabetes insipidus: Disease caused by a deficiency in the secretion of vasopressin, or by the failure of the kidney to respond to vasopressin. [e]

Diabetes mellitus describes the condition in which the excessive urination is caused by high blood levels of glucose (a sugar).

There are three main articles about diabetes mellitus

The terms insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are no longer used to classify diabetes mellitus because people with any type of diabetes mellitus may need treatment with insulin.