Diabetes (disambiguation)

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This page lists the different types of Diabetes.


  • Diabetes insipidus is characterized by frequent urination, excretion of large amounts of dilute urine, and excessive thirst.
  • 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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