Diabetes insipidus should not be confused with diabetes mellitus, as it is a completely different condition. All that is similar is the symptoms of increased thirst and urination. The treatment and causes are completely different.The most common type of this disorder is nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, which is caused by a lack of vasopressin, also known [...]

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder caused by the lack of the hormone insulin being produced in the pancreas, or the deficiency of the pancreas to produce enough insulin, which means the diabetes mellitus pathophysiology of the two types, very similar.Insulin is needed to process fats, protein and carbohydrates.  This hormone reduces blood sugar levels [...]

Gestational diabetes is where a woman who has never experienced diabetes before, develops high blood sugar levels in the later stages of pregnancy. Image via Wikipedia Although the causes of gestational diabetes are not black and white, it is thought that hormones produced during pregnancy interfere with the body’s use of insulin, resulting in high [...]

Hyperglycaemia is one of the problems that you will experience as a sufferer of diabetes, as it will happen at one point or another to everyone who has the condition. Hyperglycaemia diabetes is when you have high levels of glucose in your blood, which occurs when the body does not have enough insulin (for example, [...]

What is hypoglycaemia? Hypoglycaemia diabetes is a condition that occurs when there is abnormally low levels of glucose in the blood.  Glucose is basically sugar and we all need a certain amount in our blood, so when the amount is too low, our blood becomes hypoglycaemic. The glucose in our blood is measured in millimoles [...]

The two types of diabetes that are most well known are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, but other types are gestational diabetes and diabetes insipidus. Type 1 diabetes, was once known as juvenile diabetes, because it is often diagnosed from an early age.   In this type of diabetes, the pancreas stops producing insulin, [...]

Diabetes mellitus type 2 or type 2 diabetes is a disease that is characterized by high blood glucose in relation to insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. Although it is often initially managed by increasing exercise and dietary modification, medicines are usually needed as the disease progresses. Unlike type 1 diabetes, there is little tendency [...]

Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a form of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Type 1 of autoimmune disease, which leads to the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Lack of insulin causes an increase in levels of fasting blood glucose. Glycosuria or glucose in the urine, causing patients to urinate more often and drink more [...]

Pre-diabetes is a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but have not yet reached those of diabetes. This is also known as the borderline diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and / or impaired fasting glucose (IFG). They are associated with insulin resistance are risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. [...]