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What is the metabolic abnormality that underlies the characteristic symptoms of diabetes mellitus?
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∙ 12y ago
Either the inability to make or respond to insulin. This causes type 1 and type 2 respectively. Type 1 is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreatic beta cells while type 2 is most often caused by decreased insulin deficiency. If you need to know more about the details of type 2 Google Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha.
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What disease is caused by an abnormality of the insulin receptors on cells?
diabetes mellitus
Do ants get diabetes?
Diabetes has not been described in ants - they do not have a defined pancreas, nor do they have the metabolic derangements that characterize diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hypoglycemia?
no
What is a example of a metabolic disease?
Diabetes= This is a common group of chronic metabolic diseases that cause high blood sugar.
Is dibetes a disease?
Diabetes classes as a condition because it is not contagious like diseases
How does the metabolic surgery affect your health?
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110414065111.htm , people who undergo metabolic surgery and have type 2 diabetes tend to be cured of diabetes. The surgery may make you healthier.
Is diabetes congenital?
Diabetes can be congenital. It results when the child inherits a faulty gene for insulin production.
What does a urine analysis tell the physician?
It can tell them if you have diabetes mellitus, kidney problems, or other metabolic diseases besides diabetes mellitus.
Which is a characteristic of gestational diabetes?
high blood sugar levels
A person with chronic diabetes will exhibit signs of?
metabolic acidosis
Can you take medication for diabetes melitus even if you are not diabetic?
Some diabetes medications, such as metformin, are used in people without diabetes to treat other conditions, such as metabolic syndrome or polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Little or no Insulin Produced
