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| | diabetes mellitus: review |
 | | Second is a clinically apparent thickening of skin involving the fingers and hands ranging from pebbled skin to scleroderma-like skin changes. | | | Diabetic motor neuropathy most often affects the foot. | | | The examiner is demonstrating the inability to tent the skin on the dorsum of the neck. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Diabetes |
| | After you learn the basics of diabetes care, learn how the disease can cause long-term health problems and the best ways to prevent these problems. | | | Ketones are produced by the breakdown of fat and muscle, and they are toxic at high levels. | | | Your specific meal plans need to be tailored to your food habits and preferences. |
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| | eMedicine - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - A Review : Article by Scott R Votey, MD |
| | Patients with distal sensory neuropathy to pinprick or light touch, decreased peripheral pulses, moderate-to-severe onychomycosis, or impending skin breakdown should be referred to a podiatrist. | | | Diabetic foot: Does the patient have a history of foot ulcers or amputations? | | | If peripheral neuropathy is found, the patient should be made aware that foot care (including daily foot examination) is very important for the prevention of foot ulcers and lower-extremity amputation. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Diabetes Mellitus |
| | Diabetes can cause tiny blood vessels to become blocked; when this occurs in blood vessels of the eye, it can result in retinopathy (the breakdown of the lining at the back of the eye), causing blindness. | | | This numbness may prevent a person from feeling the pain or irritation of a break in the skin or of foot infection until after complications have developed, possibly necessitating amputation of the foot or leg. | | | Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, that is, a condition in which the body’s disease-fighting immune system goes awry and attacks healthy tissues. |
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| | WHO Diabetes mellitus |
| | Loss of vision and blindness in persons with diabetes can be prevented by early detection and treatment of vision-threatening retinopathy: regular eye examinations and timely intervention with laser treatment, or through surgery in cases of advanced retinopathy. | | | There is evidence that, even in developed countries, a large proportion of those in need is not receiving such care due to lack of public and professional awareness, as well as an absence of treatment facilities. | | | Studies suggest that up to 50% of people with diabetes are affected to some degree. |
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| | Diabetes Mellitus |
| | Diabetes is a disease in which the body doesn't produce or properly use insulin. | | | When diabetes is detected, a doctor may prescribe changes in eating habits, weight control and exercise programs, and even drugs to keep it in check. | | | Diabetes is a major risk factor for stroke and coronary heart disease, which includes heart attack. |
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| | WHO Diabetes mellitus |
| | Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. | | | Hyperglycaemia and other related disturbances in the body’s metabolism can lead to serious damage to many of the body’s systems, especially the nerves and blood vessels. | | | There are two basic forms of diabetes: Type 1: people with this type of diabetes produce very little or no insulin. |
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| | Pet Diabetes - Canine Diabetes - Feline Diabetes |
| | for information about diabetes in pets and for emotional support. | | | Judy started this website www.petdiabetes.com in May of 1997 because her Canine Queenie was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus! | | | There are members that have had diabetic animals for |
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| | Canine Diabetes |
| | Canine Diabetes is very similar to that of cats, and even humans. | | | The information within these pages is intended to be a starting point for owners of newly diagnosed dogs. | | | printed an article on Home Help for Diabetic Dogs |
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