Diabetes definitions beginning with T

A transient unforeseen or unknown event that contributes to or results in insulin reaction episodes in spite of consciousness efforts by a person with diabetes and their health care team, such as human error or other contributing factor that may affect safe driving.
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(Regimen of Therapy) The treatment of disease by various methods. The key to treating and managing diabetes is controlling the blood glucose concentration by monitoring it.
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Suggested by the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial ten year study and the American Diabetes Association as an important way to delay the onset and dramatically slow the progression of complications from diabetes. Intensive insulin therapy for management consisting of strict monitoring of blood glucose levels to keep as close to normal by multiple daily insulin injections, a lifestyle change, exercise and healthier eating. Tight control significantly increases the danger of serious hypoglycemic reactions, and is not recommended for everyone.
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Impairment of the usefulness of the four basic tissues in the body: (1) membranous tissue, epithelium , (2) the connective tissues; including blood, bone, and cartilage, (3) muscle tissue, (4) nerve tissue.
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A condition in which the pancreas makes so little insulin that the body can’t use blood glucose as energy. Type 1 diabetes most often occurs in people younger than age 30 and must be controlled with daily insulin injections.
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A condition in which the body either makes too little insulin or can’t use the insulin it makes to use blood glucose as energy. Type 2 diabetes most often occurs in people older than age 40 and can often be controlled through meal plans and physical activity plans. Some people with type 2 diabetes have to take diabetes pills or insulin.
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