Diabetes terms starting with B

10 terms

  1. Background Diabetic Retinopathy (Non-proliferative Retinopathy) Is the earliest stage of diabetic retinopathy in the mildest form, fine blood vessels and retinal capillaries within the…
  2. Balanced Diet (American Diabetes Association Diet) A proper diet is the utmost importance in the therapy for management in treating diabetes.
  3. Beta Cells Cells that produce insulin within the body(endogenous) and found in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
  4. bladder (BLA-der) The organ that stores urine.
  5. blood glucose The main sugar that the body makes from the food we eat. Glucose is carried through the bloodstream to provide energy to all of the body’s living cells.
  6. Blood Glucose Monitoring Testing the blood or urine of a person with diabetes to help maintain the amount of glucose in the blood within reasonable limits.
  7. blood pressure (blud PREH-sher) The force of circulating blood on the walls of the arteries. Blood pressure is taken using two measurements: systolic (measured when the…
  8. blood sugar See blood glucose.
  9. Blood Urea Nitrogen (blud yoo-REE-uh NY-truh-jen) Nitrogen in the blood that comes from urea (a substance formed by the breakdown of protein in the liver).
  10. Brittle Diabetes (Labile or Unstable Diabetes) Marked fluctuations in blood glucose concentrations which are difficult to control causing frequent episodes of insulin…