Diabetes terms starting with D

23 terms

  1. Diabetes Any of several diseases in which the kidneys make a large amount of urine. Diabetes usually refers to diabetes mellitus in which there is also a high…
  2. Diabetes Complications Are either short term (acute) or long term (chronic) impairments which affect the microvascular or macrovascular blood vessels of persons with diabetes…
  3. Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) A ten year study ending June 1993, was sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases comparing the effects of…
  4. Diabetes Education Approved American Diabetes Association patient and family education for self-management and treatment of diabetes by: (1) Eating a recommended diet and…
  5. Diabetes Insipidus Chronic excretion of very large amounts of urine causing dehydration and extreme thirst; ordinarily resulting from pituitary dysfunction, damage or injury.
  6. diabetes mellitus (dye-a-BEE-teez MEL-ih-tus) A group of disorders in which there is a defect in the transfer of glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream into cells, leading to…
  7. diabetes pills Pills or capsules that are taken by mouth to help lower the blood glucose level. These pills may work for people whose bodies are still making insulin.
  8. Diabetic Relating to or suffering from diabetes. The medical condition term "diabetic" should not be used to describe a person who has a diabetes disease.
  9. Diabetic Coma Develops when insulin and blood glucose are so out of balance that ketones accumulate in the blood.
  10. diabetic eye disease A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye in people with diabetes.
  11. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA, also see Diabetic Coma) The basis for DKA is either absolute deficiency of insulin or acute resistance to insulin developing when absolute insulin…
  12. diabetic kidney disease Damage to the cells or blood vessels of the kidney.
  13. Diabetic Macular Edema See Maculopathy
  14. diabetic nerve damage Damage to the nerves of a person with diabetes. Nerve damage may affect the feet and hands, as well as major organs.
  15. Diabetic Neuropathy (Peripheral and Autonomic Neuropathies) Damage to the nervous system which affects the peripheral nervous system causing impairment of motor nerves…
  16. Diabetic Retinitis Inflammation of the retina of the eye caused or complicated by diabetes.
  17. Diabetic Retinopathy (Background and Proliferative Retinopathy) A progressive disorder of the retina damaging the receptor cells and small blood vessels in the eye that can…
  18. Diabetic Shock See Insulin Reation
  19. Diabetologist (Diabetology) A specialist in the field of medicine concerned with diabetes.
  20. dialysis (dye-AL-ih-sis) The process of filtering the blood when the kidneys are not able to cleanse it.
  21. Diet Control See Balanced Diet
  22. diphtheria An acute, contagious disease that causes fever and problems for the heart and nervous system.
  23. Diplopia Objects appear double. Double vision.