Diabetes, its treatment and prevention: Are we on the right path?
Journal Title: Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 2
Abstract
Diabetes is now seen as a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by a state of chronic hyperglycemia, resulting from a diversity of etiologies, environmental and genetic, acting jointly [1]. The underlying cause of diabetes is the defective production or action of insulin, a hormone that controls glucose, fat and amino acid metabolism. WHO has classified diabetes as diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). In diabetes mellitus we have insulin-dependent (Type I) diabetes mellitus, Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Type II), malnutrition related diabetes mellitus (MRDM) and other types that occur secondarily due to diseases of pancreas, genetic abnormalities, drugs or hormones [2].
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J. V. Dixit
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