diabetes mellitus symptoms

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Q: What is the metabolic abnormality that underlies the characteristic symptoms of diabetes mellitus?
What is the metabolic abnormality that underlies the characteristic symptoms of diabetes mellitus?
A. A failure of the kidney tubules to reabsorb glucose from the urine
B. A failure of the villi of the intestine to absorb glucose from food
C. The body can’t switch from glucose metabolism to fat metabolism between meals.
D. The body’s cells can’t retain glucose absorbed from the blood.
E. The body’s cells can’t absorb enough glucose from the blood.

A: I believe it is E.
Insulin, which is secreted by the Pancreas, helps to control the amount of sugar in the bloodstream. When the Pancreas does not secrete enough Insulin or none at all, the sugar remains in the blood. Then the body tries to flush out all of the sugar by drinking and urinating- two key symptoms of diabetes.

Q: What are some symptoms of diabetes Mellitus?
cause sometimes i urinate3 to 7 times a day with 2 to 4 hours intervals in each urination and sometimes 30 minutes interval.. I drink alot of water maybe 2 to 3 liters a day cause i do tennis playing at least 3 hours a day and our country is very hot specially on lunch times.. is that normal??

A: Frequent urination : lead to dehydration because excreting the sugar carries a large amount of water out of the body along with it.

Unexplained weight loss occurs also because of losing sugar and water in the urine and the accompanying dehydration. weight loss occurs because body is unable to use those calories even tough consuming appropriate diet or even in excess amounts.

Extreme hunger or excessive eating : higher insulin levels lead to increased hunger and eating. one of the functions of the insulin is to stimulate hunger resulting. person might gain little or no weight despite excessive eating. body secretes more insulin to cope with increased sugar levels if body is able to produce insulin.

Sudden vision changes : might be there with high blood sugar.

Feeling very tired much of the time : the body is inefficient and sometimes unable to use glucose for fuel and the body uses body fat, partially or completely, as a fuel source. this process requires the body to use more energy resulting fatigueness or constantly tired.

Very dry skin : because of dehydration and frequent urination resulting in loss of water from the body along with various salts.

Sores that are slow to heal : when white blood cells don’t function properly, wounds take much longer to heal. high blood sugar levels prevent white blood cells to protect the body against infections preventing rapid healing.

More infections than usual : Infections: infections such as infections of the genitals, skin infections may result from suppression of the immune system by diabetes. and the glucose in the tissues allows bacteria to grow.

diabetes also cause tingling (eg feeling like crawling of ants over the skin) or numbness in hands or feet, and pain in the feet, legs and hands by damaging nerves in the limbs,

Excessive thirst : person with diabetes develops high blood sugar levels and the body tries to counteract this by diluting the blood, which translates into thirst and the body encourages more water consumption to dilute the high blood sugar back to normal levels and to compensate for the water lost by excessive urination.

Altered mental status: irritability, inattention, confusion or lethargy, or can all be signs of very high blood sugar or low blood sugar.

Q: what are the symptoms of diabetes mellitus?

A: DM has a lot of symptoms but the simplest answer is:

The “THREE Ps”

polyuria – you have to pee a lot
polydipsia – you’re always thirsty
polyphagia – you always have the urge to eat, even if you’ve only recently eaten

Any one of these symptoms could mean diabetes mellitus. So go to your MD.

Q: symptoms o diabetes mellitus include?
a. abnormal thrist
b. glucose in the urine
c. ketoacidosis
d weight loss
e. all of these

A: Diabetes Mellitus Symptoms
Diabetes, a disease that affects more than 23 million people in the United States according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, is a condition in which the blood glucose (sugar) level is too high. There are two main types of diabetes. Type I is an autoimmune disease in which the body produces little to no insulin. Type II which is characterized by the body’s inability to use insulin effectively. The symptoms for type I and type II diabetes are the same, although some patients with type II diabetes do not exhibit any symptoms.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/76445-diabetes-mellitus-symptoms/
Frequent Urination
Excessive Thirst
Weight Loss
Extreme Hunger
Fatigue

Q: What are each of the symptoms that patients suffer from diabetes?
I am researching diabetes at school and I would like to know more about the different types of diabetes for example
Type 1 Diatbetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

What are the symptoms they suffer and what do the patients of this disease discuss of these symptoms?

A: Treating diabetes is best carried out during the early stages of the disease when the consequences can still be controlled and minimized. Such an approach will require an early determination of diabetic symptoms. These diabetic symptoms are:

* Extreme and excessive thirst that is quite abnormal
* Hunger even when meals have recently been taken
* Frequent urination
* Fatigue easily creeps in
* Excessive weight loss at such a short period of time
* Smeared vision
* Nagging impatience that has recently been developed

If you are interested in more info on treatment for type 2 diabetes, you may wish to refer to this site : http://diabetic.best-health-remedy.com/

Q: what are the causes and symptoms of type1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus? compare.?

A: Diabetes is a serious, lifelong condition that affects an estimated 20.8 million people. About 30 percent (6.2 million) do not know they have it. Each year, about 1.5 million people find out they have diabetes (1) and probably have had the disease for seven years before it was diagnosed.

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder affecting the way the body uses digested food for growth and energy. As a person eats, digestive juices break down the food into a simple sugar called glucose. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body.
Diabetes GraphAfter digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream to be used by body cells for growth and energy. In order for glucose to get into the cells, insulin must be present. Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, an organ behind the stomach.

As food passes through the stomach, the pancreas is designed to automatically produce the right amount of insulin to move the glucose from the bloodstream into cells. In some people with diabetes the pancreas produces little to no insulin and in others the body cells do not respond to the available insulin. Still others have both defects. As a result glucose builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine, and passes out of the body. The body loses its main source of fuel even though the blood contains large amounts of glucose.

Diabetes mellitus is characterized by high levels of blood glucose and is associated with serious complications and premature death. With proper medical guidance much of this burden can be prevented with early detection, treatment and education.

The three most common forms of the disease are type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes.

Type 1 Diabetes

Although diabetes occurs most often in older adults, it is one of the most common chronic disorders in children in the United States. About 176,500 children, teenagers and young adults age 20 and younger have diabetes. This represents 0.22% of all people in this age group. The majority of young people with diabetes have type 1.(1)

Type 1, previously referred to as juvenile-onset or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), usually develops during childhood, adolescence, or during early adulthood and affects approximately 5 percent to 10 percent of all people with diabetes (1). Type 1 diabetes is characterized by a partial or complete loss of insulin producing beta cells as a result of an autoimmune disorder. Patients with Type 1 diabetes require daily injections of insulin. Although this disease affects only a small percentage of all people with diabetes, it is associated with a greater prevalence of premature complications and mortality than other forms of the disease.

Type 2 Diabetes

Most people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. The pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes makes insulin, but the body can’t use it very well.

Type 2 diabetes is associated with older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, history of gestational diabetes, impaired glucose metabolism, physical inactivity, and race/ethnicity. African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is increasingly being diagnosed in children and adolescents. (1)

Type 2, previously defined as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is the most common form, affecting 90 percent to 95 percent of all people who develop diabetes (1). An insulin deficiency or resistance characterizes type 2 diabetes. The symptoms of this disorder develop gradually and are often overlooked. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 30 percent of the people with type 2 diabetes are undiagnosed (1).

Q: Are my symptoms a sign of diabetes mellitus?
I have a sensation on my tongue, almost like a numbness or a coating over it. It started a couple of years ago on one side of my tongue and has now spread over the top of it. I am losing taste sensations to some foods..coffee, for one. I am almost 60 years old, feel tired a lot, have trouble standing from a squatting position, such as working in my garden or retrieving things from a low cabinet, have bouts of sweating…similar to hot flashes. I will see a doctor asap, but wanted to know if these are signs of diabetes. Anyone know?
Wow! I read a response to another question on signs of Diabetes and I think I may have it. I get really sleepy after eating, don’t seem to ever feel ‘full’..always still hungry, am often thirsty. Oh..I dread this, but will be glad to get the meds and education on it that I need to feel better. Thanks everyone.

A: Yes those are symptoms. My father experienced an iron taste in his mouth and numbness before he was officially diagnosed.

Q: It has to deal with Diabetes mellitus?
Some common symptoms of diabetes mellitus are increased urine output, excessive thirst, and elevated ketone levels (the byproducts of fat metabolism). Using your understanding of how the kidneys function and the body regulates blood sugar provide a physiological explanation for each.

HELP PLEASE!! explain in full details

A: Insulin is the carrier that lets glucose into the cell. When there is insulin deficiency, glucose will be abundant in blood and deficient in the cells. So the cells will depend on fats for energy. Ketones will be produced as a byproduct. High glucose in blood will cause a state of hyperosmolarity so the person will be thirsty. When he drink more water he will urinate more.

If you have more questions, u can post them in:

http://med50.blogspot.com/2010/04/patient-education-program.html

Q: why is hyperglycemia a symptom of diabetes mellitus?
Funny thing is I already knew all this, nice answers though

A: Liv, in diabetes mellitus the beta cells of the pancreas don’t 1) produce enough insulin, 2) produce any insulin or 3) produce a usable insulin. Insulin regulates the levels of glucose in the blood. If there is no insulin production, as in Type I, or little insulin production or insulin that cannot be used (such as with central obesity–fat is insulin resistant), as in Type II, then there is nothing to regulate and lower glucose levels in the blood. A higher than normal level of glucose is called hyperglycemia. That is why hyperglycemia is a symptom of IDDM Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) and NIDDM (Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus). I tried to keep it simple.

Q: what hormone imbalance causes the type II diabetes mellitus disorder?
and what are some symptoms of the disorder?

A: maia p !
Insulin
Some diabetes symptoms include:
Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Extreme hunger
Unusual weight loss
Increased fatigue
Irritability
Blurry vision

http://www.reddiabetes.com

Q: What is Diabetes mellitus and Diabetes insipidus? Plz answer. more info below. HELPPP…?
For each type of diabetes:
1) What is the difference (type I and II are mellitus i think?)?
2) Which hormone/s are involved?
3) Is is because of hypersecretion or hyposecretion?
4) What are the symptoms?

THANK YOU, PLEASE PLEASE HELP.

A: Diabetes mellitus.
Associated with glycosuria (excessive sweet urine).

Diabetes insipidus.
The urine is not sweet(without taste).

Caused by kidney or pituitary gland damage.

Noninfectious disease.

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

Body systems affected:
Nerves.
Digestion.
Circulation.
Endocrine.
Urinary.

Q: Need to know all about Diabetes Mellitus in dogs Quick?
Need info on what it is what causes it and what are the symptoms quickest use full answer gets best
Ha tried that and when I clicked on your stupid link my college thing came up saying t was banned cause its tasteless too right please serious answers

A: Try looking at the following link: www.diabetesindogs.net

Q: Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus this is my first time to make one. Help.?
Who can help me with a Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus? it is my first time to make one please help?
case:

admitted this 60 year old female widowed roman catholic

Chief complaint: Wound on 2nd toe of the left foot

First diagnosis: DM poorly controlled

Second diagnosis: Post irrigation and debridement of the left foot

Client has history of Diabetes mellitus on both sides of the family (mother and father’s side)

- drinks a minimum of 1 bottle of soft drink a day
- eats sweets claims to have a sweet tooth

had expereienced symptoms of DM when she was 55 years old in the year 2004 noticed weight loss, polyuria (urge of urinating uncontrolably), polydipsia (excessive thirst), polyphagia (feeling of hunger), and noticed that she was sleepy most of the day.

-did not do anything after noticing the signs and symptoms continued with daily routine in life as a elemetary school teacher

by the year 2006 she was admitted for typhoid fever with this hospital admission she was diagnosed to have Diabetes mellitus by Fasting blood sugar prescribed with Metformin to manage Dm but did not seek consult thereafter; with poor compliance to medication taking metformin once every 2 days. did not go to the doctor nor had her self submit for a medical check up…

after 3 years

2009.

4 – 5 days prior to admission (January 4) while walking to school she stepped on a rusty nail by the sidewalk but did not notice the pain nor felt it and did not do anything about it.
January 5 continued with her daily routine and did not notice anything
January 6 rode a bus to go out of town
January 7 when she went home whoile riding the bus client noticed pain in her left foot and that it was swelling…
January 8swelling worsened and was adviced by her colleagues to put some herbal leaves on it but could not recall the name of the herb that she put in it.
January 9 with continued swelling of the foot and had fever (undocumented temp) called for help
January 10 on the day of admission client was febrile with body temp of 38.2 with cardiac rate of 82, Respi rate of 20 and Bp of 130/90 received ambulatory conscious and coherent. started with IVF of PNSS at the left metacarpal vein taken with labs of ECG, Chest x-ray, CBC, Ca, K, Creatinine… Transfered to private room

January 14 – had an irrigation and debridement operation on the left foot with 2 incisions on the dorsal part of the foot one underneath the 4th toe and the other one under the 2nd toe foot is inflammed with slight drainage of blood. Operation lasted for 5 hours.

January 19. client was advised by physician to have a below the knee amputation for the affected area is not doing so well
+not decided for the operation.

PRN Medications of: Paracetamol for temp 38.2
Tramadol for pain
Treatment of:

CBG premeals and midnite with actrapid sliding scale

+what do you think of the patient’s case?

the predisposing factors are present

how do is start this stuff?

this is my first time to do something like this please help.

A: The pathophysiology is basically this (although there’s far more to it)… too high an intake of carbohydrates combined with insufficient exercise resulting in excess triglycerides with resultant insulin resistance, and excess buildup of blood glucose resulting in all kinds of system failures.

This is not an easy thing to adequately answer here . Maybe if you read this: http://www.naturalnews.com/025405.html

Q: Do you think my cat has Diabetes Mellitus?
Obesity
Genetic predisposition (diabetes is more prevalent in males)
Poor nutrition
Hormonal abnormalities
Stress
If you cat appears weak or thirsty, frequently urinates, has rapid weight loss, is depressed, or has abdominal pain, he could be diabetic.

(that came from this link, in case you want to read more —->)
http://www.hillspet.com/cat-care/cat-diseases/diabetes-mellitus-in-cats.html

My cats are over-weight, lazy, hungry a lot, and sometimes thirsty [they don't need all the symptoms to have it]

We switched them to wet food, because dry food causes diabetes, but do you think either of my cats could have it?

It said fixed males are more likely to get it…

(Information from —>)
http://www.cat-dog-diabetes.com/cats-diabetes-mellitus.asp
They came from a shelter, and its been pretty hard trying to get them to lose weight.

It also said something about poor coat health being a sign … my cats coat is not shiny at all, and won’t let me brush it. Sometimes he lets the girl lick him clean, but he won’t do it himself.
Female,
Name: Bella
Age: 3
Spayed: Yes
Microchipped: Yes

Male,
Name: Apollo
Age: 4
Neutured: Yes
Microchipped: Yes
wtf, I don’t care about what you are selling! I want to know about my cats health..I am concerned.

A: Mostly you will see increased thirst and urination, so the litterbox will be very full all the time. It is easy to diagnose with a simple blood test or urine test, so going to the vet to be sure is not a bad idea. But the likelihood of BOTH of them being diabetic is pretty low. I bet they are just fat, lazy housecats, like mine! Wet food is a good idea, you can supplement with dry, but either way watch calories because it would be healthy for them to lose weight for many reasons if they are too heavy.

Q: Discuss the patient’s diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. How would you diagnosis a child with this?
Case Study #1: Diabetes

Hannah is a 10-year-old girl who has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. She is a 4th grade student at Hendricks Elementary School. Prior to her diagnosis, Hannah was very involved in sports and played on the girls volleyball team. Her mother is concerned about how the diagnosis will affect Hannah.

1. Discuss the patient’s diagnosis. Include a definition of the actual disease or condition.

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus once known as “juvenile onset” diabetes or “insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,” is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism caused by inadequate production of insulin by the pancreas or faulty use of insulin by the cells. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert sugar (glucose) into energy. Although type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, it typically appears during childhood or adolescence.

2. Identify the factors which could have caused or lead to the particular disease or condition.

3. Describe the signs and symptoms which are associated with the disease or condition.

4. Discuss the diagnostic testing that is usually performed in order to formally diagnose the particular disease or condition.

5. Identify the appropriate treatment (including therapies, medications, etc) which the patient may be prescribed for his/her particular diagnosis.

6. Discuss potential barriers to therapy which the patient may experience due to their unique situation.

7. Discuss alternative treatments which may also benefit the patient.

8. Describe the typical prognosis for a patient with the disease or condition.

9. Identify patient teaching which would benefit the patient in your case study.

I have to do a paper for school and looking for a good website to answer these question.

A: WWW.diabetes.org is the official website for the American Diabetes Assoc.

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