Essays on Diabetes

Diabetes is a disease that has reached epidemic proportions over the years. It is caused by the increase of sugar in the bloodstream (hyperglycaemia) due to the pancreas’ failure to produce enough insulin to level it out. It can be classified into three (3) main...

Diabetes is a general term that refers to any of various disorders that are characterized by excessive urination, also known as polyuria. When used alone it refers to Diabetes Mellitus (DM). There are several types of Diabetes, known as Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM 1),...

The disease that I chose to focus on is diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetes is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism resulting in hyperglycemia and glycosuria. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) are two forms of diabetes mellitus. IDDM is considered to be...

One of the fast-growing diseases in the world is diabetes mellitus. Globally, diabetes poses a great challenge to public health. It has become one of the epidemic diseases presenting much social and economic burden. Indigenous Australia experience an increased level of diabetes as compared to...

Glucose monitoring is a technology that has been used to monitor diabetes for the last thirty years. There has been evolution of glucose, started with glucose measuring methods that used enzymes to determine the content. Nowadays there is plenty of glucose monitoring devices that give...

Diabetes is one of the deadliest disease of the century. Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation. The number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Tedious...

Parasitosis affects a huge number of the world population. Both urogenital and IPIs are linked to increasing morbidity, mortality, and serious outcomes. Intestinal parasitosis greatly affects body metabolism, nutrition absorption and gut ecosystem. A complex relationship exists between parasitosis and T2DM. The mechanisms of both...