what is the origin of the word diabetes?
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For an example of a medical etymology, the word "diabetes" is borrowed from the Greek word meaning "a siphon." The 2nd-century A.D. Greek physician, Aretus the Cappadocian, named the condition "diabetes." He explained that patients with it had polyuria and "passed water like a siphon."\n\nMany medical words, like diabetes, do come from the Greek or Latin, along with most of the prefixes and suffixes that form the front or rear of many polysyllabic medical terms. Numerous other languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, Gaelic, German, Hindu, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese and Spanish, have also contributed to the great treasury of medical terms we now enjoy.
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There is a theory that type 1 diabetes gets triggered in people who already have a tendency to develop the disease. They say people with certain tissue types are more likely to become diabetic, and you inherit these tissue types from your ancestors. A viral infection of some kind has been suggested as the trigger (maybe even the flu? or a cold?). The reason this is unusual is that one would expect such a deadly disease to get less common over time, rather than more common as it is. It is proposed that the diabetic tissue type offered some advantage to people living a marginal existence (hunting for food), and that this explains why more people are diabetic in modern times. Maybe modern living is too easy? (I know, it doesn't seem too easy to me either.)
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Teh most common sorts of diabetes are quite different, have different causes, and only share (confusingly) complications. I'll take them one at a time. \n\n=================\nType 1\n\nType 1 at 5-10% of all diabetics in the developed world. It is an auto-immune disease, somewhat in the manner of some kinds of artritis or lupus. The susceptibility to it is inherited and is associated with some kinds of HLA antigens. But it also seems to require, in most cases, an environmental trigger as well. This is most often an infection: one of the Coxsackie viruses, or German measles, for instance. it is the infection which triggers the immune system to attack and destory the Beta cells in the pancreas. it is often seen in children and so has been called juvenile diabetes.  \n\n============\nType 2\n\nType 2 has a very different origin. It is much more stongly inherited, and yet it is also associated with environmental conditions. About 2/3 of all cells in the body require insluin to absorb glucose (ie, fuel) fromthe blood. Type 2 is characterized by resistance to this insulin action to a greater or lesser degree. It often starts slow, with only somewhat elevated blood sugar levels, and sometimes progresses from there. It's most common in adults (hence the obsolete term, 'adult-onset diabetes'), and it's associated with overweight (hence the obsolete term, 'obesity related diabetes'). It is clear that environment is an important part of the causation since the 'Western diet' is clearly indicated. What exactly it is not clear. Most Type 2 diabetes can be adequately controlled by diet, exercies, and sometimes oral medications. A portion of type 2 diabetics eventually fail to respond to the oral medications, and they generally end up using insulin. \n\nGestational diabetes seems to be the result of the hormonal changes of pregnancy combined with an inheritied tendency toward Type 2. It generally ends with the pregnancy, though a portion of the women go on to develop Type 2 later on.
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you are in college?  \n\nyou'd have better luck attracting answers if you spelled it out correctly and expanded your question with comments about what it is you'd like to know about the lifestyle of diabetes patients (if that is what you are asking about) -- be more specific.
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Here is a helpful website, hope it is helpful:\n\nhttp://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/prev/prevention.htm
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Well I found out I had type 2 diabetes after I was frequently going to the bathroom, my mouth was always dry, I was sleepy all the time, irritable, and dropping weight like crazy. It had gotten to the point that everything I drank ran right through me, it is quite dangerous not knowing you should go to the doctor asap! I don't know where you live but my son's school tested him.
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There's been alot of debate as to the exact cause of diabetes, but the researched I've done seems to be pointed towards excess artificial sugar consumption (sucrose). Fructose and lactose, natural sugars found in fruit and milk are the the healthy sugars and can be consumed without worries. However things that contain "High fructose corn syrup" should be avoided since this is an artificially constructed sugar that bears no mineral benefit, despite the "fructose" label. In a perfect health balance, the only things that should taste sweet to you are fruit, milk, and possibly honey.\n\nDifferent juices may contain a mixture of both fructose and sucrose - it's just hard to tell because production is only required to label "sugar" on the nutrition facts label. The best thing you can do if you are concerned about diabetes is to buy a juicer and juice your own fruit - that way you are guaranteed fresh juice with 100% natural fructose.\n\nI would suggest reading more about processed sugar and its relation to diabetes. If you haven't already read this book, do so: http://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Blues-William-Dufty/dp/0446343129/sr=8-1/qid=1164100507/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5167168-9400121?ie=UTF8&s=books
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There's two types of diabetes.  Type 2, or adult onset, when the pancreas produce insulin but for some unknown reason the cells do not recognize it.  Halle Berry has Type 1, or juvenile diabetes, which means she was diagnosed with it as a child.  You can't catch it, and I have never read that it was inherited.  In this type of diabetes, the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to break down glucose for digestion.  In her case, it has nothing to do with being fat, nor is she over weight.
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No, it's not true.  Diabetes is partly related to genetic factors, meaning it runs in families-- some families have more of a tendency than others to get it.  There's no specifica pattern to which family members get it-- sometimes a person from every generation will get it, sometime none will, sometimes you'll get it and no one else in your family (that you know of) will have had it.  In addition to genetics/heredity, a lot of it has to do with how you live your life.  Someone who has many family members with it could decrease their own chances of getting it by exercizing, eating right, avoiding junk food, maintaining a weight and losing weight if they become overweight.
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Type I diabetes (Diabetes mellitus, type I), which developes exclusively of obesity or other environmental factors, usually in early childhood, is a genetic disease present in rougly 2% of the population, and about 15% of all diabetics. This number can vary. Many cases go undiagnosed for years.\n\nGiven the financial and political power of older, obese Type II diabetics, this form of the disease, Type I, typically takes a backseat. Many people are even unaware of the existence of this form, despite its prevalence and the lack of blame that can be place on those afflicted. That is, lifestyle choices do NOT come into play with Type I diabetics. They are generally believed to have been born with a malfunctioning, if you will, pancreas.
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It can be a side effect of diabetes.
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Lots of things you should be more explicit, Diabetes type one is a condition that where the pancreas more no insulin and is needed to be injected daily. Diabetes type two is when the pancreas makes little insulin or too much but the receptors in the cells don't match up so the insulin can't get in to bring the sugar down. Complications range from amputaions to blindness.
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You are referring to a blood glucose meter, which is a device that measure the amount of sugar in the blood. Diabetes is an illness that is caused by malfunction of the pancreas. The pancreas distributes natural insulin to the blood to maintain healthy blood sugar levels.The symptom that is most easily detected is high or low (hyperglcymic or hypoglycymic) blood sugar. High blood sugar will cause you to be extremely thirsty, feel tired, and to urinate frequently. Low blood sugar will generally make you feel woozy, clammy, and unstable.\n     Diabetes is a horrible illness because it damages your body without you necessarily feeling it. Diabetes can lead to liver problems, blindness, amputation of limbs due to poor circulation, heart problems, and a whole slew of other medical problems. Get checked ASAP!!!
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Nothing in particular, except smoking. Smoking causes characteristic damage to several body systems, and it reinforces the damage diabetes does. No one needs both at work. Give it up! If you have lost feeling in the feet, it's best by far to check them often for signs of blisters or cuts or skin breaks of any kind. The reason is that, if you can't feel it, you won't take care of it. Diabetes is the largest cause of amputation in adults in theh North America save trauma (like automobile accidents). The reason is largely reduced circulation, and reduced wound healing, and increased infection severity in many diabetics. Watch those feet.   \n\n\nNo food, or food type, is inherently bad for diabetics, and in the case of Type 1 diabetics, there is less concern for various kinds of food than for Type 2 diabetics, for whom excess weight seems to both bring on Type 2, but also to make more severe cases. \n\nThe problem for Type 1s is that, producing no insulin of their own, it's necessary to provide insulin from the outside, and to come as close as possible to the non-diabetic levels of insulin so that blood glucose levels are as near normal as possible. Insulin controls how, and how much, about 2.3 of body cells taek up glucose from the blood. Among much else, of course, for it is a hormone which has wide and varied effects throughout the body. \n\nThere are several things which affect how fast and high blood glucose goes: \n\n--First is how much food is eaten. In this case, sugar (sucrose), milk sugar (lactose), starch (many glucoses stuck together in chains), fat (a small part of fats -- the glycerol backbone -- can be converted to glucose in the body), and so on. All provide glucose, eventually, to the blood. One of the purpsoes of the 'exchange' system is to provide a handy way to estimate the food quantities eaten. \n\n--Second is exercise. Even without insulin, exercise (even mild exercise such as a brisk walk) causes glucose to be uptaken by muscle cells. Given any partiuclar amount of food, exercising before the meal will result in less inculin needed than otherwise, since the mechanisms are independent. teh effect lasts for some hours, so a brisk walk for 30 minutes just after luch will still increase glucose absorprion rates of food eaten at dinner.  \n\n--Third, is the amount of insulin. All other things being equal, more insulin means that more glucose will be absorbed from the blood by body cells and less insulin will mean less. \n\n--Fourth, type of insulin. There are several types of insulin. They vary largely by how long their effect (forcing absroption of glucose from the blood) lasts, and whether there is a marked peak in action. So, a given amount of regular insulin acts faster and more intensely than lente ('slow') insulin which takes longer to exhaust itself, or ultra lente ('very slow') insulin. NPH insulin falls between regular and lente in speed of action adn suration of action. The analog insulins (one from Lilly and one from Novo Nordisk) are much more quickly acting, beginning totake effect with 15 or 20 minutes and being done in an hour or perhaps an hour and a half. Two special insulins, Lantus and Detemir, are unusual in that they exhibit very little peak of action. Their insulin effect  takes place steadily over about 24 hours. \n\nLocation of administration also has a secondary effect on how long the insulin effect lasts. \n\n--Fifth is the composition of the food eaten.  For example, skim milk contains lactose (a mildly sweetish dual sugar) which is disassembled into its component simple sugars and absorbed by the intestines. Drinking the same amount of whole milk delivers the same amount of lactose, but much more slowly since the butterfat in the whole milk slows down digestive action on the lactose. A baked potato eaten 'dry' will be converted to glucose and absorbed, while the smae amount of potato eaten with butter or sour cream is much more slowly a
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Complications from diabetes.
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Diabetes is a condition in which your glucose is too high.  As of this date, there is no cure- only treatment.  You can read more about diabetes and the treatments available here\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faq/basics.htm
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diabetes comes to mind