Diabetes Glossary

a health care professional who teaches people who have diabetes how to manage their diabetes. Some diabetes educators are certified diabetes educators (CDEs). Diabetes educators Read more»

(in-SIP-ih-dus): a condition characterized by frequent and heavy urination, excessive thirst, and an overall feeling of weakness. This condition may be caused Read more»

 (MELL-ih-tus): a condition characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from the body’s inability to use blood glucose for energy. In type 1 diabetes , the pancreas no longer makes insulin and therefore Read more»

(DPP): a study by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases conducted from 1998 to 2001 in people at Read more»

(dy-uh-REE-uh): loose stools, fecal incontinence, or both that result from an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine and diabetic neuropathy in the Read more»

Common name for Diabetic Retinopathy .

KEY-toe-ass-ih-DOH-sis) (DKA): an emergency condition in which extremely high blood glucose levels , along with a severe lack of insulin , result in the breakdown of Read more»

(my-eh-LAH-puh-thee):     damage to the spinal cord found in some people with diabetes.  

see nephropathy  

see neuropathy .  

(REH-tih-NOP-uh-thee): diabetic eye disease; damage to the small blood vessels in the retina . Loss of vision may result.  

(DY-uh-beh-toh-JEN-ic): causing diabetes. For example, some drugs cause blood glucose levels  to rise, resulting in diabetes.  

(DY-uh-beh-TAH-luh-jist):   a doctor who specializes in treating people who have diabetes.  

Brand name for Chlorpropamide .  

the determination of a disease from its signs and symptoms.