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Diabetes is a term used for two medical conditions, which have excessive urination as a prominent symptom.  
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Diabetes is a term used for some medical conditions, which have excessive urination as a prominent symptom. This page serves to help you find the article you want.


*[[Diabetes insipidus]], in which the excessive urination is due to insufficient effect of [[antidiuretic hormone]] (ADH).
{{rpl|Diabetes insipidus}}
*[[Diabetes mellitus]], in which the excessive urination is caused by high blood levels of [[glucose]] (a sugar).


[[Diabetes mellitus]] has three main types:
Diabetes mellitus describes the condition in which the excessive urination is caused by high blood levels of [[glucose]] (a sugar).


*[[Diabetes mellitus type 1]], in which the high blood glucose is caused by [[insulin]] deficiency. This type usually develops before the age of 30 years.
There are three main articles about diabetes mellitus
*[[Diabetes mellitus type 2]], in which high blood glucose is related to resistance of the bodies tissues to the action of insulin, impaired insulin secretion and/or increased glucose production. The occurrence rate of this type of diabetes increases with age but it also occurs in obese children.
{{rpl|Diabetes mellitus}}
*[[Gestational diabetes]] mellitus, in which changes in insulin resistance, related to pregnancy, causes high blood glucose. This is not the same as ‘Diabetes in Pregnancy’, which is when a person previously diagnosed with diabetes mellitus becomes pregnant.
{{rpl|Diabetes mellitus type 1}}
{{rpl|Diabetes mellitus type 2}}
{{rpl|Gestational diabetes}}


The terms insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are no longer used to classify diabetes mellitus because people with any type of diabetes mellitus may need treatment with insulin.
The terms insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are no longer used to classify diabetes mellitus because people with any type of diabetes mellitus may need treatment with insulin.
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Latest revision as of 03:07, 24 September 2013

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.

Diabetes is a term used for some medical conditions, which have excessive urination as a prominent symptom. This page serves to help you find the article you want.

  • Developing Article Diabetes insipidus: Disease caused by a deficiency in the secretion of vasopressin, or by the failure of the kidney to respond to vasopressin. [e]

Diabetes mellitus describes the condition in which the excessive urination is caused by high blood levels of glucose (a sugar).

There are three main articles about diabetes mellitus

The terms insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are no longer used to classify diabetes mellitus because people with any type of diabetes mellitus may need treatment with insulin.

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