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For many of us, medical and health insurance terms are unfamiliar or complex. Our glossaries define some of those terms. |
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Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus results when the body is unable to metabolize sugar due to inadequate production of insulin. As a result, sugar is found in the blood and in the urine. Primarily the disease is controlled by a diet high in nutritive value and low in concentrated sweets, exercise, and administration of insulin or hypoglycemic agents. Side effects such as low resistance to infections, especially those involving the extremities, may result in tissue damage. Another side effect may be blindness.
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