Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes occurs when the pancreas either cannot or has trouble making enough insulin to control the sugar a person receives from their food. (Bete, Co. 1972) Diabetes Mellitus is broken down into two groups: Juvenile (Type One), and Adult (Type Two) (McHenry, 1993). Type One diabetics are insulin dependant. People under forty years of age are more prone to this type. They have low serum insulin levels and it more often affects small blood vessels in eyes and kidneys. Type Two diabetics are non-insulin dependant. This type is prone to people over forty years of age. They have low, normal or high serum insulin levels. It most often affects large blood vessels and nerves (Long, 1993). Type One diabetes was one of the earliest diseases to be documented by historians. Once called "honey urine" and the "Persian fire". The name diabetes was conceived by the Greek physician Arteus almost eighteen hundred years ago. The disease remained a mystery until 1700 when an English doctor demonstrated that a diabetic's blood was abnormally high in sugar (Aaseng, 1995). Thus, bringing to the conclusion tha
in the future they will grow even better. Through simple measures one dietician. In the end, life is not over after having been diagnosed with nine pounds are also at good risk of conducting this disease (Long, 1993). found in people residing in Scandinavian countries (Aaseng, 1995). Some Institute of Health (NIH) found that more frequent shots may help infected other persons bodies do (McHenry, 1993). With this fact, a young doctor serious disease. If it is overlooked it could lead to complications such hopefully science will produce better treatments and medicines to combat signs and symptoms of this disorder are: an increased thirst and appetite, this discovery (Aaseng, 1995). A person is at risk of this disorder if
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