Diabetes (disambiguation)

The term diabetes can refer to any disease from a heterogeneous group of diseases that only have in common the excretion of excessive volumes of urine and uncontrolled thirst. It generally refers to its most common subtype, diabetes mellitus, which in turn is a group of various metabolic disorders characterized by the persistent presence of elevated glucose concentrations in the blood plasma (hyperglycemia).

• Diabetes mellituswhich includes and may refer to:
  • Diabetes mellitus type 1
  • Diabetes mellitus type 2
  • Diabetes mellitus type 1.5
  • Diabetes mellitus gestational
  • Type MODY Diabetes
• Insipid diabetes
• Glucosuria kidney or kidney diabetes.
• Cystinosis o amino-diabetes
• Fanconi syndromeA type of phosphate-diabetes.

The term prediabetes is also used, including:

• Glucose intolerance
• Glucose in altered fasts

Can also refer to related medical terms such as:

• Diabetic neuropathy
• La acromegalia and the Cushing Disease that can occur in the form of diabetes mellitus.