Type I Diabetes
Of autoimmune disease and diabetes mellitus. May also be referred to as IDDM, autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes and ketosis-prone diabetes.
Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease.
This concept's ID is @1~71121
Contains
- ketoacidosis
Acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes melli...