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diabetes vocab

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Ascites   Excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity  
Asterixis   Abnormal muscle tremor consisting of involuntary jerking movements  
Cirrhosis   A progressive irreversible disorder, eventually leading to liver failure, the end stage of chronic liver disease  
Dawn phenomenon   A rise in glucose between 4 A.M. and 8 A.M. that is not a response to hypoglycemia  
Encephalopathy   Generalized brain dysfunction marked by varying degrees of impairment of speech, cognition, orientation, and arousal  
Esophageal varices   Enlarged thin  
Hematemesis   Blood in vomit  
Hepatitis   Inflammation of the liver, usually caused by a virus, may be acute or chronic  
Hyperglycemia   Elevated blood glucose levels (above 16 mg/dl) which causes osmotic diuresis and if chronic, damages vessel epithelium and renal glomeruli  
Hypoglycemia   Low blood glucose levels, deficiency of blood sugar  
IDDM   Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus  
Insulin   A hormone that facilitates entry of glucose into fat and muscle cells for energy  
Jaundice   Yellow discoloration of the skin, mucous membrane, and sclera, caused by greater than normal amount of bilirubin in the blood  
Ketoacidosis   A condition of very high blood glucose and insufficient insulin that results in accumulation of ketones and fatty acids in the blood and urine and diuresis  
Lipodystrophy   Disturbance of fat metabolism. Common findings include localized accumulation of fat under the skin and on the trunk, or fatty atrophy  
Nephropathy   Disease of the kidney. It includes inflammatory (nephritis), degenerative (nephrosis), and sclerotic lesion of the kidney  
Neuropathy   Damage to peripheral nerves causing hyper or hyposensation and leading to pain and injury  
NIDDM   Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, the former abbreviation for the disease now known as Type 2 diabetes mellitus  
Obstruction   Blockage of a structure that prevents it fro functioning normally  
Paracentesis   Aspiration of fluid from the peritoneal cavity  
Portal hypertension   Elevated pressure in the portal venous system that causes rerouting of blood to adjoining lower pressure vessels  
Retinopathy   Any non inflammatory retinal damage or disease  
Somogyl effect (phenomenon?)   In Diabetes mellitus, rebound hyperglycemia following an episode of hypoglycemia caused by counter regulatory hormone release  


   


 

 

 
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