When the islands (or islets) of Langerhans fail to provide the insulin to spark this process, the sugar passes unused into the blood and is eliminated in the urine. This glandular disorder is known as diabetes and, since the 1920′s, has been controlled by insulin injections. More recently, some diabetics have been treated with oral medications.
Symptoms of diabetes
Everyone should be alert for the following symptoms of diabetes: Excessive thirst and urination; in children, bed-wetting may be a sign. Loss of weight, especially when consumption of food is increased. Weakness, listlessness, and fatigue.
Itching of the genitals.
Indications of approaching diabetic acidosis and coma
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