Intro Diabetes 1

BY K. Dinesh kumar Roll NO- 19

Diabetes is a medical disorder, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating.

Diabetes is a chronic condition that needs close attention.

It is a condition in which the body either does not produce or properly use insulin.

Aretaeus the Cappadocian, the immortal Alexandrian physician of the second century, was confronted with a patient exhibiting excessive urination.

He chose a Greek word signifying siphon. Dia means through or entirely; baino

meaning to go.

The word mellitus however, is a word of Latin origin.

Mellis, in Latin means honey (and also refers to the bee)

The true Latin word for sweet is dulcis.

increased from 30 million to 246 million over the last two decades, a staggering figure.

Every 10 seconds a person dies from diabetes-related causes.

Every 10 seconds two people develop diabetes.

Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of global death by disease.

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of vision loss in adults

In the writings of Aretaios (Aretaeus) of Cappadocia, a Greek physician who lived during the period 120-200 A.D., there is a reference to Diabetes.

References to this are also found in Indian, Egyptian medicine.

Thomas Willis was the person who coined the term mellitus meaning honey in latin.

The Papyrus of Ebers, written probably in the first half of the 16th Century B.C. in Egypt, mentions the passing of excessive urine amongst the other ailments.

Matthew Dobson was the person who confirmed the sweet taste of urine in Diabetes patient.

Johann Peter Frank was the person who classified Diabetes Mellitus from Diabetes insipidus!

And finally Edward Albert Sharpey Schafer was the person who coined the term INSULIN.

Sir Harold Percival Himsworth was the person who differentiated Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Surprisingly there is no reference of Diabetes in Chinese, Persian and Greco-Arabic (Unani) medicine.

In Charaka Samhita, ancient Hindu physicians had referred this disorder as “Madhu Meha”.

Insulin- lowers blood sugar by causing glucose entry into the cells

Glucogon- increases blood sugar by releasing glucose stores from liver

The important roles of insulin and Glucagon:

Diabetes and Hypoglycemia

Late in 1920, a medical doctor and his student (Banting and Best) discovered insulin by tying a string around the pancreatic duct of several dogs which won them the Noble Prize.

endocrine clusters of cells in pancreas

The islets contain four types of cells Beta cells-secrets insulin and amylin; Alpha cells-secrete glucagon; Delta cells- somatostatin, and Gamma cells- a polypeptide of unknown

function.

Do you know why WORLD DIABETES DAY is celebrated on November 14th?

No is not JAWAHARLAL NEHRU’s birthday….. Its actually Frederick Banting’s Birthday!!!

Wish you a Sweet Diabetes Free Life

B Hapy