Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes occurs when the pancreas either cannot or has trouble making enough insulin to control the sugar a person receives from their food. (Bete, Co. 1972) Diabetes Mellitus is broken down into two groups: Juvenile (Type One), and Adult (Type Two) (McHenry, 1993). Type One diabetics are insulin dependant. People under forty years of age are more prone to this type. They have low serum insulin levels and it more often affects small blood vessels …

…stronger and in the future they will grow even better. Through simple measures one could live out their full life while being a diabetic patient. Works Cited McHenry, Robert. "Diabetes Mellitus." Encyclopedia Brittannica. 1993 ed. Aaseng, Nathan. Autoimmune Diseases. New York, New York: Franklin Watt, Co. 1995. Long, Barbera, Wilma Phipps, Virginia Cassmeyer. Medical Surgical Nursing. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby, 1993. "Diabetes" 1997. http:/www.diabetes.org/ada/c20b.csp. (16 December 1998) Diabetes, Channing L. Bete Co., Inc. 1972. Pamplet