Bio and chemistry

 Introduction to Diabetes  Diabetes is generally defined as “any disorder characterized by excessive urine excretion” There are two types of Diabetes  1) Diabetes Mellitus   2) Diabetes insipidus What is Diabetes Mellitus   Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of glucose,it is a absolute or relative deficiency of insulin which results in hyperglycemia (increase blood glucose level).  Diabetes mellitus is a common clinical condition and third major cause of death in many developed countries, about 1/5th of individual's above the age of 50, Bearing this disease.   Deficiency of Insulin leads to increased blood glucose level. Thus, due to this high blood glucose, the entry of glucose into the cells is inefficient. Hence, all body cells are starved of glucose. Insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitus(DDM)  It is also known as Juvenile-onset or Type-I Diabetes Mellitus. There is absolute deficiency of insulin due to viral or auto-immune destr...