Will Nickel - It was known in the early Nineteenth Century - and easily confused with other illnesses. The name of the person(s) who discovered and defined the illness isn't known, though a number of researchers who've contributed to our understanding of the disease are known to science. Our understanding of the disease is a work in progress, as are our means of dealing with it. As a health professional with the disease, I'm waiting for a cure with more than a touch of impatience!
Type 1 Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce insulin (a hormone that aids in moving sugar from the blood to the cells). This type of diabetes can be due to a virus or autoimmune disorder in which the body does not recognize an organ as its own and attacks it. In this case the body attacks an organ known as the pancreas where insulin is made. This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed before age 40. What is the treatment for Type 1 Diabetes?
Those with Type 1 Diabetes are required to take insulin injections to move sugar from the bloodstream. What about Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes occurs when insulin that the body produces is less efficient at moving sugar out of the bloodstream. Some sugar is moved out of the blood, just not as effectively compared to a person with normal insulin efficiency. High blood sugar is a result of this. Type 2 Diabetes used to be thought of as the adult onset type of diabetes. However, an alarming rate of children are now being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.
I'm unsure if this is the correct answer to your question but "In 1889, European researchers Joseph Von Mering and Oskar Minkowski published "Diabetes Mellitus After Extirpation of the Pancreas." In the paper they acknowledged the symptoms following the removal of the pancreas of a dog".
MedicalMan - Diabetes is one of the oldest known diseases. An Egyptian manuscript from c. 1550 BCE mentions the phrase “the passing of too much urine.”[39] The great Indian physician Sushruta (fl. 6th century BCE) identified the disease and classified it as Medhumeha. He further identified it with obesity and sedentary lifestyle, advising exercises to help "cure" it.[43] The ancient Indians tested for diabetes by observing whether ants were attracted to a person's urine, and called the ailment "sweet urine disease" (Madhumeha).
Concerning the sweetness of urine, it is to be noted that the Chinese, Japanese and Korean words for diabetes are based on the same ideographs (糖尿病) which mean "sugar urine disease". It was in 1776 that Matthew Dobson confirmed that the sweet taste comes from an excess of a kind of sugar in the urine and blood.
The first complete clinical description of diabetes was given by the Ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia (fl. 1st century CE), who noted the excessive amount of urine which passed through the kidneys and gave the disease the name “diabetes.”[39]
Diabetes mellitus is a common disorder that occurs when your pancreas either totally stops producing insulin or does not produce enough of the hormone for your body's needs. This results in a low absorption of glucose, both by the cells, which need it for energy, and by the liver, which stores it. Another result is a high level of glucose in your blood.
Eating too much sugar is not the cause of diabetes. This misconception arises because diabetes is characterized by high levels of blood sugar (glucose). Excessive sugar consumption is indeed very dangerous for diabetics, who must curtail their sugar intake. But sugar doesn't cause this disorder.
Two main forms of diabetes mellitus:
Insulin-dependent diabetes - Type I Mainly in young people Pancreas produces very little or no insulin Body is unable to use glucose because of the lack of insulin Body is forced to obtain energy from fat which can cause diabetic coma
Non Insulin-dependent diabetes - Type II Usually affects people over 40 Output of insulin is inadequate for your body's needs Most common in people who are overweight Hereditary
gangadharan nair - The first complete clinical description of diabetes was given by the Ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia (fl. 1st century CE), who noted the excessive amount of urine which passed through the kidneys and gave the disease the name “diabetes".
Li - Banting and Best discovered insulin in the 1920s but I am sure diabetes has been around for at least a hundred years before that , people just died from it ,not knowing what it was.
How did it originate?
Will Nickel - It was known in the early Nineteenth Century - and easily confused with other illnesses. The name of the person(s) who discovered and defined the illness isn't known, though a number of researchers who've contributed to our understanding of the disease are known to science. Our understanding of the disease is a work in progress, as are our means of dealing with it. As a health professional with the disease, I'm waiting for a cure with more than a touch of impatience!
ReplyDeleteKalai - Around 1552 B.C.
ReplyDeleteIn 1870's a French physician related diet style to diabetes.
....... - There are two types of diabetes.
ReplyDeleteType 1 Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce insulin (a hormone that aids in moving sugar from the blood to the cells). This type of diabetes can be due to a virus or autoimmune disorder in which the body does not recognize an organ as its own and attacks it. In this case the body attacks an organ known as the pancreas where insulin is made. This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed before age 40.
What is the treatment for Type 1 Diabetes?
Those with Type 1 Diabetes are required to take insulin injections to move sugar from the bloodstream.
What about Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes occurs when insulin that the body produces is less efficient at moving sugar out of the bloodstream. Some sugar is moved out of the blood, just not as effectively compared to a person with normal insulin efficiency. High blood sugar is a result of this. Type 2 Diabetes used to be thought of as the adult onset type of diabetes. However, an alarming rate of children are now being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.
I'm unsure if this is the correct answer to your question but "In 1889, European researchers Joseph Von Mering and Oskar Minkowski published "Diabetes Mellitus After Extirpation of the Pancreas." In the paper they acknowledged the symptoms following the removal of the pancreas of a dog".
MedicalMan - Diabetes is one of the oldest known diseases. An Egyptian manuscript from c. 1550 BCE mentions the phrase “the passing of too much urine.”[39] The great Indian physician Sushruta (fl. 6th century BCE) identified the disease and classified it as Medhumeha. He further identified it with obesity and sedentary lifestyle, advising exercises to help "cure" it.[43] The ancient Indians tested for diabetes by observing whether ants were attracted to a person's urine, and called the ailment "sweet urine disease" (Madhumeha).
ReplyDeleteConcerning the sweetness of urine, it is to be noted that the Chinese, Japanese and Korean words for diabetes are based on the same ideographs (糖尿病) which mean "sugar urine disease". It was in 1776 that Matthew Dobson confirmed that the sweet taste comes from an excess of a kind of sugar in the urine and blood.
The first complete clinical description of diabetes was given by the Ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia (fl. 1st century CE), who noted the excessive amount of urine which passed through the kidneys and gave the disease the name “diabetes.”[39]
Diabetes mellitus is a common disorder that occurs when your pancreas either totally stops producing insulin or does not produce enough of the hormone for your body's needs. This results in a low absorption of glucose, both by the cells, which need it for energy, and by the liver, which stores it. Another result is a high level of glucose in your blood.
Eating too much sugar is not the cause of diabetes. This misconception arises because diabetes is characterized by high levels of blood sugar (glucose). Excessive sugar consumption is indeed very dangerous for diabetics, who must curtail their sugar intake. But sugar doesn't cause this disorder.
Two main forms of diabetes mellitus:
Insulin-dependent diabetes - Type I
Mainly in young people
Pancreas produces very little or no insulin
Body is unable to use glucose because of the lack of insulin
Body is forced to obtain energy from fat which can cause diabetic coma
Non Insulin-dependent diabetes - Type II
Usually affects people over 40
Output of insulin is inadequate for your body's needs
Most common in people who are overweight
Hereditary
gangadharan nair - The first complete clinical description of diabetes was given by the Ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia (fl. 1st century CE), who noted the excessive amount of urine which passed through the kidneys and gave the disease the name “diabetes".
ReplyDeleteLi - Banting and Best discovered insulin in the 1920s but I am sure diabetes has been around for at least a hundred years before that , people just died from it ,not knowing what it was.
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