MELLITUSSarah Roberts

Ben Flores

WHAT IS MELLITUS?

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the pancreas, resulting in a lack of insulin.

Beta cells are damaged by autoimmune inflammation, leading to an insufficiency of insulin.

The glucose level in blood increases and cells do not have enough energy for metabolism.

HOW IS IT AUTOIMMUNE?

It results in the destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.

The lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose!

SYMPTOMS

Excessive urination

Thirst or dehydration

Weight loss

TREATMENTS

Insulin is used to replace the lost beta cells, but it does not actually treat Mellitus. It must be used life-long, several times a day before meals.

A proper diabetic diet is not sugar-free, but balanced with a controlled calorie intake and regular timing.

FASCINATING FACTS

For each 500 US residents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus, there is only one donor pancreas.

“Mellitus” is Latin for “honey” or “sweet,” a name added when physicians discovered that the urine from people with diabetes is sweet with glucose.

William Cullen (1710-1790), a professor of chemistry and medicine in Scotland, is responsible for adding the term “mellitus.”

Works Cited

http://autoimmune.pathology.jhmi.edu/diseases.cfm?systemid=3&diseaseid=23

http://diabetesmellitusfacts.com/ http://health.azkexpert.com/files/2012/10

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