Diabetes mellitus

Alternative names:

diabetes; sugar diabetes

Symptoms:

• increased thirst
• increased urination
• weight loss in spite of increased appetite
• fatigue
• nausea
• vomiting
• frequent infections including bladder, vaginal, and skin
• blurred vision
• impotence
• breath odor
• cessation of menses
• poor skin turgor

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

• bleeding gums
• ear noise/buzzing
• diarrhea
• depression
• confusion

Signs and tests:

• urinalysis showing glucose and ketone bodies in the urine
• glucose tolerance test
• fasting blood glucose
• glycosylated hemoglobin (hemoglobin A1C) level

This disease may also alter the results of the following tests:

• visual field
• urine 24h volume
• uric acid
• ophthalmoscopy
• ketones - urine
• serum ketones
• insulin test
• glucose - urine
• euglobulin lysis time
• CSF total protein
• CSF collection
• cholesterol test
• ACE levels