Unstable and Brittle Diabetes (Advances in Diabetes)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: April 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781841842899
Subjects: Diabetes; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Diseases - General; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical / Diseases; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Hyperglycemia; complications; etiology
First sentence: When insulin was first used in 1922-3, anyone with a knowledge of human nature would have predicted that a treatment which was, at least in theory, under the patient's control, would lead to trouble in some cases.
Description: Provides a comprehensive overview that helps the reader understand this complex and troublesome condition. Topics include history of our knowledge of the disease, an overview of the disease, secondary causes, hypoglycaemic diabetic instability, insulin resistance and over-insulinisation, diabetic instability in children and the elderly, psychological factors and intervention, educating patients about the disease, causes, outcomes, treatment, how to live with the disease, and more.