Diabetes treatment

Diabetes treatment

Diabetes prevention and treatment.

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Monogenic

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Related to a single gene. Some rare forms of diabetes are monogenic, including neonatal diabetes mellitus and maturity-onset diabetes of the young (mody).

Subcutaneous injection

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Putting a fluid into the tissue under the skin with a needle and syringe.

Glucose gel

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Pure glucose in gel form used for treating hypoglycemia.

Antibodies

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Proteins made by the body to protect itself from foreign substances such as bacteria or viruses. People get type 1 diabetes when their bodies make antibodies that destroy the body's own ...

Human leukocyte antigens (HLA)

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Proteins located on the surface of the cell that help the immune system identify the cell either as one belonging to the body or as one from outside the body. Some patterns of these proteins may mean ...

Islet cell autoantibodies (ICAs)

Health care; Diabetes treatment

Proteins found in the blood of people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. They are also found in people who may be developing type 1 diabetes. The presence of icas indicates that the body's immune ...