Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is a medical term that describes diabetes mellitus that requires insulin therapy

Insulin therapy

Insulin therapy, refers to treatment of diabetes by administration of exogenous insulin.Insulin is used medically to treat some forms of diabetes mellitus....
to avoid ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complication in patients with diabetes mellitus. Near complete deficiency of insulin and elevated levels of certain stress hormones increase the chance of a DKA episode....
. IDDM is often considered a synonym for juvenile diabetes mellitus

Juvenile diabetes mellitus

Juvenile diabetes mellitus is a medical term referring to insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or type 1 diabetes mellitus in childhood. It is now considered somewhat obsolete as it has become clear that type 1 diabetes may develop in adults and type 2 diabetes has become more common in children....
and type 1 diabetes mellitus, though the three terms are not entirely congruent:

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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is a medical term that describes diabetes mellitus that requires insulin therapy

Insulin therapy

Insulin therapy, refers to treatment of diabetes by administration of exogenous insulin.Insulin is used medically to treat some forms of diabetes mellitus....
to avoid ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Juvenile diabetes mellitus

Juvenile diabetes is considered an unsatisfactory and somewhat obsolete term because type 1 diabetes can develop in adults, and type 2 can occur in children.
IDDM includes type 1 diabetes, but as type 2 diabetes progresses, in some people it may reach a degree of insulin
Insulin

Insulin is a hormone with extensive effects on both metabolism and several other body systems . Insulin causes most of the body's cells to take up glucose from the blood , storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle, and stops use of fat as an energy source....
deficiency that requires insulin treatment.

See diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus , often referred to simply as diabetes , is a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of genetic disorder and environmental causes, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar levels ....
, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and type 2 diabetes mellitus.