Juvenile Diabetes

Introduction: Juvenile Diabetes

Description of Juvenile Diabetes

Juvenile Diabetes (medical condition): Type 1 diabetes (also called "insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" or "juvenile diabetes") is the severe insulin-requiring form of diabetes. It ...more

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Juvenile Diabetes: former designation for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), or Type 1 diabetes (q.v.).
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Juvenile Diabetes: severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease.
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Juvenile Diabetes: Related Topics

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• Diabetes symptoms
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Juvenile Diabetes as a Disease

Juvenile Diabetes: Another name for Type 1 diabetes (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Type 1 diabetes
  »Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes
  »Causes of Type 1 diabetes

Juvenile Diabetes: Related Diseases

Juvenile Diabetes: Juvenile Diabetes is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Diabetes
• Autoimmune diseases
• Pancreas conditions
• Adolescent conditions
• Diabetes-like conditions
• Endocrine system conditions
• Immune system conditions
• Autoimmune conditions

Causes of Juvenile Diabetes

Some of the causes of Juvenile Diabetes are included in the list below:

• Haemochromatosis
• Polyendochrine syndromes - some rare syndromes cause multiple autoimmune diseases in various body glands
• Chronic pancreatitis - pancreas damage that can mimic diabetes.
• Cystic fibrosis
• Addison's disease

Read more about causes of Juvenile Diabetes (Type 1 diabetes)

Symptoms of Juvenile Diabetes (Type 1 diabetes)

Some of the symptoms of Juvenile Diabetes incude:

• Excessive thirst
• Excessive urination
• Excessive hunger
• Tiredness
• Losing weight

See full list of 13 symptoms of Juvenile Diabetes (Type 1 diabetes)

Juvenile Diabetes: Article Excerpts about Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is usually first diagnosed in children,... (Source: excerpt from Am I at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: NIDDK)

Juvenile Diabetes as a Symptom

Juvenile Diabetes (symptom): Type of Diabetes-like symptoms.

More information on symptom: Diabetes-like symptoms:

• Diabetes-like symptoms

Juvenile Diabetes: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Juvenile Diabetes:

• insulin
• diabetic ketoacidosis
• insulin pumps
• lipoatrophy
• autoimmunity
• hypoglycemia

Terms associated with Juvenile Diabetes:

Terms Similar to Juvenile Diabetes:

• type I diabetes
• insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• IDDM
• juvenile-onset diabetes
• growth-onset diabetes
• ketosis-prone diabetes
• ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
• autoimmune diabetes

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Broader terms for Juvenile Diabetes

• diabetes mellitus
• DM
• autoimmune disease
• autoimmune disorder

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Hierarchical classifications of Juvenile Diabetes

The following list attempts to classify Juvenile Diabetes into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• diabetes mellitus,DM
• diabetes
• polygenic disease,polygenic disorder
• congenital disease,genetic abnormality,genetic defect,genetic disease,genetic disorder,hereditary condition,hereditary disease,inherited disease,inherited disorder
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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