Publisher's Synopsis
Diabetes mellitus is derived from the Latin term mellitus, which means sweet, and the Greek word diabetes, which means to siphon or pass through. According to a historical analysis, Apollonius of Memphis coined the name "diabetes" somewhere between 250 and 300 BC. The sweet character of the urine in this illness was discovered by the ancient Greek, Indian, and Egyptian civilizations, leading to the spread of the term diabetes mellitus. In 1889, Mering and Minkowski made the discovery that the pancreas plays a part in the Pathophysiology of diabetes. To address this expanding issue, great work has been done throughout the years, leading to several discoveries and the development of management techniques. Diabetes is regrettably still one of the most widespread chronic diseases in the nation and the world today. It continues to be the seventh most common cause of death in the US.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic condition marked by unnecessarily high blood glucose levels. Type 1, type 2, maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), gestational diabetes, neonatal diabetes, and secondary causes resulting from endocrinopathies, steroid use, etc. are some of the different kinds of DM.
