Type 1 diabetes

Summary

  • Absolute insulin deficiency; insulin treatment required.
  • Most often presents with a few days or weeks of polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, and weakness.
  • Some patients may present with diabetic ketoacidosis.
  • Microvascular complications: retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy.
  • Macrovascular complications: coronary artery, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular disease.
Last updated: May 02, 2013
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