In medicine it is the name of a chronic disease, of metabolic type, which is characterized by a high presence of glucose levels in the blood. It is caused by poor insulin production in the pancreas. Over time and poorly controlled it comes to affect other organs, such as the heart, kidneys, eyes and nervous system.
In medicine it is a broad group of diseases, although it is used more for diabetes mellitus or for diabetes insipidus. While the name of the disease is Latin, it actually comes from the Greek 948; 953; 945;- ( dia- "through" ) 946; 945; 953; 957; 949; 953; 957; ( baínein "walk, walk" ) , where 948; 953; 945; 946; 951; 964; 951; 962; ( diabetes ) had among its different meanings "channel and siphon for water" that was associated with a common symptom of these pathologies that is excess urine, frequent urination.
