Diabetes-Description

=__Description of Diabetes:__=
 * Diabetes is a chronic illness.
 * Chronic illness is one that last a long time.
 * This disorder is __not__ contagious.
 * Diabetes occurs because the body cannot properly use the sugar that comes from food.
 * There are 4 types of Diabetes:
 * Type 2, Type 1, Type 1.5, and Gestational.

=__History of Diabetes:__= Diabetes was first noticed by the Egyptians three thousand years ago. They first noticed it when they were describing clinical features similar diabetes. In 1675 English doctor Thomas Willis added he word mellitus which means honey sweet, to diabetes. He added this word because of rediscovering the sweetness of blood and urine of diabetes patients. It was first noticed by the Ancient Indians. In 1776 Dobson of Britain was first to confirm the occurrence of extra sugar in the blood and urine, it was the cause of the sweetness. In 1875 Claude Bernard of France came upon the concept that diabetes is cause by the excess glucose production. In 1889 the role of the pancreas in pathogenesis of diabetes was found by Mering and Minkowski from Austria. In 1921 Canada's Banting and Best used the previous discovery as the basis of clinical use and insulin isolation. In 1955 successful trials used to prepare an orally administrated hypoglycemic which then went on to be the first market of tolbutamide and carbutamid.

Link to Information: http://www.ncbi.nlm.gov/pubmedhealth/pmlt0002194 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nlh.gov/pubmed/11953758

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