HOW TO CARE FOR A PATIENT WITH DIABETES

Type-1 DM appears to be an autoimmune disease triggered perhaps by a viral infection coupled with some genetic predisposition. In Type-1 DM, regardless of what the trigger is, the patient's own immune system attacks and destroys the beta-cells of the pancreas (a.k.a., the islets of Langerhans) which produce insulin and glucagon (a hormone that ... ................
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