Glossary

Complications of Diabetes

Thrombus: Blood clot attached to the interior wall of a vein or artery.

Cerebrovascular: The blood vessels of the brain.

Angina: Severe pain over the chest.

Amputation: Surgical removal of a limb, part of a limb, or other body part by surgery.

Retinopathy: The disease of the retina.

Visual loss: Lost of the ability of seeing things.

Capillaries: Tiny blood vessel connecting arterioles and venules.

Impulse: Electrochemical changes in the membrane of a nerve through which a signal is transmitted.

Transmission: Sending something out or passing something on from one person, place or thing to another.

Nephropathy: Diseases of a kidney.

Glaucoma: diseas in which elevated pressure in the eye, due to obstruction of the outflow of aquemous humor which damages the optic nerve and causes visual defects

Adhesion: band of fibrous tissue that causes normally separate structures to stick together

Lipoprotien: protien combined with liquid

What is Diabetic Mellitus

Metabolize: A process of combining chemical and physical process that take place in the body involving the distribution of nutrients and resulting in growth, energy production, elimination of wastes and other body functions.

 

Management of Hyperglycaemia

Electrolyte: chemical in body (element or compound) that when dissolved produces irons and coducts an electric current

Hyperglycemia: Higher than normal amount of glucose in the blood.

Ketoacidosis: Abnormal accumulation of ketones in the body, resulting from inadequate intake or metabolism of carbohydrates and increased fatty acid metabolism. It may lead to acidosis.

Modification: Making slightly changes of something.

Proteins

Homoeostasis: Steady state in the internal environment of the body (e.g. temperature, electrolyte balance, respiration, heart rate) maintained by various feedback and control mechanisms, involving primarily the nervous and endocrine systems.

Signs of Hyperglycaemia

Kussmaul breathing: Acidosis occurs in the body and Kussmaul’s respiration following as a compensatory mechanism to attempt to rid the body of excess carbon dioxide. The “fruity” odor of acetone will be evident on the breath.

Extremities: Any of the limbs, an arm or a leg.

Signs of Hypoglycaemia

Tachycardia: Abnormally rapid heart rate-----in an adult over 100 beats per minute.

Palpitations: Rapid, strong beating of the heart, associated with emotional arousal and certain heart abnormalities.

Slurred speech: Not speaking properly and clearly.

Seizures: Sudden, involuntary, and violent contraction of a group of muscles, sometimes with loss of consciousness.