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Diabetes is a condition where blood sugar is too high because the body makes too little insulin or cannot use it well. Good control prevents serious complications. Symptoms: Excessive thirst, frequent urination, tiredness, weight loss, slow-healing sores and blurred vision. Type 2 can be silent for years. Get a blood-sugar test if you have symptoms or risk factors. Seek urgent care for very high sugar with vomiting and deep breathing, or for a low-sugar episode (shaky, sweaty, confused). generated by SI from cited sources · general information, not a diagnosis · consult a health professional
Sources: World Health Organization · Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division · CDC, USPSTF · CDC
Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose is your body's main source of energy. Your body can make glucose, but it also comes from the food you eat.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
Often none early. Thirst, passing urine often, tiredness, blurred vision, slow-healing sores, weight loss.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
The body does not make or use insulin well. Risks: family history, overweight, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, older age, history of diabetes in pregnancy.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
EMERGENCY, go now: vomiting with belly pain, deep fast breathing, fruity breath, drowsiness or confusion (possible ketoacidosis), or very low sugar with sweating, shaking and confusion. See a clinician for regular check-ups and if readings stay high.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
Fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c or oral glucose tolerance test, confirmed by a repeat test.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
Healthy eating, regular activity, weight control, medicines or insulin prescribed by a clinician, and regular eye, foot, kidney and blood pressure checks. No dosing information is given here.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
Healthy weight, at least 150 minutes of activity a week, less sugar and refined rice, no tobacco, regular screening after 40.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
Rising fast in Nepal, especially in cities; screening is part of the PEN (Package of Essential Non-communicable disease) programme at health facilities.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
ADA Standards of Care 2025
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/diabetes.html; https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Diabetes%20mellitus; Guideline: ADA Standards of Care 2025; https://edcd.gov.np
Blood sugar (glucose) · HbA1c (average blood sugar) · Kidney function tests (creatinine, urea) · Urine routine examination
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