Diabetes (disambiguation)

Diabetes usually refers to a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar.

Diabetes may also refer to:

Diabetic conditions

Diabetes insipidus (DI), a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine (unrelated to the high blood sugar levels of diabetes mellitus)
- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, a form of diabetes insipidus due primarily to pathology of the kidney (genetic defect in ability of kidney to concentrate urine)
- Neurogenic diabetes insipidus, a lack of vasopressin (ADH) production in the posterior pituitary of the brain

Diabetes mellitus type 1, a form of diabetes mellitus that results from autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas
Diabetes mellitus type 2, a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency
Gestational diabetes, a condition in which women without previously diagnosed diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during pregnancy
- Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), a medical term that describes diabetes mellitus that requires insulin therapy to avoid ketoacidosis

Diabetes mellitus and deafness, a mitochondrial disease associated with the gene "Leu-UUR"
Diabetes type 1.5, comprising LADA and ketosis-prone diabetes mellitus type 2
Latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA), a term coined to describe slow-onset type 1 autoimmune diabetes in adults
Lipoatrophic diabetes, a type of diabetes mellitus presenting with severe lipodystrophy
Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY), any of several hereditary forms of diabetes caused by mutations in an autosomal dominant gene that disrupts insulin production
Neonatal diabetes mellitus, a form of diabetes that occurs in the first 6 months of life
- Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus
- Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus
Prediabetes, the state in which some but not all of the diagnostic criteria for diabetes are met
Steroid-induced diabetes, prolonged high blood sugar due to glucocorticoid therapy for another medical condition

Diabetic coma, a reversible form of coma, a medical emergency, found in people with diabetes mellitus
Diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially life-threatening complication in patients with diabetes mellitus

Diabetic foot, refers to several podiatric pathologies associated with diabetes mellitus
Diabetic nephropathy, damage to the kidneys and the development of proteinuria and chronic kidney disease
Diabetic neuropathy, a disorder that is associated with diabetes mellitus
Diabetic retinopathy, damage to the retina of the eye caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which can eventually lead to diabetic nephropathy, damage to the kidneys and the development of proteinuria, and chronic kidney disease

Diabetes management, a system to monitor and maintain the impaired glucose cycle that results from diabetes
- Anti-diabetic medication
- Diabetes management software, runs on personal computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) to help persons with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes manage their disease
- Diabetic diet
- Insulin therapy

Diabetes (journal), a peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1952 by the American Diabetes Association
Diabetes Care a peer-reviewed medical journal published since 1978 by the American Diabetes Association