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='''Diabetes mellitus'''=
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==Description==
*Clinically significant glucose intolerance
*Clinically significant glucose intolerance
*Chronic disease caused by absolute or relevant deficiency of insulin and therefore disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
*Chronic disease caused by absolute or relevant deficiency of insulin and therefore disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
*Other factors, eg. stress, viral infection, genetic factors
*Other factors, eg. stress, viral infection, genetic factors
==Diagnosis==
===Clinical signs===
===Clinical signs===
*Hyperglycaemia
*Hyperglycaemia
**Ketotic breath
**Ketotic breath
*Reduced cardiac output (due to loss of water and sodium), reduced blood pressure and renal flow causing circulatory collapse, coma and death
*Reduced cardiac output (due to loss of water and sodium), reduced blood pressure and renal flow causing circulatory collapse, coma and death
===Diagnostic Imaging===
===Pathology===
===Pathology===
*Possible vacuolation of islet cells and epithelium of small ducts
*Possible vacuolation of islet cells and epithelium of small ducts
===Laboratory Tests===
===Other Tests===
==Treatment==
===Stabilisation===
===Management===
==Prognosis==
*where there is insufficient insulin or a decrease in number of insulin receptors in cells
*where there is insufficient insulin or a decrease in number of insulin receptors in cells
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