Diabetes Mellitus

Running head: DIABETES MELLITUS
DIABETES MELLITUS
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DIABETES MELLITUS1
Diabetes mellitus is defined as the disease that inhibits the human body from utilising
the energy and the pancreases produces no insulin or extremely little amount of insulin. There
are two types of diabetes mellitus namely type 2 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes
mellitus. There are various causes of diabetes mellitus also known as the risk factors that is
responsible for increasing the threat of diabetes mellitus, which are as follows
(Betterhealth.vic.gov.au, 2019):
 Overweight and obesity
 High blood pressure
 Smoking
 Physical stress like illness or surgery
 Autoimmune diseases
 Age
 Insulin resistance
 Family history of diabetes mellitus
 Consumption of medicines such as steroids
 Injury of pancreases
 Abnormal triglyceride or cholesterol level
There is no such cure for diabetes mellitus, but different treatment techniques help the
patient to manage and control their symptoms of diabetes mellitus. Some recent advances are
suggested for helping the patient suffering from diabetes mellitus such as replacing the
missing cells through cell therapy, beta cell replacement therapy, immunotherapy, automated
treatment using artificial or superficial pancreas, GLP-1 drugs, artificial pancreas and
medication treatment. The level of blood sugar is usually maintained by using effective
medicine such as oral metformin, which is considered as the major class of drug for treating