growth-onset diabetes
A child learns about managing their growth-onset diabetes with a glucose monitor.
Noun: A severe form of diabetes mellitus that typically begins in childhood or young adulthood. It is characterized by the body's inability to produce insulin, leading to high blood sugar levels. Key symptoms include excessive urination (polyuria), extreme thirst, increased appetite, unintended weight loss, and episodes of a serious condition called ketoacidosis. Management requires lifelong insulin therapy via injections and careful dietary control.
This is a medical term. It is used in clinical, educational, and patient-care contexts to describe a specific type of diabetes. * The patient was diagnosed with growth-onset diabetes at the age of twelve. * Growth-onset diabetes requires meticulous daily management of blood glucose levels. * Research into the causes of growth-onset diabetes is ongoing.
- The term is often used interchangeably with Type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in modern medical terminology, though "growth-onset diabetes" specifically emphasizes the typical age of onset.
- It may be contrasted with "maturity-onset diabetes" (now commonly called Type 2 diabetes), which typically develops later in life and has different underlying mechanisms.
- Type 1 diabetes (n): The more common contemporary term for this condition.
- Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) (n): A formal synonym highlighting the treatment requirement.
- Juvenile diabetes (n): An older term, now less preferred as the condition can onset in adults.
- Autoimmune diabetes (n): A term focusing on the cause, where the body's immune system attacks insulin-producing cells.
- Type 1 diabetes
- Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA): A serious, acute complication of untreated growth-onset diabetes mentioned in the definition.
- Insulin therapy: The required treatment for this condition.
- Blood glucose monitoring: A critical daily activity for managing the disease.
A child learns about managing their growth-onset diabetes with a glucose monitor.
- severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease