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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus



Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is a medical term that describes diabetes mellitus that requires insulin therapy to avoid ketoacidosis. IDDM is often considered a synonym for juvenile diabetes mellitus and type 1 diabetes mellitus, though the three terms are not entirely congruent:

  • Juvenile diabetes is considered an unsatisfactory and somewhat obsolete term because type 1 diabetes can develop in adults, and type 2 can occur in children.
  • IDDM includes type 1 diabetes, but as type 2 diabetes progresses, in some people it may reach a degree of insulin deficiency that requires insulin treatment.

See diabetes mellitus, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Insulin-dependent_diabetes_mellitus". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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