The diabetes mellitus , also called diabetes mellitus is a chronic multisystem organ syndrome characterized by increased levels of sugar in the blood (whose technical name is hyperglycemia ) and is caused by low concentrations of insulin or mismanagement in the body causing protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism are altered. Blurred vision, polyphagia (excessive increase in appetite), polyuria (excessive production of urine), polydipsia (increased thirst) and weight loss are commonly symptoms of diabetes.
Involved in the development of diabetes are several pathological processes such as insulin deficiency in type 1 diabetes mellitus preceded by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells or abnormalities that are the result of insulin resistance in type Diabetes Mellitus 2.
The number of people worldwide suffering from diabetes worldwide was estimated at 171 million people in 2000 and it is estimated that this amount will increase to 370 million in 2030.
This disease damages to frecuentemcia kidneys, eyes, blood vessels and peripheral nerves. In cases where there are acute complications of the disease, it can give nonketotic hyperosmolar coma, ketoacidosis and lactic acidosis rarely as a result of inadequate treatment of the disease. Chronic complications of the disease as nephropathy, cardiovascular disease, neuropathy, retinopathy and microvascular damage are the result of disease progression.