Diabetes mellitus | |
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Classification and external resources | |
ICD-10 | E10.–E14. |
ICD-9 | 250 |
MedlinePlus | 001214 |
eMedicine | med/546 emerg/134 |
MeSH | C18.452.394.750 |
Diabetes is a condition that results from lack of the hormone insulin in a person's blood, or when the body has a problem using the insulin it produces (insulin resistance). There is another disease with a similar name, diabetes insipidus, however, they are not related. When people say "diabetes", they usually mean diabetes mellitus. People with diabetes Mellitus are called "diabetics".