This pocket-sized paperback provides comprehensive information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to diabetes. The author discusses the increase in the incidence of this disease as well as expectations for the future. The text also profiles the relationship between obesity and Type 2 diabetes, as well as the many complications that arise from the disease. Compact and concise, Type 2 Diabetes is illustrated with color photographs, line diagrams and tables. The accessible format conveys all the relevant data quickly, so diabetologists, general practitioners, weight management specialists and medical students can benefit.
Author(s): Patrick English, Gareth Williams
Edition: 1
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 110
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Type 2 diabetes: an impending pandemic?......Page 10
Insulin and metabolism......Page 14
Type 2 diabetes: aetiology and pathogenesis......Page 19
Presenting features of type 2 diabetes......Page 31
Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus......Page 33
Complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus: not a ~mild disease~......Page 36
The clinic......Page 71
Pregnancy and contraception in type 2 diabetes......Page 83
Diabetes and driving......Page 87
Diabetes and surgery......Page 88
The management armoury......Page 89
The future......Page 105
Index......Page 108
