See Also: livedo racemosa(medicine)
Diabetes, type 1(health)
Type 1 Diabetes(health)
Type 2 Diabetes(health)
type 1 diabetes(medicine)
type II diabetes(medicine)
type 2 diabetes(medicine)
type I diabetes(medicine)
diabetes, type 2(medicine)
diabetes, type 1(medicine)

Diabetes, type 1 (health) and livedo racemosa (medicine)


Diabetes, type 1 (health)


An autoimmune disease that occurs when T cells attack and decimate the beta cells in the pancreas that are needed to produce insulin, so that the pancreas makes too little insulin (or no insulin). Without the capacity to make adequate amounts of insulin, the body is not able to metabolize blood glucose (sugar), to use it efficiently for energy, and toxic acids (called ketoacids) build up in the body. There is a genetic predisposition to type 1 diabetes.





livedo racemosa (medicine)


livedo racemosa -->
livedo reticularis
<dermatology> A persistent purplish network-patterned discoloration of the skin caused by dilation of capillaries and venules due to stasis or changes in underlying blood vessels including hyalinisation; rarely appears as a developmental defect.

Synonym: angiitis livedo reticularis, dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, livedo racemosa.