Diabetes mellitus is usually referred to as diabetes.  It is a group of metabolic diseases in which are characterized by high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Normally glucose levels in the blood are controlled by a hormone called insulin, which is produced by the pancreas. Each form of diabetes mellitus results from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The main types of mellitus diabetes are type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes.

Diabetes Mellitus Definition

The word Mellitus has Latin roots. It means “honey sweet”. The Greek Physician Aretaeus was first to name the condition “diabetes”, which means ‘a flowing through’, as a description of the constant thirst, weight loss, and excessive urination caused by the disease. According to Diabetes.co.uk, the documented history of diabetes have been found to root back all the way back to 1550 BC; it is described on an …