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Diabetes is a term used for some medical conditions, which have excessive urination as a prominent symptom. This page serves to help you find the article you want.

[[Diabetes insipidus]], describes the condition in which the excessive urination is due to insufficient effect of [[antidiuretic hormone]] (ADH).
Diabetes mellitus describes the condition in which the excessive urination is caused by high blood levels of [[glucose]] (a sugar). 

There are three main articles about diabetes mellitus
*[[Diabetes mellitus]] is a general introduction to diabetes mellitus and highlights the similarities and differences between its three sub-types.
*[[Diabetes mellitus type 1]], in which high blood glucose is caused by [[insulin]] deficiency. This type usually develops before the age of 30 years.
*[[Diabetes mellitus type 2]], in which high blood glucose is related to resistance of the bodies tissues to the action of insulin, impaired insulin secretion and/or increased glucose production. The occurrence rate of this type of diabetes increases with age but it also occurs in obese children. 
*[[Gestational diabetes]] mellitus, in which changes in insulin resistance, related to pregnancy, causes high blood glucose. This is not the same as ‘Diabetes in Pregnancy’, which is when a person previously diagnosed with diabetes mellitus becomes pregnant.

The terms insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are no longer used to classify diabetes mellitus because people with any type of diabetes mellitus may need treatment with insulin.

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