DIABETES MELLITUS
7.1. CLASSIFICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia due to impaired secretion and / or effectiveness of insulin. Chronic hyperglycemia, which develops in diabetes, is accompanied by the development of complications from many organs and systems, primarily from the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. Diabetes in total affects 5-6% of the population. In economically developed countries of the world, every 10-15 years, the number of patients with diabetes increases by 2 times. Life expectancy in diabetes is reduced by 10-15%. The causes of diabetes vary widely. In the vast majority of cases, diabetes develops either due to an absolute deficiency of insulin (type 1 diabetes mellitus - DM-1), or due to a decrease in the sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin in combination with secretory dysfunction of the β cells of the pancreas (type 2 diabetes mellitus - ...