An 18-month-old boy developed seizures at 3 months of age. He developed normally and, his EEG and brain CT revealed no abnormal findings. The blood sugar level was normal at that time, thus he was diagnosed as having benign infantile convulsion. At 7 months of age seizures reappeared, and hypoglycaemia associated with hyperinsulinism was observed during the seizures. With conservative therapy h...

Increased activities of maltase and sucrase of small intestinal mucosa were found in alloxandiabetic mice. Adrenalectomy did not affect the activities of the enzymes in normal mice, but lowered those of alloxan-diabetic mice as well as blood sugar level. Administration of glucocorticoid raised the enzyme activities in normal mice, non-diabetic adrenalectomized mice and adrenalectomized al1oxan-...

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the United States. Diabetes is a disease that affects the way the body handles blood sugar, and approximately 24 million Americans have this disease. There is no cure for diabetes. However, it is a disease that can be controlled with proper care. But without good management, diabetes can cause devastating and irreversible complications. Diabetes ca...

1. Nine unoperated dogs snowed a rise of blood sugar dunng anaphylactic shock. In six of these dogs the rise was 60 mg. or over. 2. Six dogs in which one adrenal had long previously been extirpated and the opposite splanchnic nerve cut, showed a low preliminary level of blood sugar, and a relative rise of blood sugar during anaphylaxis, but of less degree than in the unoperated animals. In no c...

aims: complication of diabetes mellitus (dm) is the most important impediment resulted from uncontrolled blood sugar. the patients should be educated on controlling their blood sugar and promoting their preventive behaviors, in order to reduce complications. the aim of the present study is to determine the effects of the basnef model-based educational programs on blood sugar control (diabetes t...

background and objectives: snacks are important parts of diabetes patients’ diet. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of moderate amounts of dates and raisins, as nutritious snacks, on blood glucose, and to compare these effects with sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: this crossover clinical trial was performed on 15 patients with type 2 diabetes...