Diabetes

Author: Zhi Zhongji
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: In China, diabetes has become the third major chronic disease threatening the health of the public. Diabetes is the leading cause of death from cardiovascular diseases, and it is also a primary factor in blindness and kidney dysfunction. Diabetic patients have a 15 to 40 times higher risk of amputation compared to the general population. How to prevent and control diabetes and its complications has become a widely concerned issue. This book explains the etiology, clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, treatment principles, related tests, and daily living precautions for diabetes in simple and accessible language, aiming to help readers, especially inpatients, gain a correct understanding of diabetes, grasp the patterns of the disease, and thereby cooperate with treatment to prevent or delay the occurrence of complications.