DIABETES MELLITUS / IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE

idiopathic (commonest):

type 1

type 2

maturity-onset diabetes of the young

['MODY'; specific enzyme defects; 3 types]

destruction or loss of pancreatic tissue:

carcinoma of pancreas

pancreatectomy

haemochromatosis

pancreatitis

insulin antagonism:

Cushing's syndrome

acromegaly

phaeochromocytoma

glucagonoma

glucose intolerance:

thyrotoxicosis

pregnancy

thiazides

advanced liver disease

obesity

insulin resistance syndrome

[with hyperlipidaemia, obesity and HT]

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