Is Insulin Dependent Diabetes a complication or comorbidities?

Is Insulin Dependent Diabetes a complication or comorbidities?

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Comorbidity means the effect of all other diseases an individual patient might have other than the primary disease of interest.

So, no, being insulin dependent typically does not mean that this is an effect of a disorder other than diabetes.

In Type I diabetes the pancreas does not produce insulin.

In Type II diabetes the pancreas does not produce enough insulin.

Is Insulin Dependent Diabetes a complication or comorbidities?


eMedicine - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 : Article by William H Lamb (http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic581.htm)

" a complication" implies a cause to IDDM, see under "causes"

Complications form IDDM look under morbidity and mortality




Comorbidity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comorbidity)

"In medicine and in psychiatry, comorbidity is either
The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder; or The effect of such additional disorders or diseases. "

For example: Diabetes and High blood pressure can be independent of each other, although they are often closely associated [ metabolic syndrome ].

A heart attack/ heart disease may be the result of diabetes and /or high blood pressure.





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