E14.41: Unspecified diabetes mellitus With neurological complications Uncontrolled

You have diabetes. This is also known as diabetes mellitus.

The sugar from food or from sweet drinks is absorbed via the intestine. The sugar gets into the blood there. As a result, the sugar level in the blood rises after eating. The pancreas produces the messenger substance insulin. The pancreas is located in the upper abdomen. Insulin ensures that the sugar from the blood is absorbed into the cells. After eating, especially, the pancreas releases insulin into the blood. As a result, the sugar level in the blood then drops back.

There are various causes for diabetes. The pancreas may no longer be producing enough insulin. Or insulin may no longer be having the right effect in the body. Certain illnesses, hereditary factors or medications can also cause diabetes.

With diabetes, the sugar level in the blood is usually too high. If the diabetes is treated with insulin or other medications, however, the sugar level can also drop sharply.

Your diabetes is currently out of control. Diabetes is deemed to be out of control when the blood sugar content is either very high or far too low at a certain point in time. But it may also be that the blood sugar content is repeatedly too high over a longer period of time.

Your diabetes has damaged some nerves. Nerves are a sort of wiring in the body. Nerves conduct information. The nerves use electrical impulses to do this. Nerves are important, for instance, in enabling you to sense contacts and temperatures, and to move your muscles.

If nerves get damaged, the skin can feel numb, or tingle, or burn. Certain parts of your body may also feel painful or weaker. Nerves also control the organs in the body. This can cause problems with the digestion or when urinating, for example. The heart may beat quickly or irregularly.