A new patient comes to your clinic, and you are taking his medical history. He reports, "I take insulin shots for that disease that gives you high blood sugars." The correct medical term for this disease is:
A) Cushing syndrome
B) Graves disease
C) diabetes insipidus
D) diabetes mellitus
D
Explanation: With diabetes the body cells are resistant to or the pancreas does not produce insulin. Subsequently, the body is unable to utilize glucose (sugar) for cell function and it accumulates in the blood.
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