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But they are related somehow? Like Java and JavaScript?

• ghkbrew 11y ago
  I suspect you're joking, but I'll go ahead and answer here anyway, because I find it interesting and think others might as well. The term "diabetes" refers specifically to the production of large amounts of urine. The diseases most people are familiar with are fully known as Diabetes Mellitus, type I and type II. The word "mellitus" is latin with roots in the word for honey and means sweet or sweetened with honey. So really both diseases are named for the fact that the produce the symptom of large amounts of sweet urine. Biologically this is because uncontrolled type I and type I sufferers have extraordinarily high blood sugars. Some of this excess glucose is excreted in the urine and osmotically pulls fluid along with it increasing the total urine volume. It's worth noting that diabetes (the symptom) can have multiple other causes. Diabetes Insipidus is caused simply by the excess ingestion of fluids. (i.e. you urinate a lot when you drink too much water)
  • muraiki 11y ago
    No, diabetes insipidus can be caused by hormonal problems, kidneys failing to respond to hormones, and pregnancy.
    • ghkbrew 11y ago
      Fair enough, perhaps I should have said "can be caused by" DI (technically Dipsogenic DI) can be caused by neurological dysfunction or psychiatric illness without any hormonal disregulation.
• oliwarner 11y ago
  Sure. Type one means you don't make insulin, and in type two you're either not making enough (for one of a number of reasons) or —most commonly these days— you've been running on a 30-year sugar high and now your cells just ignore insulin at any level. The article is talking about "re-sensitising" cells to insulin by starvation diet.