Healthcare and Patient Safety

Diabetes and Reproductive Healthcare

Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin or the cells of the body not responding properly to the insulin produced. There are three main types of diabetes mellitus:

Reproductive health refers to the illnesses, disorders and conditions that affect the functioning of the male and female reproductive systems during all phases of life. Reproductive health as a state of whole physical, mental and community well-being, reproductive health speeches the reproductive developments, functions and system at all phases of life. Reproductive tract infections (RTI) are infections that affect the reproductive tract, which is part of the Reproductive System. For females, reproductive tract infections can be in either the upper reproductive tract (fallopian tubes, ovary and uterus), and the lower reproductive tract (vagina, cervix and vulva); for males these infections are at the penis, testicles, urethra or the vas deferens.

•        Types of Diabetes

•        Prevention of Diabetes

•        Miscarriage

•        Surrogacy Techniques

•        Reproductive Diseases