Brittle diabetes mellitus is a term used to describe particularly hard-to-control Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It results in frequent, extreme swings in blood glucose levels, causing hyperglycaemia that could lead to ketoacidosis or hypoglycaemia.
Also indexed as
Brittle diabetes mellitusUncontrolled or unstable diabetes mellitusbrittle DM - [diabetes mellitus]brittle IDDM - [insulin dependent diabetes mellitus]brittle diabetesbrittle type 1 diabetes mellitesinadequate control of diabeteslabile diabetespoorly controlled diabetesuncontrolled diabetes
Nearby in Acute complications of diabetes mellitus