# Diabetes mellitus

Condition · id `core:diabetes-mellitus` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public)

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## In plain language

A group of disorders marked by high blood sugar and by the body having trouble handling glucose.

## Technical summary

MeSH concept M0006148, the preferred concept of descriptor D003920, describes diabetes mellitus as a varied group of disorders whose shared features are high blood glucose (hyperglycemia) and glucose intolerance. MeSH's indexing note calls the heading general or unspecified and says to prefer specifics, so specific types are not recorded here. This identity states no diagnostic threshold, treatment or risk.

## Connected pages

- Has subtype: Gestational diabetes (`maternal:gestational-diabetes`)
- Related to: Diabetes testing after gestational diabetes (`maternal:postpartum-diabetes-screening-after-gdm`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 22bf9b64df8d725d3135f4ac5d2252dc250ee35a50709ac67291228a25bfb0e3
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-14