Diabetes mellitus in the elderly

1, the vast majority of elderly diabetes belongs to adult onset diabetes. 2, the elderly often increase the osmotic threshold, glomerular filtration decreased, so clinical symptoms and urine sugar is not parallel, in the measurement of diabetes control, not because of urine sugar as an indicator. 3, in the face of high blood sugar stress, often obvious osmotic diuresis, so that blood sugar values significantly increased, resulting in hyperosmotic non-ketosis coma.