Historical aspects of diabetes, morbidity and mortality

Abstract

It has been an entire century since the introduction of insulin into clinical practice, which, among other, led to fertility and pregnancy outcomes? improvements. The prevalence of diabetes worldwide and in Serbia is high and tends to increase as a consequence of modern lifestyle. Nevertheless, modern diagnostic and therapeutically approaches enable people with diabetes to achieve and complete pregnancies without adverse outcomes. Gestational diabetes can be considered as non-communicable disease and efforts should be made to determine its effects on the offspring. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, diabetes mellitus was identified as an important risk factor for severe forms of the disease.

History of gestational diabetes mellitus

“…The term "diabetes" traces back to Demetrius of Apameia (1st or 2nd century BC) and is derived from the Ionic word meaning "to pass or run through" as in a siphon, later becoming the Latin word for "siphon" (6). The sweetness of diabetic urine was first described in ancient Indian texts, and later by Avicenna (980-1037) (7) and Morgagni (1635-1683). In 1674, Thomas Willis (1621-1675) recognized this sweet taste (lat.…”