Metabolic Diseases

For information on diabetes mellitus, gout, haemochromatosis, high trigylceride and cholesterol levels, hypoglycaemia, malabsortpion syndromes, phenyketonuria (PKU) and water electrolyte balance follow the links to these specific topic pages.

Information about other types of metabolic diseases can be found below.

Updated December 2012

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Diabetes

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Links to information on diabetes and its types, prevention, treatment, risk factors, complications, support services and statistics.

Gout

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Haemochromatosis

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Links to information about haemochromatosis.

High Triglyceride and Cholesterol Levels

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Links to information about high triglyceride and cholesterol levels or hyperlipidaemia.

Hypoglycaemia

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Malabsorption Syndromes

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Links to information on malabsorption syndromes, including lactose intolerance and coeliac disease.

Phenylketonuria

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Links to information about phenylketonuria.

Water Electrolyte Imbalance

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Links to resources about water electrolyte imbalance, including dehydration.

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Title:   Diabetes insipidus
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Diabetes insipidus is characterised by extreme thirst and the passing of large amounts of urine. It is caused by insufficient vasopressin (also known as antidiuretic hormone), a hormone produced by the brain that instructs the kidneys to retain water. It may also be caused when the body does not respond to vasopressin, even though enough is available. Diabetes insipidus is not related to diabetes mellitus.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Diabetes insipidus - nephrogenic
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Diabetes insipidus written by professional medical specialists.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Diabetes insipidus - central
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Diabetes insipidus written by professional medical specialists.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Diabetes insipidus
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of diabetes insipidus written by professional medical specialists.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Other supply arrangements outside the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The following page describes the drugs available through the Life Saving Drugs Program (LSDP).
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Managing the metabolic adverse effects of antipsychotic drugs in patients with psychosis
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Antipsychotic medications are widely prescribed and carry a variable propensity to cause weight gain and its attendant sequelae – hyperglycaemia, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Jaundice in babies
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Jaundice can affect newborn babies. Symptoms of jaundice in babies may include a yellow tinge to the skin and whites of eyes, drowsiness, feeding difficulties and dark urine. Light therapy (phototherapy) may be used for some cases of jaundice. Other causes of jaundice include haemolytic anaemia, hepatitis and galactosaemia.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Amyloidosis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Amyloidosis describes diseases caused by abnormal deposits in the body of the protein amyloid. Amyloidosis is a type of bone marrow disease. The symptoms of amyloidosis vary widely, depending on which tissues and organs are affected.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Porphyria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Porphyria occurs when the body cannot convert naturally occurring compounds (called 'porphyrins') into heme (or haem), which contains iron. Porphyria can affect the skin, gastrointestinal system, nervous system or all of these. Diagnosis can be delayed because porphyria mimics other conditions such as Guillain-Barre syndrome, eczema, multiple sclerosis and irritable bowel syndrome.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Interventions for treatment of neonatal hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Higher-than-normal blood sugar levels are frequently seen in babies born very early (before 32 weeks gestation) or with very low birth weight (< 1500 grams) and who are fed totally or partially by vein. Several types of adverse outcomes have been ass...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Recombinant growth hormone therapy for X-linked hypophosphatemia in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Standard treatment of X-linked hypophosphatemia can heal rickets but does not always raise the level of phosphates in the blood or return growth levels to normal. It is unclear whether combining human growth hormone therapy with standard treatment impro...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Metabolic syndrome
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Metabolic Syndrome is a condition that is diagnosed when a number of metabolic abnormalities (including insulin resistance and obesity) occur at the same time in an individual.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Iron deficiency anaemia
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Iron deficiency anaemia is a disorder of the blood, where the iron level in the blood is low.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Interventions for prevention of neonatal hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Blood sugar levels higher than usually seen in full term infants are frequently seen in babies born very early (before 32 weeks gestation) or with very low birth weight (< 1500 grams) and who are fed totally or partially by vein. Several types of adv...
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Tay-Sachs disease
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is an inherited (genetic) condition common in some Ashkenazi Jews and French-Canadians or people with Ashkenazi Jewish or French-Canadian ancestry. However, it can affect people of any nationality. A mutated gene stops the body from producing an enzyme needed for proper brain functioning. This leads to paralysis and death, usually before the age of five.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Severe hyponatraemia - recognition and management
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte disorder. In its severe form it has a high morbidity and mortality. The cause of the hyponatraemia must be identified by clinical assessment and investigations including serum and urinary sodium and osmolality.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a condition characterised by antiphospholipid antibodies and blood clots forming in blood vessels, recurrent pregnancy loss, and a decrease in the number of blood platelets. The symptoms relate to abnormal clotting. Most commonly clots can develop in the veins of the legs (deep vein thrombosis), and also in the lungs.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Amyloidosis
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Amyloidosis refers to a group of disease where there is abnormal deposition of an insoluble protein in various body tissues and organs. Excessive deposition of amyloid may lead to serious changes in organ structure and function. Amyloidosis can be systemic (where there is protein deposition in various parts of the body) or organ-specific (limited to one organ).
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Physical training for McArdle disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   McArdle disease is a rare disease of muscle metabolism. Affected people cannot use a starch-like substance called glycogen which is stored in muscle and used for energy at the beginning of activity and during strenuous exercise. The effects of the cond...
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Base administration or fluid bolus for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants with metabolic acidosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sick preterm infants are easily affected by reduced oxygen levels, cold and poor blood circulation. Their blood becomes acid with a build up of lactic acid (metabolic acidosis) that their kidneys cannot correct. Metabolic acidosis in preterm infants may...

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