14.4 Diabetes and its control

Question 1

What are the 2 ways in which a diabetic sufferer could suffer? What does this mean?

Answer 1

1. Pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin
2. Body doesn’t respond effectively to insulin produced

This means BGCs are high

Question 2

What is hyperglycaemia?

Answer 2

Raised blood sugar

Question 3

What is the problem in type 1 diabetics?

Answer 3

• Patients don’t produce insulin - Beta cells on Islets of Langerhans don’t produce insulin

Question 4

What is the suspected cause of Type 1 diabetes?

Answer 4

Occurs as an autoimmune response bc person’s immune system attacks beta cells

Question 5

What is the problem with type 2 diabetics? Why is this?

Answer 5

Theyr’e fat as fuck.

• Patients can’t effectively use insulin to control BGC
• This is bc glycoprotein insulin receptors on cell membranes don’t work properly - cells lose responsiveness to insulin, so don’t absorb enough glucose from the bloodstream

Question 6

What is type 2 diabetes a result of?

Answer 6

Obesity, physical inactivity and excessive consumption of refine carbohydrates