16.4 diabetes

Question 1

what is diabetes

Answer 1

a metabolic disorder caused by an inability to control blood glucose concentration due to a lack of the hormone insulin or a loss of responsiveness to insulin

Question 2

type 1 diabetes

Answer 2

-due to the body being unable to produce enough insulin
-may be result of an autoimmune response whereby the body immune system attacks its own cells

Question 3

type 2 diabetes

Answer 3

-normally due to glycoprotein receptors on body cells being lost of losing their responsiveness to insulin

Question 4

control of type 1 diabetes

Answer 4

-controlled by injections of insulin
-dose of insulin must match the glucose intake

Question 5

control of type 2 diabetes

Answer 5

-controlled by regulating the intake of carbohydrate in the diet and matching this to amount of exercise