Aetiology, Signs and symptoms and complications of Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Flashcards
What are the risk factor of type 1 diabetes?
Environment
Genetics
Family history
Autoimmune (immune system attacks body).
What are the risk factor of type 2 diabetes?
Family history Obesity Increasing age Stress Steroids Ethnicity
What are the signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes?
Hyperglycaemia
Fatigue
Severe polyuria, nocturia, polydipsia, polyphagia
Recent history of weight loss
What are the signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes?
Hyperglycaemia
Sudden weight loss
Blurred vision
Fatigue
Which organs in the body suffer from complications when someone has diabetes?
Brain Heart Extremities Eye Kidney Nerves
What is polyuria?
Abnormally large volumes of dilute urine
What is nocturia?
The need to wake up and pass urine at night
Polydipsia?
Abnormally excessive thirst
Polyphagia?
Excessive appetite
Ketosis?
High ketone bodies made when the body burns fat instead of sugar.
Ketonuria?
Excretion of abnormally large amounts of ketone bodies in the urine
Prodrome?
An early symptom (or set of symptoms) indicating the onset of a disease.
Paraesthesia?
An abnormal sensation, typically tingling or pricking (pins and needles) caused by damage to peripheral nerves
Pruritus?
Severe itching
