Blood Glucose

Question 1

What can Chronic elevated blood glucose lead to?

Answer 1

Atherosclerosis and blood vessel damage

Question 2

How can blood glucose levels be monitored

Answer 2

Receptors on the pancreas

Question 3

What happens when there hog blood glucose levelV

Answer 3

Pancreas secretes more insulin and less glucagon
Insulin makes liver more permeable to glucose
Insulin also activated convo of glucose to glycogen to decrease glucose level

Question 4

Type 1 diabetes- when, why and treatment

Answer 4

• childhood
• unable to produce insulin
• regular insulin injections

Question 5

Type 2 diabetes - when, why and treatment

Answer 5

• later in life (overweight)
• produce insulin but cells sensitive to it due to decreased amount of insulin receptors so fail to convert glucose to glycogen
• diet adjustments and exercise

Question 6

What happens in both type 1 and type 2

Answer 6

Blood glucose rises after meal, kidneys can’t Absorb glucose so it exerts it in urine

Question 7

How can diabetes be detected ?

Answer 7

Testing iron for glucose

Question 8

What can obesity lead to

Answer 8

Cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes

Question 9

What is weight characterised by

Answer 9

Excess body fat in relation to muscle

Question 10

How to calculate BMI

Answer 10

Body weight (kg) divided by height (m)2