Diabetes

Question 1

What is diabetes mellitus?

Answer 1

an illness when blood glucose levels are not controlled

Question 2

What is hyperglycemia?

Answer 2

dangerously high blood glucose concentration

Question 3

What is hypoglycaemia?

Answer 3

dangerously low blood glucose concentration

Question 4

What causes type 1 diabetes

Answer 4

immune system kills the b cells in the iselts of
langerhans - can’t make insulin
this happens to children and young adults

Question 5

What causes type 2 diabetes?

Answer 5

obesity
lack of exercise
poor diet
b-cells don't make enough insulin
liver and muscle cells stop responding to insulin
adults and elderly

Question 6

What effects does type 1 and 2 have on blood glucose concentration?

Answer 6

type 1 -
rise after eating carbohydrates - can result in hyperglycemia
stays high - kidneys can’t remove all glucose from urine

type 2 -
rise in blood glucose after eating carbohydrates - hyperglycaemia

Question 7

What are the treatments for type 1 diabetes?

Answer 7

insulin injection / pump
too much insulin can result in hypoglycemia
avoid simple carbohydrates e.g. sugars
eat at regular intervals
regular exercise to use up glucose - need less insulin

Question 8

What are the treatments for type 2 diabetes?

Answer 8

eat healthily
lose weight
regular exercise
drugs to - reduce amount of glucose that is released - to increase bodys sensitivity
to insulin - and to make the body produce more insulin
insulin injections