Diabetes Flashcards
What is mellitus diabetes?
A disease that affects how your body uses blood sugar, glucose
What happens if you have to much sugar in your blood?
It can lead to serious health problems
What chronic diabetes conditions are there?
Type 1 diabetes - dependant on insulin or you will die
Type 2 diabetes - linked with obesity diet of insulin controlled
What is hyer-glycemia?
High blood sugar levels - 8 mmol of higher if you are a diabetic
What is hypo-glycemia
Low blood sugar levels - lower than 4 mmol
What are systems of hyper - glycemia
thrist, frequent peeing, tired
What are symptoms of Hypo - glycemia
Tired, shakey, blurred vision
How often should you take your blood sugar levels?
Every two hours
Mr Brown is experiencing hypoglycemia, what interventions would you perform to fix this?
take a glucose check
give him a lollie or carbohydrates
recheck bloods in 15 minutes
