Diabetes

Question 1

What is diabetes?

Answer 1

A disease in which a body’s ability to produce insulin

Question 2

What is insulin And what does it do

Answer 2

Insulin is a hormone which reduces blood sugar and it makes cell TAKE IN glucose and the liver CONVERT glucose to glycogen

Question 3

What is glucagon and what does it do?

Answer 3

Glucagon is a hormone within the pancrease which promotes the breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver

Question 4

What is type 1?

Answer 4

Your pancreas does not make enough or any insulin it makes people feel extreme hunger thirst and fatigue but most importantly weight gain

Question 5

What is type 2?

Answer 5

Your cell stop responding to insulin it’s symptoms may be extreme weight loss and blurred vision

Question 6

What does the liver do?

Answer 6

Converts glucose to glycogen and takes in more glucose

Question 7

Effects of glucagon?

Answer 7

If blood sugar levels are to high the pancreas makes glucagon this causes the liver to convert glycogen to glucose for energy