Diabetes Mellitus Flashcards
Once inside the cells, insulin: (7)
TMSS (Too Much Sugar Sugar)1.Transports glucose, k cells, amino acids 2.Metabolizes glucose, protein fat3. Stores glucose in liver and muscle cells & fat 4.Signals liver cells to stop the release of glucose
Is insulin a hormone?
Yes
What produces insulin and what is insulins function?
The pancreas. it controls blood glucose levels
Glucose is a large molecule that contributes to the….
amount of solutes in the blood
Elevated glucose levels impair..
oxygen transport
When glucose is elevated it causes…
intracellular dehydration
If concentration of glucose in the blood exceeds the renal threshold for glucose, what happens?
the kidneys cant reabsorb all of the filtered glucose so it appears in the urine
Wherever glucose goes..
Water goes, therefore person becomes dehydrated and may have an electrolyte imbalance
Type I diabetes is formally called what?
Juvenile or IDDM (Insulin dependent DM)
Autoimmune disease
Antibodies directed against normal tissues of the body, responding to those tissues as foreign
Beta cells produce?
insulin
Process of Type I
process destroys Beta cells of the pancreas, making it unable to produce insulin
Type I initiated by?
Autoimmune-viral infection or chemical toxin (smoking) or idiopathic - no known etiology, some ethnicity issue African or Asian decent
Type I peek incidence
during puberty; can occur at any age
What happens to glucose from food in Type I?
Glucose from food cant be stored in liver & remains in the blood & contributes to post meal hyperglycemia. Theres no insulin to transport the glucose in the cell!
Type I s/s
Abrupt, person usually thin or normal weight.
Hyperglycemia, polyphagia, plydispsia,polyuria, wt loss &fatigue, possible electrolyte imbalance & metabolic ketoacidosis
What causes Ketoacidosis in type I?
Insulin inhibits the breakdown of fat in cells and if there is no insulin production, fat is broken down which increases production of ketones. Excessive amounts of ketones present in blood= ketoacidosis
Acetone smells like what?
Fruit
Without enough insulin in type I the body cant what?
burn glucose properly and fat comes out of fat cells. (ketoacidosis)
Type 2 occurs when there is a
secretion defect of beta cells results in excess insulin, then decreased insulin production over time
What develops with type 2
Insulin resistance develops which prevents insulin from delivering glucose into the cells
Insulin resistance in type 2 does what?
prevents insulin from delivering glucose into the cells
Typical onset for type 2
middle & older age. Incidence increases with age
Risk factors for type 2 (8)
Family history
obesity,
Ethnicity,
Age over 45,
physical inactivity,
hypertension ( BP >140/90) HDL Cholesterol level > 35 mg/dl or triglyceride level of > 250 mg/dl, history of gestational diabetes or delivery of a 9lb baby,
previously identified impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance
Why is the insulin not able to get into the cells in type2?
Something wrong with insulin, antibodies destroy insulin on receptor sites, decrease in receptor sites available in obesity and weight reduction increases site
insidious onset
type 2
often don’t have DM until develop chronic complication
type 2
s/s of type 2
hyperglycemia, polydipsia, no increase in hunger, no weight loss, fatigue, frequent infections, poor wound healing, blurred vision r/t osmotic changes in lens, itching dry skin, paresthesias (nerve damage)
Other types of hyperglycemic response
r/t medications, r/t TPN, r/t Pancreatic disorders
Glucocorticoids do what to insulin?
They oppose insulin action and stimulate gluconeogenesis (formation of glucose from fats & proteins) esp in the liver resulting in a net increase in hepatic glucose output
Blood tests for DM (5)
Fasting blood sugar, Fasting plasma glucose, 2 hour post-prandial, oral glucose tolerance value, random plasma glucose level