Diabetes Mellitus Flashcards
People with diabetes often die from cardiovascular disease, because _________.
diabetes promotes atherosclerosis
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism by which nerves can become dysfunctional due to long-term hyperglycemia?
Nerve cell exhaustion leading to apoptosis
Type 1 Diabetes is a(n) __________ .
- Environmental disease
- Genetic disease
- Autoimmune disease
What are some chronic complications that are not associated with diabetes mellitus?
- Microvascular Disease
- Nephropathy
- Cardiovascular disease
- Neuropathy
A reduction in which of the following risk factors is likely to have the largest impact on the number of people with type 2 diabetes?
obesity
Why do people with diabetes tend to suffer from infections and in severe cases amputation?
- Poor circulation leads to hypoxia and poory delivery of leukocytes to sites of infection
- Phagocytosis and inflammation can be impaired
- Neuropathy can lead to poor wound care.
- Microbes grow well in a high glucose environment
Inflammation is believed to play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes, because ________ .
People with high blood concentrations of IL-6 and C-reactive protein have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes
True or False. Intracellular stores of triglycerides can interfere with insulin signaling.
True
Which of the following is NOT a potential mechanism by which exercise is beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes?
- Exercise can decrease blood glucose concentrations
- All answers are correct.
- Exercise can increase high density lipoprotein -Exercise can aid in weight loss
All answers are correct
Type 2 diabetes results from __________.
progressive insulin resistance