Diabetes Type 1 And 2

Question 1

What is diabetes type 1?

Answer 1

It’s a inherited disease. Where pancreatic cells are not able to produce insulin

Question 2

When does diabetes type 1 occur?

Answer 2

In childhood

Question 3

What can treat diabetes type 1?

Answer 3

Regular doses of insulin

Question 4

What is diabetes type 2?

Answer 4

Pancreatic cells become less sensitive due to a decrease in number of insulin in liver.

Question 5

How can diabetes type 2 be treated?

Answer 5

Lifestyle and diet changes

Question 6

How to test for diabetes?

Answer 6

Doctors test for glucose in urine for diabetes. Urine is an indicator. If it’s positive they use a glucose tolerance test

Question 7

What is a glucose tolerance test?

Answer 7

Fast for 8 hours and consume known mass of glucose. Monitor glucose levels for over 2 hours, these are plotted and interpreted

Question 8

How to tell if someone’s diabetic in a glucose tolerance test?

Answer 8

For a diabetic, blood glucose concentration will start higher and increase to a higher level then that of a non- diabetic and will take normal to return back to normal