KA8- Insulin In Type 1 + 2 Diabetes

Question 1

(diagnosis) 1) Type 1 diabetes usually… 7 Type 2 diabetes typically… 8

Answer 1

occurs in childhood
develops layer in life

Question 2

(diagnosis) 2) In both types of diabetes, … 10 The kidneys will… , resulting in… 13 Testing urine… 12

Answer 2

Individual blood glucose concentration will rise rapidly after a meal
remove some of this, resulting in glucose appearing in urine
for glucose is often used as an indicator for diabetes

Question 3

(diagnosis) 3a) The blood glucose concentrations… 12

Answer 3

of the individual are initially measured after fasting

Question 4

(diagnosis) 3b) The individual then… 23

Answer 4

drinks a glucose solution and changed in their blood glucose concentration are measured for at least the next two hours

Question 5

(diagnosis) 3c) The blood glucose concentration of a diabetic… 19

Answer 5

usually starts at a high level than that of a non-diabetic

Question 6

(diagnosis) 3d) During the test… and takes… 29

Answer 6

a diabetics blood glucose concentration increases to a much higher level than that of a non-diabetic and takes longer to return to its starting concentration

Question 7

(treatment) a) A person with type 1 diabetes… 20

Answer 7

is unable to produce insulin and can be treated with regular doses of insulin

Question 8

(treatment) b) The likelihood of developing… and so… —>… and… —>…31

Answer 8

type 2 diabetes is increased by being overweight and so can be treated by dietry—> avoiding foods that will raise blood glucose concentration and lifestyle—> weight loss

Question 9

(role of insulin) i) Pancreatic receptors respond to raised… 16

Answer 9

blood glucose levels by increasing secretion of insulin from the pancreas

Question 10

(role of insulin) ii) A person with type 1… 11

Answer 10

diabetes is unable to produce insulin

Question 11

(role of insulin) iii) Insulin activates… 15

Answer 11

the conversion of glucose to glycogen in the liver decreasing blood glucose concentration

Question 12

(role of insulin) iv) In type 2 diabetes, …15 This insulin resistance… , leading to a… 26

Answer 12

individuals produce insulin but their cells are less sensitive to it
is linked to the decrease in the number of insulin receptors in the liver, leading to a failure to convert glucose to glycogen