Monica - Week 7 - Exam 2 Flashcards
what is diabetes mellitius?
- CHO metabolism disorder
- ↑ blood glucose d/t inability to produce or utilize insulin
what are 2 major risk factors for diabetes?
obesity and sedentary lifestyle
T/F diabetes is preventable and reversible in pre-diabetes stage
TRUE, BUT once you have actual diabetes → it can’t be cured; it can be managed
why is diabetes called a multi-factorial, multi-organ condition?
chronic ↑ in BG overtime can cause damage to other systems → CVD, renal damage, PVD, eyes (diabetic retinopathy), and nervous system disorders (peri. neuropathy)
diabetes is the leading cause of ____? (3)
blindness, renal failure, and non-traumatic lower extremity amputations
what are the immediate complication of hyperglycemia?
- ↓ immune function and wound healing (↓ WBC function efficiently → less able to fight infection)
- ↑ coagulability (thromboembolic events)
what are the long-term MICROvascular angiopathy and arteriosclerosis of hyperglycemia?
- retinopathy (small hemorrhage, cotton wool spots → blindness)
- neuropathy ( sensory motor nerves; ↓ blood flow → demylenation and degeneration)
- nephropathy = microalbuminuria/proteinuria (leading cause of KF in adults; damage to capill. (filter) → hyperpermeable → protein released in urine)
what is arteriosclerosis?
narrowing d/t the inflammation of arterial line
what are the long-term MACROvascualar angiopathy?
- coronary = angina, MI (leads to chest pain, ↓ O2 = MI)
- cerebral = TIA, CVA (↓ O2 to brain→TIA “mini stroke”; ↑ risk for CVA cerebrovascular accident)
- peripheral = peripheral vascular disease (PVD), limb loss
T/F diabetic’s TPA (natural clot buster) is effected, so they are not able to break down clots.
TRUE
what cells produce insulin?
beta cells
what stimulates an insulin release?
blood glucose rise
what happens to excess glucose?
converted to glycogen or converted to fatty acids
an inability to make insulin, failure to control BG, or insulin resistance is characteristics of ?
diabetes
what do alpha cells produce?
glucagon (counteracts insulin secretion and ↑ BG)
- glycogenolysis (break down of gly in liver)
- gluconeogenesis (make new glucose from fat/amino acids → ketones → DKA)
Type 1: where is is most common?
most common in children and adolescents < 20y/o
Type 1: possible causes?
genetic predisposition or autoimmune response (destruction of beta cells)
Type 1: characterized by?
a complete lack of endogenous insulin
Type 1: treatment?
need long term insulin therapy
Type 1: presenting condition?
- hyperglycemia (700-800)
- DKA
Type 2: can still make endogenous insulin but ______?
- not making enough = glucose can’t move into cell
- tissues poorly using insulin (cellular resistance)
- or both
Type 2: when there is a cellular resistance to insulin the liver attempts to _____–?
compensate by making more → hyperinsulinemia → beta cell exhaustion → blood sugars slowly rise
Type 2: contributing factors?
obesity and physical inactivity
Type 2: treatment?
may need oral and/or insulin treatment
***↑ exercise → can make cells more sensitive to insulin, weight loss, ↑ glucose use, good for ♥; ↑ HDL and ↓ LDL`
look at process map
understood
what are the uncontrollable risk factors of diabetes?
- age
- family hx of type 2 DM
- hx of GDM
- ethnicity (african-american, asian-american, hispanic, and native american) → ↑ rate of obesity
- genetic mutation → insulin resistance
what are the controllable risk factors of diabetes?
- obesity
- lack of physical inactivity
- metabolic syndrome (3 of each factor)
what are the characteristics of metabolic syndrome?
- ↓ HDL
- ↑ glucose levels, ↑ BP, ↑ triglycerides
- abdominal obesity
what are the complications of metabolic syndrome?
CAD, PVD, thrombotic events.
what are the 5 different tests to diagnose diabetes?
- fasting glucose (8hr fasting)
- random glucose (anytime, non-fasting)
- fingerstick blood glucose (FSBG - used in conjunction w insulin - not as reliable)
- oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
- glycosylated hemoglobin (hbg A1C/A1C)
what occurs in a OGTT?
- ingest a 75g glucose load drink and assess BG 2 hrs later (challenge test)