Test 9/20 Flashcards
Gh
Growth hormone
TSH
Thyroid hormone
“Stimulating”
ACTH
Adrenocorticotropic
PRL
Prolactin
FSH
Follicular Stimulation
LH
Luteinizing
ADH
Diuretic
Fast blood glucose
(Fbg,fbs)
Test blood glucose levels after a fast for 8 1/2 hours
Glucose hemoglobin
( HGB, ALC)
Reflects average blood
Glucose level over past 3 to 4 months
Diabetes type 1
Children/young adults
Previously known as juvenile onset diabetes
Unable to produce insulin because of destruction of beta islet cells typically has an acute onset and 5%-10% of patients with diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
Adults
Represents 90%-95% of total cases of diabetes
Risk factors- family history
history of gestational diabetes
Impaired glucose tolerance
Physical inactivity
Obesity
Difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
that type 1 diabetes is a genetic condition that often shows up early in life, and type 2 is mainly lifestyle-related and develops over time. With type 1 diabetes, your immune system is attacking and destroying the insulin-producing cells in your pancreas.
Nephropathy
(Microvascular disease)
Kidney failure
Caused by both vascular changes and upper glycemic
Chief areas
Blood vessels eyes kidneys legs and feet
Symptoms
Numbness pain or tingling in hands feet or legs
Retinopathy
(Microrascular)
Hyperglycemic episodes damage blood vessels in the retina disturbance of vision occurs from vascular changes in capillaries of the retina that can lead to retinal detachment and blindness
Ketoacidosis
Diabetic come
Body can’t produce enough insulin serious complications of diabetes occurs when body produces high levels of blood acids called kestones waste materials from fat metabolism build up bloodstream and cause it to be more acidic
