Prediabetes
What is "false"
Optimal blood sugars for fasting are what?
What is 4-7 mmol/L
What is "False"
Gestational diabetes happens when a person is NOT previously diagnosed with diabetes
CVD means what?
What is "cardiovascular disease"
Macrovascular complications affect which of the following:
a) small blood vessels in the body
b) large blood vessels in the body
c) the large arteries of the body
d) b and c above
e) all of the aboveWhat is "d" - both b and c
Arteries are the large blood vessels of the body. macro means large
When a person has a FBG of 6.5, they have what?
What is "impaired fasting glucose" or prediabetes
A person diagnosed with diabetes, would have a fasting blood sugar of what?
Over "7.0 mmol/L"
What is 'True"
PCOS means what?
What is "Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome"
DKA is when a person has the following:
a) very high blood sugars and ketones in blood/urine
b) low blood sugars, but ketones in urine
c) very high blood sugars only
d) very high levels of ketones only
What is "a" very high blood sugars (often over 30) and very high ketone levels - this means person is starving and their pancreas is shutting down, or has shut down making insulin. No glucose is getting out of the blood to the cells.
When a person has a Glucose Tolerance Test result after waiting two hours after the sweet drink a blood sugar reading of 7.0, which of the following is their diagnosis.
a) hypoglycemia
b) hyperglycemia
c) optimal blood sugars
d) prediabetes or impaired glucose tolerance
e) None of the above
What is "c" optimal blood sugars (they are below 7.3 mmol/L and higher than 4.0 mmol/L
A person that has been diagnosed with a fasting blood sugar of 6.2, has what percent chance of preventing diabetes from happening to them?
What is "60%" chance of reversing and preventing diabetes from happening to them
A mom who does not control her blood sugars during pregnancy and they are high puts the baby at risk for which of the following:
a) respiratory or breathing problems down the road
b) becoming a large baby
c) c-section
d) risk of still birth or miscarriage
e) all of the above
What is "e" - all of the above
When treating someone who is having a low blood sugar reaction, after giving them the 15 grams of carbohydrate (e.g. 3/4 cup regular pop, 3 tsps. sugar in water etc.), how long must you wait before giving the person any more?
What is "15 minutes wait between treating them with sugar" If you let them finish the whole can, they could swing into very high blood sugars- this is called 'overrating a person'
When a person is diagnosed with prediabetes after taking a fasting blood sugar test, this is called what?
Impaired fasting glucose
A person has an Impaired Glucose Tolerance reading when their reading 2 hours after taking the sweet drink is between what two numbers.
What is "7.3 - 10.9 mmol/L
Risk to mom who have poorly controlled gestational diabetes include which of the following:
a) high blood pressure
b) difficult birth- greater risk of infections
c) kidney damage
d) all of the above
What is "d" - all of the above
RF means what?
What is "risk factor"
Our hemoglobin blood glucose measurement with a glucose monitor is measured in percent. True or False
What is 'false" it is measured in mmol/L
Hemoglobin A1c is measured in %
A person has a blood sugar of 3.7 mmol/L - they have what condition?
What is "hypoglycaemia" or low blood sugars
A person Impaired Fasting Glucose or Prediabetes when their numbers are between which two numbers.
What is 6.1 - 6.9 mmol/L
A baby whose mom has high blood sugars just before birth is at risk of having what condition, as soon as the they are born and the umbilical cord is cut?
What is "hypoglycemia" or low blood sugars
GDM means what?
What is "gestational diabetes mellitus"
Microvascular complications means damage to the small blood vessels in the following:
a) arteries
b) tiny blood vessels called glomeruli in the kidney's
c) Nerve cells
d) eye
e) b,c,d only
f) all of the above
What is "e" b,c, and d only