Diabetes Types
This type of diabetes is often in children/younger adults and requires insulin as treatment.
What is type 1 diabetes?
This is how we check our blood glucose levels at home.
What is a meter or glucometer?
This is a common medication people with type 2 diabetes start on, it tells the liver to calm down and stop sending out extra glucose.
What is Metformin?
What is type 2 diabetes?
This can connect to a phone or a receiver and can track our blood glucose levels 24/7.
What is a CGM or continuous glucose monitor?
There are many different kinds of these to help us make more insulin or control blood glucose levels.
This test is done every 3-6 months after we are diagnosed, tells us our average blood glucose level for the last 3 months as a percentage.
What is an A1c?
This type of diabetes is a precursor to full diagnosis of diabetes, typically no symptoms with 1 mildly elevated lab result.
What is prediabetes?
This is the range we want our blood glucose to be when we first wake up (fasting), per the American Diabetes Association.
What is 80-130 mg/dL?
This is injected into the skin and also found naturally in the body, helps lower blood glucose levels.
This can be done to help diagnose diabetes, it is a blood glucose check or a lab draw first thing in the morning before eating or drinking.
What is a fasting blood glucose level?
This type of diabetes is only when you are pregnant, can lead to type 2 later in life.
What is gestational diabetes?
This is the range we want to be 2 hours after we eat a meal, per the American Diabetes Association.
What is less than 180 mg/dL?
This is the group of insulins that lasts for 24 hours in the body.
What are long acting insulins (Lantus, Basaglar, Glargine, Levemir, Toujeo, Tresiba)?
This is a test women who are pregnant complete to see if they have Gestational Diabetes, requires woman to drink a very sugary drink to see how blood glucose reacts.
What is Oral Glucose Tolerance Test?
This type of diabetes is seen in cystic fibrosis because of other pancreas issues.
What is CFRD (cystic fibrosis related diabetes)?
This is our goal for A1c to reduce the risk of complications.
What is less than 7.0%?
This is a group of insulins that work quickly to lower blood glucose levels, typically give right before a meal.
What are short acting insulins (Humalog, Novolog, Fiasp, Admelog)?