Physiology
Basic source of energy for the body.
What is glucose?
The cause of Type 1 diabetes.
What is the pancreas stops producing insulin or produces little insulin?
What is Obesity?
This is another name for blood sugar below 80 mg/dl.
What is hypoglycemia?
The name of the device used to check glucose levels.
This allows glucose to enter the cells.
What is Insulin?
Onset of Type 1 diabetes.
What is early childhood/adolescence?
Onset of Type 2 Diabetes.
What is any age?
When glucose levels are higher than normal in the body, people experience.
What is hyperglycemia?
Medication given to diabetic patients who are alert and oriented to help with hypoglycemic episode.
What is Oral Glucose?
The place where Insulin is produced in the body.
What is the Pancreas?
People that are Type 1 are considered.
What is Insulin Dependent?
3 Ways that Type 2 diabetes can be controlled without medicine?
What are diet, exercise, and weight loss?
People with a diabetic emergency can also present like they have one of these conditions.
What are stroke, intoxicated, hypoxia, seizures or poisoning?
Two types of medications given to people in severe hypoglycemia.
What are D10 and D50?
milligrams/deciliter (mg/dL)
The number of times great that this type of diabetes will occur in American Whites compared to African American or Hispanics.
What is 1.5 times greater?
Most common types of medicine for type 2 diabetics.
What is Metformin?
This occurs when glucose levels are elevated and the body tries to compensate and protect the heart and the brain.
What is Diabetic Ketoacidosis?
The amount of blood required for most test strips.
What is 0.4-0.6 microliters of blood?
This part of the brain regulates normal consciousness and requires oxygen, water, and glucose to function properly.
What is the Reticular Activating System (RAS)?
These people are at increased risk of one of these 5 things.
What is Kidney Disease?
What is Ocular Disease?
What is Nerve Injury?
What is HTN?
What is CVA?
What is Hylton?
This emergency occurs usually later in life and affects type 2 diabetics. Diuresis and fluid shift occurs and causes extreme dehydration.
What is Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Coma (HHNK)?
The substance on glucose test strips that reacts with glucose present in the blood sample to determine blood glucose level.
What is Glucose Oxidase?