Type 1
What is another name for type 1 diabetes?
What is Juvenile Diabetes.
What are type 2 diabetes symptoms (name 2)?
What percentage of people have type one diabetes?
What is 10%
On what date did Insulin officially get its name?
What is April 1922.
Type 1?
What is a condition where the pancreas produces little to no Insulin for the body to use in order to break down sugar.
Who does Type 1 diabetes mostly effect?
What is younger people.
What two things should patients monitor everyday?
What is cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.
What percentage of people with diabetes have type two?
What is 90%.
What were the two most important case studies for the improvement of diabetes treatments?
What is The Diabetes Control and Complications Trail and The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes study.
(both cases showed which treatments worked and which did not)
Type 2?
What is a metabolic disorder were the body has high blood sugar and becomes insulin resistant.
How long will type 1 patients be on insulin for?
What is for the rest of their lives.
What can higher the risk of type 2 diabetes (list 2 things)?
What is smoking, obesity, genetics, low testosterone levels, sedentary lifestyle.
By 2014 how many people had diabetes world wide?
What is 387 million people world wide.
What years were the turning points for diabetes health care and research?
What is the 1970's and the 1980's. (This marked substantial strides towards making people lives more livable with diabetes).
Insulin resistance?
What is when the body is unable to use the insulin properly/effectively.
Most patients with Type 1 diabetes have it because?
What is it runs in the family aka genetics.
What can type two diabetes lead to(name 2)?
What is foot ulcers, heart disease, vison impairment, gum disease, stroke, nerve damage.
By the year 2050 how many people are estimated to have diabetes?
What is 1 in 3 adults.
Who was Leonard Thomson?
What is First patient to receive Insulin.
Fasting Plasma Glucose test?
What is checks your blood glucose levels after fasting for 8 hours. 120mg/dl or higher would mean you have diabetes.
Is Type 1 diabetes reversible?
What is no it is not reversible, but it can be monitored by doctors and medicine.
How is it treated (4 possible treatments)
What is Victoza, Insulin, diet, exercise.
Between what years did type one diabetes rise to 23% higher in young people?
What is the years 2001-2009.
What is importance of the date January 11, 1922?
What is the first injection of Insulin was given but failed because it was not pure enough.
AC1 Test?
Measure your blood glucose level for the past 2-3months by seeing how much glucose gets stuck to your hemoglobin. Diabetes would be diagnosed at 6.5% or higher.