ALL ABOUT DIABETES
What is diabetes?
Diabetes occurs when your blood sugar is too high.
Define type 2 diabetes.
The cells in your body don’t use insulin properly or make enough sugar, leading to high blood pressure.
How many people in the U.S have prediabetes?
~97.6 million
Whats the medical term for diabetes damaging the kidney?
A) Diabetic Neuropathy
B) Diabetic Nephropathy
C) Diabetic Myopathy
D) Hyperglycemic Neuropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
Name one way you can do to reduce your chances of getting diabetes (answers may vary).
Managing stress, eating a healthy diet, losing weight (if needed), get screened, sleep 7-9 hours.
Define prediabetes.
a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.
How many people have diabetes in the U.S
~38.4 million
Whats the medical term for diabetes damaging the eye?
A) Diabetic Nephropathy
B) Retinal Diabetes
C) Sugar eye disease
D) Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic Retinopathy
What is glucose?
Glucose is your body’s main source of energy and it gets produced by your body or from the foods that you eat.
Define type 1 diabetes.
Your body makes little to no insulin. Your immune system attacks and destroys the cells in your pancreas that make insulin.
What ethnic group has the highest rate of diabetes in the U.S.?
American Indian/Alaskan Native.
Whats the medical term for diabetes damaging the feet?
A) Podiatric diabetes
B) Diabetic foot
C) Diabetic ostepathy
D) Foot neuropathy
Diabetic foot
What is Insulin?
Insulin, a hormone that is created by the pancreas, helps glucose get in your cells that can be used for energy.
Define Gestational diabetes.
a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy, due to hormonal changes that cause the body to resist insulin.
How much in total do people in the U.S have diabetes and prediabetes?
~136 million
Whats the medical term for diabetes damaging the nerve?
A) Central neuropathy
B) Neuroglycopenia
C) Hyperglycemic neuritis
D) Diabetic neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy
What are the potential risks when having diabetes?
damages to the eyes, kidney, nerves, and heart.
Define Monogenic diabetes.
a rare form of diabetes caused by a mutation in a single gene, unlike types 1 and 2 diabetes, which are polygenic.
How many people in the U.S do NOT have diabetes and prediabetes (hint: the U.S. population is 340.1 million)
~204.1 million
Whats the medical term for diabetes damaging the heart?
A) Diabetic cardiomyopathy
B) Vascular cardionephrosis
C) Diabetic arteriopathy
D) Arteriocardial sclerosis
Diabetic cardiomyopathy