Diabetes Prevention
Risk factors of pre-diabetes include all of the following except:
1) Being overweight
2) Having a parent, brother or sister with type 2 diabetes
3) Becoming a young adult (Age 21)
3) Becoming a young adult (Age 21)
What is the major hormone that diabetes affects?
Insulin
Type 1 diabetes is more prevalent then type 2 diabetes.
Myth (About 90%-95% of people with diabetes have type 2; about 5% have type 1)
Similar to type I diabetes, chronic kidney disease is not preventable.
Myth
CKD relates to which major organ in the body system?
Kidney
The NHS provides the following diet advice for people with diabetes except:
1) Foods with unsaturated fats
2) High-fat dairy products
3) 1.6 to 2 liters of fluid (hydration) each day
4) Oily fish once a week
2) High-Fat Dairy Products
What is the major organ involved in diabetes?
Pancreas
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness.
Fact
Dialysis is a cure for kidney failure.
Myth, there is no cure for kidney failure. (If you have end-stage renal disease or kidney failure, a dialysis or transplant is needed to live but you will need a new kidney for a permanent fix).
Which of the following is not a risk factor of CKD?
1) Diabetes
2 Low Blood Pressure
3) Smoking
4) Obesity
2) Low Blood Pressure
Experts suggest that ____ mins of exercise a day to help reduce risk of diabetes.
30 minutes
Hyperglycemia
People with diabetes are more likely to catch colds or other illnesses.
Myth (It can make illnesses more severe or cause infections)
1 in 3 Americans are at risk for kidney disease.
Fact
Race is actually a risk factor of CKD in america. Of the following, which is not listed as risk factor of CKD?
1) Hispanic
2) African American
3) Native American
4) Asian American
1) Hispanic (Being African-American, Native American or Asian-American is a risk factor)
Being over what age is considered to be a risk factor of diabetes?
45 years old
Intermediate-acting insulin is effective for how many hours?
12-18 hours.
Giving birth to a baby that weighs more than 9 pounds is a risk symptom of diabetes
Fact (Excessive birth weight could equal gestational diabetes. Extra glucose in your bloodstream crosses the placenta, which triggers your baby's pancreas to make extra insulin. This can cause your baby to grow too large)
Kidney stones are a significant risk factor in causing kidney disease as they can cause permanent kidney damage.
Myth, Kidney stones rarely cause permanent damage. One in 10 people will have a kidney stone but a vast majority will never develop the disease.
Diseases and conditions that cause chronic kidney disease include
1) Glomerulonephritis
2) Polycystic kidney disease
3) Campylobacteriosis
4) Vesicoureteral
3) Campylobacteriosis