Facts or Myths
Treatment
Symptoms
100
True or False: Eating too much sugar causes Type 1 diabetes.
False: Type 1 diabetes happens when the pancreas cannot make insulin normally.
100
What is a test kit used for?
It is a way to measure blood sugar.
100
What is the hormone associated with Diabetes?
Insulin, which works with the sugar taken into the body to use for energy.
200
True or False: Kids with Diabetes cannot eat candy.
False. Kids can eat some sweets in small amounts with a balanced diet.
200
Where are the injection sites for your insulin shots located on the body?
The abdomen, thighs, back of the arms, and buttocks.
200
What is a symptom of Type 1 Diabetes? Gaining weight or losing weight?
Losing weight. The body starts to use muscle and fat for energy as it cannot use sugar.
300
True or False: You can't catch Diabetes from someone else.
True. Diabetes cannot be passed from person to person like a cold.
300
True or False: You should always use the same injection site.
False. Using the same insulin injection site over and over is not a good idea. Eventually, insulin injected at that over-used site won’t be absorbed as quickly. You should rotate injection sites.
300
Because Diabetes makes the body not be able to use sugar for energy, most people with diabetes tend to feel...
Tired and very sleepy from lack of energy
400
True or False: Insulin cures Diabetes.
False. Insulin helps glucose/sugar out of the blood and into the body to be used for energy but it doesn't cure Diabetes.
400
Which injection site absorbs insulin the most quickly?
The abdomen absorbs and can process the insulin more quickly.
400

Between what ages is type 1 diabetes commonly diagnosed?

The most common ages are between 4-7 years old. 

500
True or False: There is no cure for diabetes
True. There is no cure for diabetes. Using insulin shots can make life with diabetes easier. But Type 1 diabetes comes from the destruction of insulin cells which cannot be replaced.
500

What is the average price of a vial of Novolog insulin? +- $5 

$168.53. A vial of Novolog insulin costs around $2 to produce. 

500

What is the national color for diabetes?

The national color for diabetes is blue and awareness month is November. 

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