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Anatomy
Management
Complications
Prevalence
Risk Factors
100
This organ produces insulin in an healthy adult.
What is the pancreas?
100
It is important to check these levels many times a day.
What are blood sugar levels?
100
Issues with this organ are very common in people with diabetes.
What is the heart?
100
This gender has a higher incidence of DM.
What is female gender?
100
Eating too much of these can cause type II diabetes?
What is sugar and fatty food?
200
This is also known as adult diabetes.
What is type II diabetes?
200
This medication is required for people with type 1 diabetes.
What are insulin injections?
200
To avoid the risk of infection from unknown injuries this should be done daily.
What is inspect feet daily?
200
People with DD do not engage in health promotion and this as much as the general population.
What is disease prevention?
200
Refraining from doing this can lead to type II diabetes.
What is exercising?
300
This type of diabetes is also called Jeuvenile diabetes.
What is Type 1 diabetes mellitus?
300
People with DD can do exercise for 10 mins this many times per day.
What is 3?
300
Issues with blood pressure, sexual organs, food digestion, bladder emptying or the lack of signals of hypoglycemia are consequences of this.
What is nerve damage?
300
An adult with DD is this many times more likely to die of a preventable illness.
What is 4 times?
300
This is the biggest risk factor for diabetes.
What is obesity/ being overweight?
400
This builds up in the blood if there is not enough insulin?
What is sugar?
400
Taking too much insulin, missing a meal, or not having enough carbohydrates in a meal can cause this.
What is low blood sugar?
400
People with diabetes are less able to do this due to a weakened immune system.
What is fight an infection?
400
This percent of adults with Down Syndrome are obese?
What is 25-48%?
400
This is a lifestyle habit that can lead to diabetes.
What is smoking?
500
It helps sugar enter into the cells.
What is insulin?
500
Sweating, headache, shakiness and dizziness are some symptoms of this.
What is low blood sugar?
500
Blurred vision can be caused by clouding of the lens, which is also known as this.
What are cataracts?
500
Diabetes affects this percent of people with Downs syndrome compared to 0.17% in the general population.
What is 1%?
500
This type of diabetes is now being found in children.
What is type II diabetes?