Vocabulary
A blood glucose level below normal (lower than 70mg/dL)
What is hypoglycemia
The most simple carbohydrate and the main source of fuel for the human body
What is dehydration
What is the condition of low thyroid function, and the condition of overactive thyroid function
What is hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism
What is the main reason that insulin is needed as drug therapy daily for patients with Type 1 diabetes
What is beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin
The hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas that prevents blood glucose levels from becoming too high
What is Insulin
This is the trigger for insulin secretion, with it's action being to restore normal blood glucose
What is Hyperglycemia
What is the most common health problem treated by diuretic therapy
What is hypertension or high blood pressure
What is a side effect of excessive (too much) thyroid hormone replacement therapy
What is hypertension
What is Hypoglycemia
These hormones regulate whole body metabolism
What are the thyroid hormones
This gland is located in the front of the neck and is one of the most important endocrine glands in the body
What are Loop Diuretics
Swelling (edema) of the face, around the eyes and on the shins is a common side effect of Hypo or Hyperthyroidism?
What is Hypothyroidism
How does insulin lower blood glucose levels in the body
What is moves glucose from the blood into the cells
Drugs that help rid the body of excess water and salt (sodium)
What are Diuretics
Where sodium goes, what follows?
What is water
What is an adverse effect of only loop diuretics (hint: Ototoxic)
What is hearing loss
The two thyroid hormones produced by the thyroid gland
What are T4 (Thyroxine) and T3 (Triiodothyronine)
Because there are many different types of antidiabetic drugs can patients get prescribed more than one kind
(because they all work a little differently)
A metabolic disease that results from either the loss of the ability to make insulin or the loss of receptor sensitivity to the presence of insulin
What is Diabete Mellitus
This is a small tubule in the kidneys that are the "filtering" units and act like a "washing machine" to take waste products out of the kidneys
What are the nephrons
Most often diuretic therapy lowers the electrolytes in the body, but one class in particular has side effects of increased levels of calcium in the blood
What is Thiazide diuretics
Approximately how long does it take for thyroid-suppressing drugs to work and for patients to start seeing results
What is the goal of drug therapy for Type 2 diabetics that take Noninsulin antidiabetic drugs
What is to have a normal blood glucose level, as well as normal body weight and reduced blood fat levels