🧪 Category 1:
Diabetes Types
Diabetes Types
This type shows up like an uninvited guest in childhood.
What is Type 1 diabetes?
This hormone is your body’s VIP sugar escort.
What is insulin?
The condition when you pee so much, you might as well rent a stall at the bathroom.
What is polyuria / frequent urination?
Blood sugar so low, you might start licking the jelly from a donut.
What is hypoglycemia?
True or false: Consuming too much sugar causes Type 1 diabetes.
What is false?
Often linked to lifestyle, this one shows up after 40 (or 3 donuts/day).
What is Type 2 diabetes?
GLP-1 medications control blood sugar and appetite. What does the "G" represent?
What is glucagon?
Condition when you’re thirstier than a cactus Thermal.
What is excessive thirst?
Blood sugar so high, your blood cells start floating like pool noodles.
What is hyperglycemia?
Tis is the first step in controlling diabetes
What is checking your blood sugar?
This sugar surprise pops up during pregnancy.
What is gestational diabetes?
When pancreas secrete insulin, this helps glucose enter into this area of the body
What is tissue / muscles?
You eat all the time but still look like a stick figure.
What is unexplained weight loss/metabolism?
When you don't burn glucose in your body, it turns into this fluffy tissue
What is fat?
True or false: People with diabetes can’t eat carbs.
What is false?
In type 2 diabetes, when glucose remains in blood, this is considered insulin ___
What is insulin resistant?
Without glucose, a person would feel this not so animated effect
What is tired/weak?
You’re tired, grumpy, and nap-ready—like a toddler.
What is fatigue?
This emergency "glu-" pen isn’t for writing love notes—unless it’s to your pancreas.
What is a glucagon injection?
This tool to check blood glucose is prickly but necessary to see the red stuff
What is a lancet or glucose meter?
In the small intestine, carbs are transformed into this scientific term for sugar
What is glucose?
Metformin, a med for Type 2 diabetes, helps control this substance.
What is glucose?
Your vision’s fuzzier than a peach, and not in a romantic way.
What is blurry vision?
This serious 3-letter condition makes your breath smell fruity—and not in a good way.
What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?
Any or all of these activities will help you live longer and be more consistently healthy
What is diet, exercise, control blood sugar?