UPDATE 2026
hyperglycemia - Answers excessive sugar in the blood
polydipsia - Answers excessive thirst
polyuria - Answers excessive urination
polyphagia - Answers excessive hunger
fasting - Answers going without food
postprandial - Answers glucose over 200 mg/dl after a meal
islets of langerhans - Answers cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine
part of that organ
type 1 diabeties - Answers Immune system destroys beta cells and causes total
absence of insulin, usually occurring in childhood
type 2 diabeties - Answers Non insulin dependent
Non ketotic
non juvenile onset
D-diet 1
O- oral hypogylcemic agent 3
E exercise 2
hypoglycemia - Answers abnormally low level of sugar in the blood
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Answers A form of hyperglycemia in uncontrolled
diabetes in which certain acids accumulate when insulin is not available.
Hyperglycemic-hyperosmolar state (HHS) - Answers *Usually Type 2 DM
*Profound dehydration
*Glucose may be >600
*Small ketonuria and absent-to-low ketonemia
*pH greater than 7.30
*Bicarbonate concentration greater than 15 mEq/L
macrovascular complications - Answers disorders that affect large blood vessels,
including the coronary arteries and arteries of the limbs
microvascular complications - Answers retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy
Sulfonylureas - Answers glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride
increase insulin secretion