Emergency Care 14th Edition Chapter 22

Aura - ANSWER-a sensation experienced by a seizure patient right before the seizure, which might be a smell, sound, or general feeling diabetes mellitus - ANSWER-also called "sugar diabetes" or just "diabetes," the condition brought about by decreased insulin production or the inability of the body cells to use insulin properly. The person with this condition is a diabetic. diabetic ketoacidosis - ANSWER-condition that occurs as the result of high blood sugar characterized by dehydration, altered mental status, and shock - also fruity acetone odor on breath epilepsy - ANSWER-a medical condition that causes seizures generalized seizure - ANSWER-a seizure that affects both sides of the brain glucose - ANSWER-a form of sugar, the body's basic source of energy hyperglycemia - ANSWER-high blood sugar Hypoglycemia - ANSWER-low blood sugar insulin - ANSWER-A hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by man