What do we ask patients form their medical history if they have Diabetes?
Ans: 1. excess urination
2. Frequent infections or heal slowly
What is uncontrolled DM (diabetes mellitus) has a serious complications like what?
Ans: -Cardiovascular disease (leading cause of death in DM due to hypertension)
-Kidney disease
-blindness
-Limb amputation
What is type 1 diabetes?
Ans: -Auto-immune disease that attacks & kills the Beta-cells (insulin producing cells) in the pancreas.
, What does insulin do?
What happens if there is no insulin?
Ans: Regulates the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood; the "key" to letting the glucose into the cells
when it's needed.
-We have too much glucose
Type 1 is most often diagnosed in what population?
Ans: Infants, kids, & young adults
Highly noticeable changes that a person may have are fast onset of what 3 for type 1?
Ans: Polyuria
Polyphagia
Polydipsia
Polyuria
Ans: Frequent urination
Polyphagia
Ans: Excessive hunger
Ploydipsia
Ans: 1. excess urination
2. Frequent infections or heal slowly
What is uncontrolled DM (diabetes mellitus) has a serious complications like what?
Ans: -Cardiovascular disease (leading cause of death in DM due to hypertension)
-Kidney disease
-blindness
-Limb amputation
What is type 1 diabetes?
Ans: -Auto-immune disease that attacks & kills the Beta-cells (insulin producing cells) in the pancreas.
, What does insulin do?
What happens if there is no insulin?
Ans: Regulates the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood; the "key" to letting the glucose into the cells
when it's needed.
-We have too much glucose
Type 1 is most often diagnosed in what population?
Ans: Infants, kids, & young adults
Highly noticeable changes that a person may have are fast onset of what 3 for type 1?
Ans: Polyuria
Polyphagia
Polydipsia
Polyuria
Ans: Frequent urination
Polyphagia
Ans: Excessive hunger
Ploydipsia
