DIABETES MELLITUS, or simply diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. Diabetics need to check their blood sugar frequently by pricking a finger and squeezing out blood onto a test strip. Sometimes it is necessary to test urine for ketones, which is an acid that is produced when the body is starving for energy.
Before the discovery and development of insulin in 1921, diabetes was basically a death sentence. Today’s insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors make the disease manageable. Still, it is important to recognize the signs of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia and to treat each one properly.
Type 1, Type 2, Gestational Diabetes, Juvenile Diabetes, Adult Onset Diabetes… what does it all mean? Test your smarts on this serious and potentially deadly disease, and get the coordinates to the cache.
Cache is located at: N40° A B.C D E W74° F G. H I J
(A) Type 1 / Type 2 – what’s the difference?
• Type 1 is caused by poor diet (1)
• Only adults can get Type 2 (3)
• Type 1 is also known as juvenile diabetes (0)
(B) Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar):
• Can cause seizures (9)
• Is not as dangerous as high blood sugar (7)
• Can always be felt by the person with diabetes (2)
(C) What are some of the symptoms of diabetes?
• Pain in the feet and arthritis (6)
• Excessive thirst and frequent urination, blurred vision (3)
• Heart attack and stroke (9)
(D) When a child has juvenile diabetes,
• They have an easier time controlling it (6)
• They can sometimes outgrow it (1)
• It becomes a lifelong battle (7)
(E) Some complications of uncontrolled diabetes are:
• Blindness, nerve damage, death (4)
• Kidney failure, cardiovascular disease (6)
• All of the above (9)
(F) Which of these is not a myth?
• People with diabetes can eat only special diabetic foods (0)
• People with diabetes can’t eat sweets or chocolate (9)
• Women with diabetes can have healthy pregnancies and babies (1)
(G) What are the causes of juvenile diabetes?
• It is unknown (0)
• Not getting enough exercise (3)
• Eating too much sugar (4)
(H) Gestational Diabetes:
• Is diabetes occurring in a fetus (4)
• Is diabetes in a pregnant woman (2)
• Is permanent (9)
(I) Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Is caused by high blood sugar or illness (0)
• Is caused by low blood sugar (1)
• Is routinely treated at home (2)
(J) Which of these doctors won the Nobel Prize in 1923 for the discovery and development of insulin?
• Otto Fritz Meyerhof (6)
• Frederick Grant Banting (7)
• Sir Alexander Fleming (8)
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