Diabetes

When a person has type 1 diabetes:

• there's not enough insulin to move glucose from the blood to the cells

• there's too much insulin and not enough glucose

• the body has too much glucose

• insulin levels drop if the person doesn't eat enough

With type 2 diabetes:

• the body doesn’t respond normally to the insulin it makes
• the body does not produce insulin
• blood sugar is always too low
• there is not enough glucose in the body

People with type 1 diabetes need to:

• take insulin in shots or with a pump
• remove sugar from their diets
• take energy pills
• lose weight

What is type 1 diabetes?

• an autoimmune disease in which the body doesn’t produce any insulin

• the body can't move

• the body produces too much insulin

• the body has trouble breathing

What is Diabetes?

• A disease that prevents food from turning into energy.

• A disease that prevents you from drinking.

• A disease that prevents you from eating.

• A disease that prevents you from breathing.

Which organ produces insulin?

• pancreas
• kidneys
• stomach
• liver

Your body breaks down carbohydrates into what?

• glucose
• insulin
• protein
• cholesterol

Which type of diabetes is the most common?

• Type 2
• Aretaeus
• Type 1
• Gestational

Diabetes can lead to kidney failure.

• True
• False

Diabetes only affects your endocrine system.

• False

• True