Diabetes Terms: G to Z
Across
- 4. Nerve damage that affects the feet, legs, or hands that causes pain, numbness, or a tingling feeling.
- 8. Proteins in the blood that indicates the body's immune system has been damaging beta cells in the pancreas.
- 9. Tumor that may cause the body to make extra insulin, leading to hypoglycemia. This is NOT a complication of diabetes.
- 11. Disease of the kidneys. Hyperglycemia and hypertension can damage the kidneys' glomeruli.
- 12. takes extra cholesterol from the blood to the liver for removal. AKA: "good" cholesterol.
- 13. Results in aching pains and slow-healing foot sores
- 15. A chronic condition in which the body retains fluid and harmful wastes build up
- 16. The growth of new, small blood vessels that may lead to blindness if it happens in retina.
Down
- 1. Condition that includes obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, hypertension, and high lipids.
- 2. Higher than normal fat and cholesterol levels in the blood.
- 3. An increase in fluid pressure inside the eye that may lead to loss of vision.
- 5. Common in Type 2 patients in which the level of blood insulin in the is higher than normal.
- 6. Eye disease that is caused by damage to the small blood vessels in the retina that may cause blindness.
- 7. Damages smallest blood vessels, such as those found in the eyes, nerves, and kidneys.
- 10. May occur in the retina of the eye in people with diabetes
- 14. Increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney problems, and death.