Diabetes Terms: G to Z

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