Diabetes: Test Your Knowledge
Across
- 5. This is a complication of poorly controlled diabetes.
- 8. This is also called low blood sugar.
- 9. What is the major cause of Type 2 diabetes?
- 10. If you develop Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, if you're good at this, your lessen your risks of developing complications.
- 12. Doing this increases your likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes.
- 13. This is a hormone produced by the pancreas that all humans must have to use glucose for energy in their bodies.
- 15. You cannot change this risk factor for diabetes; it's passed down thru your parents.
- 17. Most young people with diabetes have Type 1 and manage with insulin, but there is a growing number of Type 2 in what age group?
- 18. This is the third preventable risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes;
- 20. This is the leading cause of death in people with diabetes.
- 21. This is the second leading preventable risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes.
- 23. You cannot prevent this type of diabetes; the pancreas produces very little or no insulin.
- 24. People with diabetes are twice as likely to have this happen as someone who is not diabetic.
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- 1. Synonym for when a person's blood sugar is too high.
- 2. This is a complication of the digestive system due to diabetes.
- 3. This is what needs insulin to be used by the body for energy.
- 4. Some people think eating too much of this causes diabetes.
- 6. There are several symptoms of diabetes including blurred vision, extreme fatigue, frequent urination, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and this symptom.
- 7. 44% of dialysis patients have this complication because of diabetes.
- 11. This complication of diabetes can lead to limb amputation because they don't feel injuries and don't heal well.
- 14. Can you tell if a person has diabetes by looking at them?
- 16. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are not this.
- 19. At least 7% can lower your likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes (That's 15 lbs for a 200 lb person.)
- 22. This type of diabetes is preventable in many cases; the pancreas does make some insulin.