Across
- 1. percentage of people projected to have diabetes or prediabetes by 2020
- 3. way of delivering synthesized insulin into the body
- 4. nervous system damage due to diabetes
- 7. damage to the eyes as a result of diabetes
- 9. too much glucose in the circulating blood
- 10. type of diabetes that affects pregnant women
- 13. organ that contains the insulin-secreting cells
- 16. water deprivation
- 17. another name for type 2 diabetes
- 18. hormone that regulates the uptake of glucose into the tissue
- 19. raised levels of ketone bodies in the blood
- 20. cells that produce insulin
Down
- 2. blood glucose level at which exercise is contraindicated with ketosis
- 5. too little glucose in the circulating blood
- 6. excessive hunger
- 8. this is impaired in hot in cold environments in patients with diabetes
- 11. test that gives information on long-term glycemic control
- 12. risk factor associated with glucose levels between 100-126
- 14. increased thirst
- 15. frequent need to urinate