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- 3. common glucose meter
- 6. type of diabetes to where your body can produce insulin
- 7. hormone made in pancreas
- 8. too little sugar can send a diabetic into this
- 9. sugar sticks to this in the body
- 10. another word for glucose
- 12. closer to normal the A1C, the lower the risk for complications
- 14. hormones travel in this to target organ
- 15. where diabetics usually lose most nerve damage
- 16. department where HBA1C performed
- 17. use less if diabetic
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- 1. test used to monitor blood sugar over 3 months
- 2. person who draws your blood
- 4. American Diabetes Association recommends A1C goal less than this percent
- 5. produces enzymes and hormones and makes insulin
- 10. have a healthy one between meals
- 11. very important part of managing diabetes
- 13. not enough insulin is being produced correctly
- 15. do this at least 12 hours prior to blood draw