Diabetes Crossword

2. helps body use or store sugar from food
6. Mellitus Syndrome characterized by chronic hyperglycemia
7. condition where body does not respond well to insulin
10. state of weakened immune system common with diabetics
11. long term complication of diabetes resulting in damage to vessels that supply the retina
12. Excessively low blood sugar
14. term used to suggest that Alzheimer's disease is a form of diabetes
17. precipitating factor for development of type 2 diabetes
18. One of the three main nutrients and main source of energy of body cells
19. substance formed when the liver breaks down free fatty acids in the absence of insulin
20. resistance to hormone insulin
21. type of carbohydrate the body cannot digest and helps regulate body's use of sugars
22. impaired glucose metabolism in which blood glucose levels fall in normal levels

1. metabolic derangement in type 1 diabetes resulting in formation of highly acidic ketone bodies
3. long term complication of diabetes resulting in damage to the nerve cell
4. tool for checking blood sugar
5. condition causing narrowing, blockage, or spasm in blood vessels
8. long term complication of diabetes resulting in damage to kidney cells
9. Excessively low blood sugar
13. the amount a given food increases blood glucose compared with an equivalent amount of glucose
14. condition when pancreas no longer makes insulin'
15. condition resulting from decreased blood flow to the brain
16. build up of plaque in the arteries that supply the heart