Diabetes: Test Your Knowledge

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.

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.