Diabetes

5. chemical substance made by your body when there isn't enough insulin in our blood
7. found in the pancreas that makes insulin
9. the eye disease that occurs in someone with diabetes when the small blood vessels of the retina become swollen and leak liquid into the retina
10. insulin dependent diabetes that requires life-long insulin treatment
11. non-insulin-dependent diabetes, a condition in which your body either doesn't make enough insulin or doesn't use it properly and can't properly use blood glucose as energy
14. hormone made by the pancreas that assists in the use of glucose for energy
15. blood sugar that gives energy to cells
16. condition often caused by an infection or illness like dehydration or from taking too little insulin
17. the condition which the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin

1. also known as high blood glucose, this condition occurs when your blood glucose level is too high
2. also known as low blood sugar
3. diabetes caused nerve damage
4. diabetic kidney disease in which protein is spilled into the urine, overtime can results in significant kidney damage
6. small device used to check blood glucose levels
8. the diabetes some women develop during pregnancy; it typically subsides after the baby is delivered
12. hormone that is injected into a person with diabetes to raise their blood glucose level when it's very low
13. the organ that makes insulin, needed to convert glucose to energy