Diabetes

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  1. 5. If high blood sugar is not treated promptly with insulin, it can lead to this
  2. 8. Organ that produces insulin, located behind lower part of stomach
  3. 10. More serious, insulin-dependent diabetes, produces little or no insulin
  4. 12. Activity requiring physical effort, carried out especially to sustain or improve health and fitness
  5. 14. When type I diabetes usually first appears in children
  6. 18. Diabetes that is diagnosed during pregnancy
  7. 20. Pressure of the blood in the circulatory system
  8. 22. Simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates
  9. 24. Serious condition in which extremely high blood glucose level, along with a severe lack of insulin, result in the breakdown of body fat for energy and an accumulation of ketones in blood and urine
  10. 25. Condition that come before type II diabetes; blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be considered diabetes
  11. 27. Type II diabetes risk factor that could be helped with a diet plan
  12. 29. Procedure where finger is pricked to obtain blood from capillary to test blood sugar for people who have diabetes
  13. 30. How people with type I diabetes take in insulin
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  1. 1. Can also test someone’s blood sugar levels
  2. 2. Any disease in which the body's ability to use blood sugar is impaired
  3. 3. Syringe that holds insulin in the pump
  4. 4. Occurs when too little insulin is taken in or too much food is eaten
  5. 6. When people who produce sufficient insulin but whose body cells do not respond normally to insulin
  6. 7. Small increase or decrease in measurement; deals with amounts of insulin
  7. 9. Chemical created by body when there is not enough insulin in blood
  8. 11. High blood sugar
  9. 13. Carbohydrate that is quick and easy fuel for body
  10. 15. Unconsciousness by too little sugar and too much insulin in the blood
  11. 16. Hormone produced by the pancreas that stimulates body cells to take up and use blood sugar
  12. 17. Overweight weight that is higher than what is considered to be healthy
  13. 19. Low blood glucose
  14. 21. External battery powered device that injects precise amounts of insulin for people with diabetes
  15. 23. Cells in pancreas responsible for producing insulin
  16. 26. Form of diabetes, which occurs most often in people over the age of 30
  17. 28. A special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons