Hypoglycemia

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  1. 4. Type of insulin that is injected to patients with diabetes.
  2. 5. Theory which describes the change of low blood sugar at night can affect or lead to high blood sugar in the morning.
  3. 7. Drug used in diabetic patients to promote insulin secretion from the pancreas.
  4. 8. Medication that can hide symptoms of low blood sugar, making it harder to diagnose.
  5. 10. Also known as Adrenaline: This hormone help to increase blood sugar levels during hypoglycemia.
  6. 12. pump Type of delivery system used mostly by people who suffer from Type 1 diabetes.
  7. 13. This symptom happens to people who suffer from hypoglycemia, known as a discoloration of the face.
  8. 14. Metabolic process that helps the maintenance of blood sugar levels on a patient with hypoglycemia. However, this process might not work as well on patients taking insulin medication.
  9. 16. Organ that helps your body control/monitor your sugar levels.
  10. 18. Substance that is known to induce hypoglycemia. You have to be 21 year's old or older to drink it.
  11. 19. A stress hormone that usually appears when your blood sugar decreases drastically.
  12. 22. Works opposite to insulin, it likes to raise blood sugar.
  13. 25. The liver’s secret/stored favorite sugar.
  14. 27. Type of insulin that is naturally produced by our bodies.
  15. 28. May also be known as vertigo. One of the major symptoms of low blood sugar.
  16. 32. Usually happens to a person that intakes too many carbohydrates to treat hypoglycemia, leading to a drastic blood sugar increase.
  17. 33. This polypeptide is produced when the body makes insulin, doctor’s usually look for these when testing your blood sugar levels since it can tell them how much insulin your body is producing.
  18. 34. Disorder where the regulation of blood sugar is challenging.
  19. 36. Regular physical activity that can lead to glucose depletion.
  20. 38. Class of drugs, such as glipizide, that stimulate the release of insulin.
  21. 39. cells Cells that reside in the pancreas that make insulin.
  22. 40. Together with sulfonylureas this class of oral antidiabetic medications is believed to contribute to the gradual decline of beta cell function.
  23. 42. Hormone that helps regulate blood sugar levels in the liver; Having too much of this hormone can lead to hypoglycemia.
  24. 44. Known as extreme hunger; Usually the result of having low blood sugar.
  25. 45. Type of insulin, also known as basal insulin; It is taken during meals for the management of blood sugar levels.
  26. 46. Slow-acting type of insulin. Usually, people who are diabetic take it between mealtimes and before bedtime.
  27. 47. Symptom that results from hypoglycemia, usually described as a rapid heartbeat.
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  1. 1. Dietary glucose control strategy that can help balance an patient’s blood sugar levels. Tremors Shakiness of hands and articulates due to low glucose levels.
  2. 2. Device used by people who suffer from diabetes to test their blood sugar levels.
  3. 3. Byproducts used for energy when sugar is not available.
  4. 6. Serious outcome of neurological hypoglycemia complication.
  5. 8. Drug class that acts to decrease the production of glucose, the synthesis of fatty acid, and cholesterol synthesis in the liver.
  6. 9. Condition that occurs when the brain has glucose deficiency, usually due to hypoglycemia.
  7. 11. The cell’s favorite source of sugar.
  8. 15. One of the most common signs of low blood sugar. It happens to all of us while we exercise.
  9. 17. Primary/fastest dietary glucose source.
  10. 20. Common diabetes drug that is used to treat high blood sugar levels.
  11. 21. A sugar that is natural, found in things like fruit and honey.
  12. 23. A test performed usually on diabetic patients to test/measure the average blood sugar levels.
  13. 24. Class of drugs that can be used as a treatment option for hypoglycemia, more specifically when other methods used were not effective. Example: Prednisone.
  14. 25. Type of short acting insulin, also known as a synthetic version of human insulin.
  15. 26. This process breaks down fat that has been stored to produce enough energy when a patient suffers from hypoglycemia.
  16. 29. Single, large dose of insulin given to a person that has an unexpected rise in blood glucose.
  17. 30. Women who are in this stage of life and suffer from Type 1 diabetes are more likely to experience low blood sugar due to hormone changes.
  18. 31. Extreme hypoglycemia cases can lead to this critical condition on a diabetic patient.
  19. 35. When blood sugar increases drastically, basically the opposite of hypoglycemia.
  20. 37. A hormone that lowers blood sugar.
  21. 41. Region of the brain that regulates the metabolism of glucose.
  22. 43. When the blood sugar decreases drastically.