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- 4. A chronic condition characterized by your body's inability to process sugar in the bloodstream
- 6. A true emergency where a patient has a seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes or has bback-to-backseizures before full recovery (2 words)
- 10. Symptoms such as increased thirst frequent urination headache blurred vision fatigue are common with this condition
- 12. The hormone that allows glucose into the cell
- 13. an episode of abnormal signals in the brain resulting in temporary and involuntary contractions of limbs, altered level of responsiveness, changes in sensations, and shifts in behaviors
- 15. _____, exercise and medications can be used to manage blood sugars
- 16. A BRIEF period of unresponsiveness when there isn't enough blood flowing to the brain
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- 1. After taking in carbohydrate to treat low blood sugar, a diabetic can take this type of food to help stabilize their blood sugars.
- 2. A type of diabetes that occurs only with pregnancy
- 3. this type of seizure is characterized by a momentary lapse in responsiveness, suddenly becoming quiet, having a blank stare, and appears to be daydreaming. This seizure is absent of convulsions.
- 5. Changes in behavior, changes in responsiveness, pale skin, and slurred speech are some of the signs and symptoms seen when diabetics are in this state
- 7. Before giving anything by mouth, patients must be able to follow simple __________
- 8. a type of fast acting carbohydrate used to treat low blood sugar
- 9. When your body burns FAT instead of Glucose for fuel
- 11. a type of seizure seen in babies and young children if their body temperatures suddenly rise
- 14. after a seizure, people can be drowsy and disorientated for up to _______ minutes