ADULT HEALTH lll EXAM & FINAL EXAM LATEST
VERSIONS 2024-2025 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|GRADED A+
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Adults with diabetes are have heart disease , hypertension and stroke
prone to
Insulin is a hormone made by the B cells in the islet of
the pancrease which gets released in bloodstream
What is Insulin?
which converts glucose into glycogen (when blood
sugar levels are too high)
What maintains blood insulin which decreases high levels of glucose
glucose?
autoimmune process in which the body's own T cells
type 1 diabetes mellitus attack and destroy pancreatic B-cells, which are the
source of the body's insulin (occurs at young age)
Classic symptoms are PPP
- excessive secretion of urine - polyuria
type 1 diabetes symptoms -thirst - polydipsia
-weight loss, tiredness and increased hunger-
Polyphasia
when the body produces insufficient insulin or insulin
type 2 diabetes mellitus
resistance occurs
The most important risk obesity
factor for developing type
2 diabetes is
Insulin is divided into 2 short-acting (bolus)-used at mealtimes
main categories which long-acting (basal) -provides a background level of
are? insulin throughout the day.
measures what % of glycosylated hemoglobin protien
What is the diagnostic test (HbA1c) in blood from the past 3 months
:A1C?
*anything 6.5 or higher is bad
1.Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level > 126 mg/dL
2. 2-hour plasma glucose level during OGTT greater
Other diagnostic test that
than 200 mg/dL
indicates diabetes
3.random plasma glucose level greater than 200
mg/dL
-cushing syndrome
-hyperthyroidism
What are some conditions
-parentral nutrtion
that could lead to
-pancreatitis
diabetes
-cystic fibrosis
-corticosteriods
-reduce alcohol intake
What would you educate -whole grains, healthy fat, lean protien
your diabetic patient - increase plant based foods
about their diet? -limit saturated/trans fats
-limit carbohydrates
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