NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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a high intake of fat
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a high consumption of sugar
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the body’s inability to manufacture glycogen
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failure of the pancreas to produce insulin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Type 1 diabetes is a serious disease that affects many children and adolescents. The disease causes the pancreas to stop producing insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. When blood sugar levels are too high, the smallest blood vessels in the body eventually become damaged.
Detailed explanation-2: -The pancreas (a small gland behind your stomach) usually produces insulin, which transfers any glucose out of your blood and into your cells, where it’s converted to energy. However, if you have type 1 diabetes, your pancreas is unable to produce any insulin (see below).
Detailed explanation-3: -What causes type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes occurs when your immune system, the body’s system for fighting infection, attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Scientists think type 1 diabetes is caused by genes and environmental factors, such as viruses, that might trigger the disease.
Detailed explanation-4: -In most people with type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune system, which normally fights infection, attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. As a result, your pancreas stops making insulin. Without insulin, glucose can’t get into your cells and your blood glucose rises above normal.