Conclusion Questions 2.1.

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1. Describe how Glucose Tolerance Testing can be used to diagnose diabetes.
Glucose Tolerance Testing can be used to diagnose diabetes because it show
the amount of glucose in the blood. Those with a high amount of glucose usually
have diabetes because they dont have insulin to provide the cells with energy.
2. Explain why insulin injections are not the course of treatment for all diabetics.
Insulin injections are not the course of treatment for all diabetics because in
Type 2 diabetes, you still produce insulin, but your cells have become insulin
resistant, so insulin injections are not needed.
3. Explain how lifestyle choices can impact a persons risk for developing diabetes.
Lifestyle choices can impact a persons risks for developing diabetes if they
do not have a balanced nutrition, which may cause a higher risk for developing
diabetes.
4. What do you think it means if doctors say that a person is pre-diabetic?
If a doctor says that a person is pre-diabetic, that means that the person
diagnosed because they have high glucose levels, but the levels arent high enough
to be considered diabetic.
5. Using information from this activity, explain the basic relationship between insulin
and glucose.
Glucose enters the blood stream after eating or consuming a source of sugar.
After you eat, your glucose level jumps due to all the sugar that has entered the
blood stream. As a result, your insulin levels also jumps up in order to compensate
for all of the glucose. Once the glucose level starts to drop, the insulin level follows
not far behind because the insulin that was produced is being used to allow the
glucose to enter your cells.

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Time(s GTT
IT
)
(mg/dL)
(mg/dL)
0
150
75
30
180
75
60
235
75
90
240
75
120
180
75

Patient A
Patient B
IT
IT
GTT
(mg/dL GTT
(mg/dL
(mg/dL)
)
(mg/dL)
)
140
150
130
100
210
300
180
275
190
400
250
380
130
310
250
400
150
130
215
280

GTT Test
300
250
200

(mg/dL) 150
100
50
0

30

60

90

120

Time (min)
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Patient A

Patient B

IT Test
500
400
300

(mg/dL)

200
100
0

30

60

90

Time
Anna Garcia

Patient A

Patient B

120

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I diagnosed Anna with type 1 diabetes because her glucose levels are very high
above the average and her insulin levels stay at the same level throughout the
entire testing. This means that since her insulin levels do not change to compensate
for the glucose, she would be considered a type 1 diabetic.
Patient A
I diagnosed Patient A with Type 2 diabetes because although the insulin levels rise
up to meet the glucose levels after eating, it takes a longer amount of time for the
glucose levels to go back down. This is most likely because this person produces
insulin, but his or her cells have become insulin resistant. This is why it takes a
longer amount of time for the glucose levels to go back down.
Patient B
I diagnosed Patient B with no pre-diabetes because the glucose levels recorded
start off at average, but then go into the levels considered to be pre-diabetic. Also,
this patient would be considered a pre-diabetic because although they do have high
glucose levels, they would not be categorized as a diabetic because their body is
still producing insulin to help energize his or her cells.