Insulin and Diabetes Awareness Quiz

Insulin is produced by the pancreas.

Insulin's primary role is to decrease blood sugar levels.

Unexplained weight gain is not a symptom of diabetes.

High blood sugar levels are medically termed hyperglycemia.

Sweating is a symptom of hypoglycemia.

Type 1 diabetes requires insulin injections for management.

Dangerously low blood sugar levels in diabetic individuals are termed hypoglycemia.

The condition characterized by insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels is called diabetes mellitus.

Type 2 diabetes involves the body being unable to properly use the insulin it produces.

Glucagon's role in the body is to increase blood sugar levels.

Glucagon has the opposite effect of insulin, increasing blood sugar levels.

Type 1 diabetes requires insulin injections, while Type 2 can often be managed with lifestyle changes.

The long-term diabetes complication that affects the eyes and can lead to blindness is called retinopathy.

The term for a sudden, severe complication of diabetes characterized by high blood sugar and the presence of ketones in the urine is ketoacidosis.

The phenomenon where blood sugar levels drop during the night, leading to high blood sugar levels in the morning, is called the dawn phenomenon.