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Self Assessment Quizzes

Facts About Diabetes

Question #1

Diabetes mellitus is defined as:

a. Too much sugar or glucose in your blood stream.
b. Too much insulin, a hormone, in your blood stream
c. Weighing too much
Correct!
Diabetes mellitus is defined as an elevated blood sugar. Specifically, diabetes is diagnosed if you have a before breakfast (fasting) plasma glucose of 126 mg/dl or higher, and/or a plasma glucose of 200 mg/dl or higher after an oral glucose tolerance test.
Sorry, wrong answer!
The correct answer is A. Diabetes mellitus is defined as an elevated blood sugar. Specifically, diabetes is diagnosed if you have a before breakfast (fasting) plasma glucose of 126 mg/dl or higher, and/or a plasma glucose of 200 mg/dl or higher after an oral glucose tolerance test.
Sorry, wrong answer!
The correct answer is A. Diabetes mellitus is defined as an elevated blood sugar. Specifically, diabetes is diagnosed if you have a before breakfast (fasting) plasma glucose of 126 mg/dl or higher, and/or a plasma glucose of 200 mg/dl or higher after an oral glucose tolerance test.

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