Metabolic Disorders Trivia

1. What is the hormone that helps the blood sugar (glucose) move to the cells of the body?

From Quiz Type-2 Diabetes

Answer: Insulin

Some people have a resistance to the hormone that helps to absorb blood sugar, and thus they are susceptible to Type 2 diabetes. Why did this resistance evolve in humans? One theory holds that the resistance developed as a sort of "thrifty" gene, helping the body store energy for times when food was scarce. But in the modern world, food is readily available, so that genetic evolution leads a path toward diabetes. Endorphins help us cope with pain or stress. Oestrogen is a female hormone that controls puberty. Aldosterin conserves sodium in the body.

From Quiz Diabetes

Answer: 3

The two largest types of diabetes are typically designated simply as diabetes type 1, or diabetes type 2. The third major form of the disease is gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body attacking its own pancreas. The damaged pancreas then doesn't make insulin. Type 2 diabetes is caused when the body starts to develop a resistance to insulin. The pancreas also doesn't produce enough insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. This can be hereditary or caused by being overweight. Gestational diabetes is caused by pregnancy. The symptoms present very similarly to type 2, but often go away after the mother gives birth. Those three forms of diabetes account for more than 95 percent of all cases according to the Center for Disease Control, various are other forms can account for the remaining few percentage points.

From Quiz Growth Hormone Deficiency: The Real Deal

Answer: pituitary & pituitary gland

The pituitary gland is the gland in your brain that releases growth hormone to your body. In teenagers who are going through puberty, this triggers the growth spurt. When the pituitary gland doesn't produce enough growth hormone, a person is diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency.

From Quiz Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Answer: adult onset diabetes

Adults suffer more from DM2 than children because more adults tend to be overweight (metabolism slows with age), and insulin secretion also diminishes with age. However, because of an increase in childhood obesity, the term "adult onset diabetes" is becoming outdated.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia 4

Answer: C-peptide

Insulin levels show all insulin in your body, not just what your pancreas is actually making itself. A low c-peptide is associated with type one diabetes, while a high level may be insulin resistance, or a form of hypoglycemia. GADs are antibodies used to determine what type of diabetes a person has. The c in c-peptide stand for "connecting."

From Quiz Diabetes Supplies History

Answer: 1921-1922

This happened at the University of Toronto, in Canada. The four main scientists involved were Banting, Best, Macleod, and Collip.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia 3

Answer: Addison's Disease

Other symptoms may include low blood pressure or darkening of the skin.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia

Answer: low blood sugar

Hypo means low and glycemia means blood sugar. Hyperglycemia means high blood sugar. Euglycemia means normal blood sugar.

From Quiz Diabetes

Answer: Insulin

From as far back as Egypt 1550 BC, the Ebers Papyrus describes a polyuric state resembling diabetes.

From Quiz Diabetes

Answer: Type 1

Type 1 diabetics generally produce none of their own insulin. Because of that they are referred to as "insulin dependent". Type 2 and gestational diabetics can typically control their issues with diet, exercise and oral medication.

From Quiz Oh, My Thyroid!

Answer: Bulging eyes

Around 20-25% of individuals diagnosed with Graves' disease go on to develop exophthalmos, also known as proptosis, and commonly referred to as bulging eyes. Derived from the Greek word 'exophthalmos', which literally means 'prominent eyes', sufferers find that their eyes protrude painfully, resulting in difficulty blinking and difficulty keeping their eyes moist. This abnormal protrusion can occur in one or both eyes, and though it can subside on its own, some sufferers require surgery in order to prevent blindness, which may be caused by the optic nerve being compressed.

From Quiz Growth Hormone Deficiency: The Real Deal

Answer: endocrinologist

An endocrinologist treats conditions having to do with your hormones and endocrine glands. Endocrinologists specialize in treating growth hormone deficiency and diabetes. Children and teenagers with growth hormone deficiency see a pediatric endocrinologist.

From Quiz Thyroid Problems

Answer: TSH, FT4, FT3

Most thyroid blood tests look at the FT3 and FT4 as a more accurate blood test reading. Older testing methods looked at the T4 and T3 as well as TSH.

From Quiz Nutritional Disorders: Deficiency Diseases

Answer: Proteins

'Marasmus' comes from a Greek word which means "to decay", and occurs in infants below the age of 1 year whose diet is deficient from both proteins as well as carbohydrates. Children suffering from marasmus have a shrivelled appearance, because all the stored fats and proteins in the body are utilised for the production of energy. The word 'kwashiorkor' has been taken from a dialect from Ghana and literally means "rejected child" and is caused by severe protein-deficiency in children between the age of 1 and 3 years.

From Quiz Diabetes Supplies History

Answer: Helen Free

She created at-home urine analysis that could be used to determine if there was sugar in the urine, a sign of high blood sugar. She worked for Miles, which was a maker of diabetes supplies that turned into Bayer later.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia 3

Answer: nesidioblastosis

This is a rare genetic condition. A drug called diazoxide may be used. Surgery may also be required to remove part or even all of the pancreas.

From Quiz Diabetes

Answer: Pancreas

Small clusters within this organ are said to have been discovered by Paul Langerhans (1847-1888).

From Quiz Diabetes

Answer: 422 million

Diabetes, mostly type 2, was one of the fastest growing diseases on the planet in the early part of the 21st century. There were many factors that played into that, since type 2 was growing much faster than all other forms of the disease, and that form is mostly caused through poor diet and lack of exercise. Obesity was also blamed for the rise of the disease.

From Quiz Oh, My Thyroid!

Answer: Blood

Depending on one's symptoms, which may be many or very few, a diagnosis of Graves' disease can be tentatively made by general practitioners. However it is only by measuring the levels of thyroid-stimulating antibody present in a patient's blood that a physician can confirm that the reason behind their patient's hyperthyroidism is Graves' disease. Unfortunately for many, their condition may go undiagnosed for some time, due to the fact that many of the symptoms of Graves' disease, such as sweating, tremors, weakness, diarrhoea and palpitations often mimic other conditions, such as gastroenteritis and even menopause.

From Quiz Growth Hormone Deficiency: The Real Deal

Answer: growth hormone stimulation test

If an endocrinologist suspects that you have growth hormone deficiency, he or she will send you to get a growth hormone stimulation test. The test involves putting an IV into your arm and dripping medicine into your body over a period of time. Every half hour, your blood is taken through the IV line (which means that you only get "pricked" once). The test takes about 4 hours.

From Quiz Thyroid Problems

Answer: A mixture of both antithyroid drugs and replacement thyroxine.

This method works by giving the overworked gland a rest.

From Quiz Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Answer: polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsia

Polyphagia or increased hunger, is still considered a cardinal sign of DM2 although it is more common with DM1. Polyuria is increased urination, and polydipsia increased thirst.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia 4

Answer: Arabic

The incidence of this disease is usually 1 out of 50,000, but in Arab communities it is 1 out of 2,500.

From Quiz Diabetes Supplies History

Answer: 1965

These were called Dextrostix and changed color to indicate blood sugar levels. They were created by Ernie Adams.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia 3

Answer: A woman with uncontrolled diabetes

The fetus gets used to higher blood sugars in the mother before it is born and makes more insulin itself to compensate. Once it is born, it does not need the excess insulin. These children are called "infants of diabetic mothers." Typically, it's stabilized in the hospital with IV glucose.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia 2

Answer: Some people can not recognize their symptoms as well if they are in a warm bath or hot tub.

It is recommended that people who have trouble with severe hypoglycemia do not stay in hot tubs for extended periods of time. Warm water is not an effective treatment for hypoglycemia unless it has sugar dissolved in it. Sitting in warm water will widen blood vessels, which could cause blood sugar to drop quicker than normal as well.

From Quiz Hypoglycemia

Answer: Eat a complex carbohydrate with a protein at least every three hours.

The hypoglycemic eating style would be healthy for almost anyone, but is especially important for hypoglycemics. Skipping breakfast could be very bad for a hypoglycemic.

From Quiz Diabetes

Answer: Islets of Langerhans

Although Paul Langerhans discovered these cells it was not until 1921 when a Canadian quartet at the Toronto University discovered insulin. They were Fredrick G. Banting, Charles H. Best, James B. Collip and J.J.R. Macleod.

From Quiz Diabetes

Answer: 1.5 million

According to the World Health Organization, more than 1.5 million people were directly killed by diabetes in 2012. That doesn't include people who were killed by complications from side effects of the disease. According to the organization, more than 2.2 million more died from those issues that same year. Only four other diseases caused more deaths in 2012 than diabetes, they were heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease and Alzheimer's disease.

From Quiz Oh, My Thyroid!

Answer: Thyroxine

Thyroxine is the main hormone that is secreted naturally by the thyroid gland, which helps regulate many of the body's metabolic functions, including metabolism and body temperature. In patients suffering from Graves' disease, the thyroid is overstimulated, resulting in too much thyroxine, which causes hyperthyroidism, also known as an overactive thyroid.

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