Diabetes Answers

Diabetes Answers

1.  Type 2 diabetes is most likely to strike:
The correct answer: at 65+
Diabetes can strike at any age. However, the risk for Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, rises sharply with age. Type 1 diabetes, however, does often strike children and younger adults.

2.  Among which of these ethnic groups is diabetes less prevalent?
The correct answer: Americans of Northern European descent
Native Americans, African Americans and Hispanic Americans are at much higher risk of contracting Type 2 diabetes. Americans of Northern European descent, however, are more likely to develop Type 1 diabetes

3.  Which of the following is NOT a symptom of diabetes?
The correct answer: hair loss
Hair loss is NOT one of the symptoms of diabetes (though it may be symptomatic of other disorders). Frequent urination, fatigue and sores that don't heal are all classic symptoms of Type 2 diabetes.

4.  Approximately what percentage of American women has diabetes?
The correct answer: about eight percent
An estimated 17 million Americans have diabetes -- approximately eight percent American women and about the same percentage of men.

5.  Which is the most appropriate test for diagnosing diabetes?
The correct answer: fasting plasma glucose blood test
The fasting plasma glucose blood test is the preferred test. Finger-stick and urine tests are not suitable for making a diagnosis, though the finger-stick test is widely used as an initial screening tool and for glucose monitoring of those with confirmed diabetes