Diabetes
Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into your body cells. When you have diabetes, your body either doesnt make enough insulin or cant use its own insulin well. This problem causes glucose to build up in your blood.
You may recall having some of these signs before you found out you had diabetes.
Being very thirsty.
Urinating a lot - often at night
Having unclear vision from time to time.
Felling very tired much of the time.
Losing weight without trying.
Having very dry skin.
Having sores that are slow to heal.
Getting more infections than usual.
Vomiting.
Two main types of diabetes are Type 1 and Type 2. Another type of diabetes appears during pregnancy in some women. Its called gestational diabetes.
One out of ten people with diabetes has Type 1 diabetes. These people usually find out they have diabetes when they are children or young adults. The pancreas of a person with Type 1 makes little or no insulin. People with Type 1 diabetes must inject insulin every day to live.
Most people with diabetes have Type 2 diabetes. The pancreas of people with such diabetes keeps making insulin for some time, but the body cant use it well. Most people with Type 2 find out about their diabetes after age 30 or 40.
Some risk factors which make people more likely to get Type 2 diabetes are:
A family history of diabetes.
Lack of exercise.
Weighing too much.
Diabetes can hurt your eyes, your kidneys, and your nerves. It can lead to problems with the blood circulation in your body. Even your teeth and gums can be harmed. And diabetes in pregnancy can cause special problems.
1. This writing is meant to tell people
A) how to avoid getting diabetes.
B) what to pay attention to when they have diabetes.
C) what diabetes is.
D) about the least development in curing diabetes.
2. A person with diabetes may have had all the following signs EXCEPT
A) becoming fatter and fatter.
B) becoming thinner and thinner.
C) having to get out of bed at night and night.
D) feeling like to drink a lot of water very often.
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Most persons with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes are women in pregnancy.
B) Most women in pregnancy may have the danger of getting diabetes.
C) We find more persons with Type 2 diabetes among children than older persons.
D) We find more persons with Type 2 diabetes among older persons than children.
4. When you have Type 2 diabetes, it is sometimes possible to find that
A) your son has diabetes too.
B) your father has diabetes too.
C) your father-in-law is too fat.
D) your brother does not like sports.
5. People get diabetes because
A) their stomachs are not able to produce enough insulin.
B) their pancreas are not able to produce enough glucose.
C) there is too much glucose in their blood.
D) there is too much insulin in their blood.
答案: CADBC
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