DIABETES RELATED DEFINITIONS

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DIABETES RELATED DEFINITIONS

AND EXPLANATIONS

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HEMOGLOBIN A1C (HBA1C):

The substance of red blood cells that carries oxygen to the

cells and sometimes joins with glucose (sugar). Because the

glucose stays attached for the life of the cell (about 4 months),

a test to measure hemoglobin A1C shows what the person's average

blood glucose level was for that period of time.

BOLUS:

An extra boost of insulin given to cover expected rise in blood

glucose (sugar) such as the rise that occurs after eating.

DEHYDRATION:

Great loss of body water. A very high level of glucose

(sugar) in the urine causes loss of a great deal of water,

and the person becomes very thirsty.

POLYDIPSIA:

A great thirst that lasts for long periods of time; a sign of diabetes.

LIPOATROPHY:

Small dents in the skin that form when a person

keeps injecting the needle in the same spot.

'All that I have seen teaches me to trust God for all I have not seen.'

~Sugar