It’s time to know diabetes

This simple quiz will help you know how well informed you are about diabetes. Each correct answer fetches you 10 points. Excellent, if your score is 80 and above, good if it is between 60 and 80, average if it is between 40 and 60, and bad if the points earned are below 40. Get ready to take the test.

1. India is considered the
diabetic capital of the
world?
A. True
B. False

2. Diabetes is associated with
A. Increased thirst
B. Increased urination
C. Increased appetite
D. All the above

3. Type 1 diabetes is treated
with
A. Insulin injections
B. Oral drugs
C. Both
D. None of the above

4. Gestational diabetes is —
diabetes occurring during
A. Childhood
B. Pregnancy
C. In the elderly
D. None of the above

5. Diabetes is diagnosed in
Oral GTT (75gm glucose)
A. Fasting plasma > 126 mg% two hours post glucose > 200 mg%
B. Fasting plasma glucose — 100-125 mg%
Post glucose — 140-200 mg%
C. Fasting plasma glucose < 100 mg%
Post glucose < 140 mg%
D. None of the above

6. The HbA1C test is
measure of your sugar
control in the previous
A. 1 month
B. 6 months
C. 3 months
D. None of the above

7. Diabetes is managed by
A. Diet control
B. Exercise
C. Drugs
D. All the above

8. Hypoglycemia (low blood
sugar) can cause
A. Sweating
B. Palpitations
C. Tremor of the hands
D. All the above

9. SMBG means Self
Monitoring of Blood
Glucose with Glucometer.
A. True
B. False

10. The risk factors for
developing diabetes are
A. Obesity
B. Family history
C. Sedentary lifestyle with unhealthy food habits
D. All the above

The writer is Senior Consultant Physician, Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad

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