Diabetes is a disease that is as a result of high levels of sugar in a person’s blood. This disease overtime can affect every body part and may cause kidney damage, amputation and even death if not properly managed. How much do you know about diabetes, the causes, and treatment that one gets? Take up the test below and get to find out!
Eating too much sugar
Genetic and lifestyle factors
Catching it from someone else
A viral disease
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Physical activity
Stress
Illness
All of the above
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Having too many sweets and soft drinks for many years
An autoimmune response that kills the body’s own insulin producing cells
Not doing enough exercise
Being overweight
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Taking daily insulin doses by injection or insulin pump
Eating healthy meals and snacks and doing regular physical activity
Regular monitoring of blood glucose levels
All of the above
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True
False
Eating healthy, taking regular exercise and prescribed medication
Losing weight (if needed) and maintaining a healthy weight
Good control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels
All of the above
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Children
Pregnant women
Elderly people
Men
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Pasta, rice and noodles
Fatty meat
Eggs
Fish
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Every day of the week for at least 30 minutes
Once a week for at least 30 minutes
Once a month for one hour
At least every fortnight for two hours
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Every six months by a podiatrist or doctor
The person should check their feet every day
Only when they have painful feet
Only when they have high blood glucose levels
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It can help to control blood glucose levels
It can lower blood pressure
It can help to regulate a person’s mood
It can reduce the risk of skin cancer
It can lower cholesterol levels
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Can be cured by adopting a healthy lifestyle
Can be cured with tablets and / or insulin
Is currently not curable
Is always life threatening when first diagnosed
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Kidney damage
Blindness
Melanoma
Heart disease
Foot ulcers
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Allows registrants to purchase blood glucose testing strips at a reduced price
Offers free syringes and insulin pen needles
Is available to people with all types of diabetes
Is free to join
All of the above
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