Video Transcript
Which of the following tables
correctly summarizes the symptoms of diabetes and potential treatments?
Diabetes is a disease resulting
from the imbalance of glucose in the body. Insulin is the major hormone
involved in diabetes, so let’s discuss that in some detail.
When we eat food, a lot of it is
broken down during digestion into a simple sugar called glucose. This glucose is very important and
can be used by many cells, such as muscle cells, for energy. These cells can’t absorb glucose
unless a special hormone called insulin is present. Insulin is made by our
pancreas.
When glucose levels rise in the
blood after eating food, the pancreas can detect this and produce insulin. So now insulin can help our cells
absorb glucose so they can use it for energy. In a disease called diabetes, the
pancreas has trouble producing insulin. Without enough insulin, the cells
can’t take up glucose, so they can’t meet their energy requirements.
Diabetes has different symptoms and
treatments. Some of the symptoms of diabetes
include tiredness, frequent thirst, and frequent urination. And some of the treatments include
insulin injections, to replace the low insulin levels, and a controlled diet.
Therefore, the option that
correctly summarizes the symptoms of diabetes and its treatments is given by answer
choice (A).
