DIABETES WORKSHEET

NAME: __________________________________________________

I. Read the text about diabetes and mark these sentences RIGHT if they are correct or WRONG if they are incorrect. 1. Sugar which is carried to the cells through the bloodstream is called glucose. 2. Type 2 diabetes is more common than type 1 diabetes. 3. All diabetic patients will experience ALL the signs of diabetes. 4. The only purpose of a diet plan is to lower the weight of the patient. 5. If a diabetic patient exercises regularly and follows a diet plan, there is no need to do any testing of the blood sugar level. 6. All diabetes patients need injections of insulin. 7. Exercising and eating low-fat foods are only recommended for diabetic people. 8. When your blood sugar is too high, you should drink half a cup of fruit juice. 9. Low blood sugar is caused when patients eat too much sugary food. 10. Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia are critical conditions and can lead to serious complications. 11. If you skip a meal, your blood sugar level becomes lower than normal. 12. To control low blood sugar or hypoglycemia, the patient should eat as much as sugary food as possible. 13. Whenever you feel hypoglycemia, you should go to the hospital. 14. When you have low blood sugar less than 30 minutes before your next meal, you should first take fast-acting sugar then eat your meal. 15. When you eat a snack to control hypoglycemia, you should eat less than your planned meal on your next meal. 16. People with diabetes should check their feet only when they feel pain in their feet. 17. Only diabetic patients develop arteriosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. 18. Daibetic patients should check with an eye doctor at least once a year to make sure that the blood vessels of their retinas are not damaged. 19. In the diet plan of a diabetic, salt is avoided because it increases the level of sugar in the blood. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

20. All diabetic patients will experience complications in their feet, eyes, kidneys, and arteries. ___________ Lic. JOSE CARLOS YOCTUN CABRERA.

DIABETES WORKSHEET
NAME: __________________________________________________

I. Read the text about diabetes and mark these sentences RIGHT if they are correct or WRONG if they are incorrect. 1. Sugar which is carried to the cells through the bloodstream is called glucose. 2. Type 2 diabetes is more common than type 1 diabetes. 3. All diabetic patients will experience ALL the signs of diabetes. 4. The only purpose of a diet plan is to lower the weight of the patient. 5. If a diabetic patient exercises regularly and follows a diet plan, there is no need to do any testing of the blood sugar level. 6. All diabetes patients need injections of insulin. 7. Exercising and eating low-fat foods are only recommended for diabetic people. 8. When your blood sugar is too high, you should drink half a cup of fruit juice. 9. Low blood sugar is caused when patients eat too much sugary food. 10. Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia are critical conditions and can lead to serious complications. 11. If you skip a meal, your blood sugar level becomes lower than normal. 12. To control low blood sugar or hypoglycemia, the patient should eat as much as sugary food as possible. 13. Whenever you feel hypoglycemia, you should go to the hospital. 14. When you have low blood sugar less than 30 minutes before your next meal, you should first take fast-acting sugar then eat your meal. 15. When you eat a snack to control hypoglycemia, you should eat less than your planned meal on your next meal. 16. People with diabetes should check their feet only when they feel pain in their feet. 17. Only diabetic patients develop arteriosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. 18. Daibetic patients should check with an eye doctor at least once a year to make sure that the blood vessels of their retinas are not damaged. 19. In the diet plan of a diabetic, salt is avoided because it increases the level of sugar in the blood. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

20. All diabetic patients will experience complications in their feet, eyes, kidneys, and arteries. ___________ Lic. JOSE CARLOS YOCTUN CABRERA.