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Diabetes and Metabolism Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge on diabetes and metabolism with our comprehensive quiz that covers various conditions, dietary impacts, and genetic factors. Dive into 18 thought-provoking questions designed to challenge your understanding of these essential health topics.

Understand the diagnosis criteria for diabetes and prediabetes.
Explore the link between lifestyle choices and metabolic health.
Learn about the complications and management of diabetes.

18 Questions4 MinutesCreated by LearningHealth42

What are the conditions to diagnose prediabetes in humans: Select one or more:

The state called “acute pancreatitis”

The state called “gestational diabetes”

The state called “impaired glucose tolerance”

The state called “impaired fasting glucose”

What causes increased plasma concentration of triglycerides? Select one or more:

estrogen in oral contraceptives

Lack of alcohol consumption

Cerebellar impairment

High carbohydrate diet

What environmental triggers are possible linked to type 1 Diabetes Mellitus? Select one or more:

Chemicals

Food preservatives with nitrogen

Viral infections

Bacteria in gut altered in infancy

A 61-year-old man had a myocardial infarction 1 year ago. He now wants to prevent another MI and begins to exercise and changes his diet. A reduction in the level of which of the following serum laboratory findings 1 year later would best indicate the success of this diet and exercise regimen?

Cholesterol

REnin

Potassium

Glucose

Choose correct sentences about familial hypercholesterolemia:

Mutations causing the disease usually affect ApoE

It is an example of secondary hyperlipidaemias

Patients often present with tendon xanthomas

Patients are at higher risk of ischemic heart disease

What are the ocular complications of uncontrolled diabetes?

Glaucoma

Non-proliferative retinopathy

Cataract formation

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

Choose correct sentences:

Phenylketonuria is inherited in autosomal recessive manner

Symptoms of albinism include whitish hair and light sensitivity

Defects in methionine metabolism cause tyrosinemia

In phenylketonuria, ochronosis is a prominent symptom

A urine test in an undiagnosed diabetic person may show.

Glucose together with high amount of uric acid in the urine

Glucose together with ketones in the urine

Ketones together with glucocorticosteroids in the urine

Ketones in the urine

Increased level of HDL:

Linked with higher risk of ischemic heart disease

Usually linked to smoking

Is not included in modifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis

Commonly observed in obese people

Which are the major features of alkaptonuria?

Presence of dark urine, when exposed to air

A buildup of dark pigment in connective tissue such as cartilage and skin

Ochronosis

Malnutrition

To diagnose metabolic syndrome we take into consideration following factors:

Central obesity

MAP > 150/85 mmHg

LpA > 100mg%

Glycemia > 100mg%

Which of the following statements are true?

Correct blood level of fasting cholesterol is up to 145 mg%

Correct blood level of HDL is less than 53 mg%

Correct blood level of TG is up to 135 mg%

Correct concentration in the blood of fasting glucose is up to 106 mg%

There is no correct answer

It is not true that DM type 2:

Beginning is insidious and secret

No correlation with HLA antigen genes

Once they gain weight, it's not possible to lose weight

Only in elder people over 60 year of age

What are possible courses of hypoglycaemia in course of diabetes mellitus?

Onset of menses

Alcohol ingestion

Accidental insulin excess due to anti-diabetes treatment

Inadequate forceful exercise

Indicate the exact situation/s when you can diagnose DM according to the given values from Selected Diagnostic tests performed in different patients, who came to your medical office:

2 consecutive measurements of fasting glucose are more than 136 mg/dl

The result of OGTT result is not higher than 165 mg/dl

During the last 2 weeks several results of fasting glucose were in range between 166-186 mg/dl

Casual glucose in half a hour after meal is equal or less than 166 mg/dl with presence of polyphagia

A 23-year-old woman known to have an inborn error of metabolism is planning her first pregnancy. She is advised by her physician to begin a phenylalanine- free diet before conception and to continue this diet throughout pregnancy. This special diet is more likely to Aid in preventing which of the following problems in her infant:

Liver cirrhosis

Arachno Dactylis

Pectus excavatum

Mental retardation

A 30y old woman has had diarrhea and fatigue and has noticed a 4kg weight loss over the past 3 months. Laboratory studies show no occult blood, parasites in the stool. A biopsy specimen from upper jejunum is obtained, and microscopic findings are reviewed. She's placed on a special diet with no wheat or rye grain products, which brings dramatic improvement. Which of the microscopic features are most likely to be seen in biopsy specimens?

Villous blunting and flattening

Noncaseating Granulomas

Lymphocyte infiltration of crypts

Foamy macrophages within the lamina propria

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