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Diabetes Education Online - Diabetes Teaching Center at the University of San Francisco

 

Self Assessment Quizzes

Complications

Question #1

The best way to avoid complications of diabetes is to:

a. Ignore your diabetes, unless you develop symptoms
b. Tightly control the blood glucose
c. Avoid fruit juice
Correct!
Intensive blood glucose control is the best way to avoid diabetic complications.
Sorry, wrong answer!
High blood glucose levels do not always cause symptoms, and can silently cause damage to the cells. This is why diabetes is called the silent killer. The correct answer is B.
Sorry, wrong answer!
While avoiding fruit juice may help to prevent spikes in the blood glucose, the most important way to avoid complications is to control the blood glucose overall. The correct answer is B.

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