Which statement is accurate about the long-term complications of diabetes?
a. Long-term complications are almost always the result of hypoglycemia and ketoacidosis.
b. The complication rates for patients with tightly controlled type 2 diabetes are the same as for those whose disease is not tightly controlled.
c. Tightly controlling type 1 diabetes produces excessive episodes of life-threatening hypoglycemia.
d. Tightly controlling both types of diabetes reduces the risk of eye, kidney, and nerve damage.
ANS: D
In both types of diabetes, tightly controlling the disease slows the development of microvascular complications.
Short-term complications are more apt to result from hypoglycemia and ketoacidosis.
Patients with type 2 diabetes have fewer complications if their blood sugar level is tightly controlled.
Hypoglycemia does not occur more frequently in patients with tightly controlled type 1 diabetes.
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