The diabetes nurse educator describes type 1 diabetes with what statement?
A) Blood glucose level can be controlled with diet.
B) Exogenous insulin is required for life.
C) Oral agents can help to control blood glucose levels.
D) It is always diagnosed in early childhood.
B
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Type 1 diabetes results from an autoimmune disorder that destroys pancreatic beta cells. Insulin is the only effective treatment for type 1 diabetes because pancreatic beta cells are unable to secrete endogenous insulin and metabolism is severely impaired. In type 1 diabetes, blood glucose levels cannot be controlled with diet, oral agents cannot control the disease process because they stimulate insulin production, and the patient with type 1 diabetes does not produce insulin. It can be diagnosed at other stages of the life span than just in early childhood.
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