A nurse explains that type 1 diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin. What is the reason that the blood glucose is elevated?
a. Prolonged elevation of stress hormone (cortisol, epinephrine, glucagon, growth hormone) levels
b. Malfunction of the glycogen-storing ca-pabilities of the liver
c. Destruction of the beta cells in the pan-creas
d. Insulin resistance of the receptor cells in the muscle tissue
C
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas does not produce adequate insulin because of the destruction of beta cells.
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