Test Your Knowledge With Our Diabetes Quiz!

Question 1/20

People with type 1 diabetes have difficult with which of the following?

Producing enough insulin
Insulin resistance
Hormone regulation

Question 2/20

People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop which of the following conditions?

Asthma
Arthritis
Heart disease

Question 3/20

The Greeks believed diabetes was caused by which of the following?

Snake bites
Tainted wine
Eating too many starches

Question 4/20

Recent research suggests that which disorder may actually be a type of diabetes?

Parkinson's
Alzheimer's
Guillain-Barre

Question 5/20

There are several risks associated with gestational diabetes. Which of the following is NOT a risk associated with this condition?

Premature delivery
Jaundice in the newborn
Multiple births

Question 6/20

Which of the following NFL stars lives with diabetes?

Jay Cutler
Richard Sherman
Philip Rivers

Question 7/20

Which actor has been the face of diabetes awareness?

Sean Connery
Wilford Brimley
Eric Roberts

Question 8/20

In what year did Eli Lilly and Company begin commercial production of insulin?

1902
1914
1923

Question 9/20

Before the discovery of insulin, diabetics were often subjected to strict diets that limited the amount of calories one could consume. This diet was typically high in protein and low in what?

Fat
Carbohydrates
Vitamin B

Question 10/20

People with diabetes have an increased risk of developing which of the following?

Carpal tunnel syndrome
Male pattern baldness
Heel spurs

Question 11/20

Before the invention of glucose strips and other diagnostic tests, doctors had to rely on some strange ways of testing for diabetes. What was one way doctors checked for this disease?

Tasting the patient's urine
Using leeches to determine the patient's bleeding time
Measuring the length of the patient's tongue

Question 12/20

Gestational diabetes affects approximately what percentage of pregnancies annually?

5% of pregnancies
7% of pregnancies
12% of pregnancies

Question 13/20

Insulin pumps help people to manage their insulin levels throughout the day. Though they were first used for people with Type 1 diabetes, people with Type 2 diabetes can also use them. What year was the insulin pump first introduced?

1956
1966
1976

Question 14/20

Diabetic retinopathy is a type of vision loss associated with diabetes. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of this condition?

Blurred vision
Improved nighttime vision
Impaired ability to see colors properly

Question 15/20

Diabetic neuropathy often affects the legs and feet, and it can include pain and numbness. It is a result what type of damage to the body?

Nerve damage
Heart damage
Skeletal damage

Question 16/20

Which of the following is NOT a typical way to treat pre-diabetes?

Weight loss
Exercise
Insulin therapy

Question 17/20

Approximately how many Americans have undiagnosed diabetes?

1 million
5 million
8 million

Question 18/20

Which of the following is a non-medicinal way to help manage diabetes?

Exercise
Healthy, balanced diet
All of the above

Question 19/20

In 2010, doctors performed this many non-traumatic amputations on people with diagnosed diabetes:

25,000
73,000
86,000

Question 20/20

The insulin used by diabetics today is created in a laboratory, but that hasn't always been the case. Where did insulin come from before the technology to create insulin was discovered?

Cow pancreas
Dog pancreas
Sheep pancreas