Health Psych 4.3

Type 1 Diabetes
- juvenile/insulin-dependent diabetes
- patients are underweight
- frequent thirst/urination
- affects = # men and women
- requires insulin injections
- risk of kidney damage
- accounts for 10% of diabetics
Type 2 Diabetes
- adult/non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- patients are overweight
- may or may not experience frequent thirst/urination
- affects more women than men
- affects poor > middle class
- requires no insulin injections
- rist of CV damage
- accounts for 90% of diabetics

Author

kyle.coughlin

ID

215075

Card Set

Health Psych 4.3

Description

Health Psych 4.3

Updated

2013-04-22T14:57:30Z

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