Quiz – Diabetes and Kidney
- What is Dawn phenomenon?
- What is Somogyi pheneomenon?
- What is Syndrome X?
- What are Kimmelsteil Wilson nodules?
Answers
- Gkucose levels rise early morning – Dawn phenomenon
- Rebound hyperglycemia may appear from 1/2 to 24 hours after moderate to sevre hyoglycemia – Somogyi pheneomenon
- Syndrome X is a term used to describe a constellation of metabolic derangements that includes insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia, central or visceral obesity, endothelial dysfunction and accelerated cardiovascular disease
- KimmelsteilWilson nodules are charecteristic of Diabetic nephropathy . Nodules of pink hyaline material form in the regions of glomerular capillary loops in the glomerulus. This is due to a marked increase in mesangial matrix from damage as a result of non enzymatic glycosyslation of proteins.
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