Question

Sunita is a 50 year old woman who is mainly a sedentary worker. She
always gets her medical check up done once in a year. Till last year her
reports were normal. This year her blood tests showed the presence of
large quantities of sugar. The doctor gave her some medicines to control
sugar. The doctor also asked her to avoid certain food items and adopta
healthy lifestyle
(a) Name the disease which sunita is suffering from
(b) Name the gland whose malfunctioning causes this disease.
(c) What is done if this disease does not get controlled by taking oral med
icines?
(d) Name one vital organ which gets damaged if this disease persist
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Answer 1

Answer:

a. diabetes

b. pancreas

C. to intake the insuline from outside directly to the blood vessels

Answer 2

Following are the details of the disease with which Sunitha is suffering from:

● In the mentioned scenario of the question Sunita of age 50 years is suffering with diabetis which is type 2 diabetes.

● The gland involved in the cause of the disease diabetes is pancreas.

● If the disease is not controlled by oral medication then insulin injections are are prescribed for the patient.

● Kidney Sarda vital organs that are primarily affected due to long lasting diabetes.