When learning about diabetes, it helps to learn the words and terms that are used when people talk about this disease. Find a glossary here.

• What Are Beta Cells?
• What Are Blood Glucose Levels?
• What Are Carbohydrates?
• What Are Certified Diabetes Educators (CDEs)?
• What Are Fats?
• What Are Fatty Acids?
• What Are Insulin Injections?
• What Are Islet Cells?
• What Are Ketones?
• What Are Kidneys?
• What Does Autoimmunity Mean?
• What Is Carbohydrate Counting?
• What Is Hyperglycemia?
• What Is Hypoglycemia?
• What Is Ketoacidosis?
• What Is Nephropathy?
• What Is Neuropathy?
• What Is Polydipsia?
• What Is Polyphagia?
• What Is Polyuria?
• What Is Retinopathy?
• What Is a Glycosylated Hemoglobin Test (Hemoglobin A1c)?
• What Is the Glycemic Index?
• What's Diabetes?
• What's Glucagon?
• What's Glucose?
• What's Glycogen?
• What's Insulin Resistance?
• What's Insulin?
• What's a Blood Glucose Meter?
• What's a Bolus?
• What's a Pediatric Endocrinologist?
• What's a Urinalysis?
• What's an Exchange Meal Plan?
• What's an Insulin Pump?
• What's the Pancreas?

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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