Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus ( 49 Questions)
Which of the following statements accurately describes the pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
This choice is incorrect. Insulin resistance is a characteristic of type 2 diabetes, not type 1.
This choice is incorrect. Type 1 diabetes is not primarily caused by lifestyle factors; it has an autoimmune etiology.
Type 1 diabetes is characterized by the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells, leading to a lack of insulin production. This results in an absolute insulin deficiency and requires external insulin administration.
This choice is incorrect. Type 1 diabetes typically develops in childhood or adolescence, not adulthood, and is not associated with insulin resistance.
Type 1 diabetes is characterized by the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells, leading to a lack of insulin production. This results in an absolute insulin deficiency and requires external insulin administration.
Incorrect choices:
a. This choice is incorrect. Insulin resistance is a characteristic of type 2 diabetes, not type 1.
b. This choice is incorrect. Type 1 diabetes is not primarily caused by lifestyle factors; it has an autoimmune etiology.
d. This choice is incorrect. Type 1 diabetes typically develops in childhood or adolescence, not adulthood, and is not associated with insulin resistance.