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Medesa

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Your patient is a 25-year-old woman with a history of diabetes. She is confused, agitated, and verbally abusive to you, and she is very sweaty. Although she refuses to give a history of the present illness, you should suspect which of the following as the likely cause of her presentation?
 
  A) Failure to take her insulin
  B) A non-diabetic-related problem
  C) low blood glucose levels
  D) Excessive blood glucose levels

Question 2

Which of the following suffixes means dilation?
 
  A) -osis
  B) -cise
  C) -cyte
  D) -ectasis



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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