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Who would suffer hypoglycemia if they get low blood glucose levels from excess insulin action?
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Is hypoglycemia the result of excess insulin?
True.
The primary function of insulin is?
Stimulates conversion of excess glucose to glycogen
What condition leads to an excess of glucose and lipids in the blood?
An insulin irregularity.
It could be excess i?
It could be excess insulin secretion from your pancreas, but high glucose foods may cause this, and the enzymes would help
Where is excess glucose in the body stored?
It is stored in the liver as glycogen. It is converted into glycogen by insulin.
What happens to glucose as it passes through the kidney?
Nothing happens to the glucose. It should have been stored in the kidney, but it didn't, therefore, you have an excess amount glucose in your blood. Hence, the insulin shots.
What is the principle function of the hormone insulin?
Insulin controls the sugars in your body.Insulin is a hormone secreted by the beta cells of pancreas which regulates glucose levels (an increase in insulin lowers blood glucose). The pancreas senses the level of glucose in blood and secretes the amount of insulin accordingly.
What hormone stimulates glycogenesis?
The hormone that stimulates glycogenesis is Insulin, in response to high levels of glucose in the blood. Glycogenesis is the process in which excess glucose molecules are added to glycogen chains so that they can be stored ready for use at a later date.
Insulin is secreted in starvation and results in the production and mobilization of glucose from peripheral tissues?
No, another hormone called glucagon does that (although both insulin and glucagon are secreted by the pancreas). Insulin has the opposite effect - when there is excess sugar in the blood it causes glucose to move into body cells and to also be stored as glycogen in the liver and muscle.
Does insulin make glucose?
No. Glucose is a high energy molecule that your body metabolizes to form ATP which is the main energy currency in the body. Insulin is released by your body after eating. It's job is to store excess glucose as glycogen for later use. In times of fasting when blood sugar is low, your body release glucagon which converts the glycogen back into glucose.
What kind of macromolecule is insulin?
Glucose is grouped as a Carbohydrate.
Why must you feed someone something sweet if they had inadvertently taken an overdose of insulin?
Insulin "picks up" glucose in the blood stream to take glucose to each cell; insulin is like a "key" that opens the cell "door". Too much insulin can put someone into a life-threatening coma because the insulin has picked up almost all circulating glucose, which the brain and vital organs need. To correct excess insulin, we give something sugary that easily, quickly converts to glucose, such as sugar cubes, honey, hard candies -- if the person is still alert. The best counter measure is glucose tablets. If the person is drowsy, they make a gel glucose in a tube-- you squeeze it into the patient's cheek and it absorbs.
