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1. The attached figure (Glucose Tolerance Graph: https://i.gyazo.com/10c2ef4df6bbbb2eedfbdedcfbb66c3c.png) shows results of glucose tolerance tests for 3 male patients. Glucose tolerance tests involve measuring plasma [glucose] following oral consumption of a glucose-rich solution. Immediately before drinking the sugar solution, the patients had fasted for several hours. Normal fasting plasma glucose is about 80 mg/dL. One of the patients is normal, one has diabetes type 1, and one has chronic liver disease. Identify which patient (A, B or C) is normal, which as diabetes type 1, and which has chronic liver disease. Briefly explain and justify each of your choices.

Solution

Patient C and B cannot be the person suffering from diabetes type 1 since there sugar level well below the levels of Patient A. From graph, we can deduce that person C is the normal person because his sugar level reduces to normal level within 4 h.

As shown in the graph Patient A is the suffering from diabetes type 1 because his glucose level is higher the other two patients before test as well as after fasting for 4 h.

The liver help in the balance of the of blood. In case of chronic liver disease liver is not able to perform its function balancing the blood sugar level as a result of it sugar remain in the blood even after fasting for many hours. From the graph we can deduce that person B is suffering from Chronic liver disease