Which condition results when the body cannot produce enough insulin?

Which condition results when the body cannot produce enough insulin?

• A. Diabetes
• B. Epilepsy
• C. Gout
• D. Eczema

Answer: (A)

Insulin is the hormone that lets cells take up glucose from the bloodstream to use as energy. When the body cannot produce enough insulin, glucose stays in the blood rather than entering cells, causing high blood sugar and a diagnosis of diabetes. This often happens in type 1 diabetes, where pancreatic beta cells are damaged and can’t produce insulin, though type 2 involves insufficient insulin production or resistance over time. Epilepsy is a brain disorder with seizures, gout is caused by uric acid crystals in joints, and eczema is a skin inflammation—none of these involve insufficient insulin production.

Insulin is the hormone that lets cells take up glucose from the bloodstream to use as energy. When the body cannot produce enough insulin, glucose stays in the blood rather than entering cells, causing high blood sugar and a diagnosis of diabetes. This often happens in type 1 diabetes, where pancreatic beta cells are damaged and can’t produce insulin, though type 2 involves insufficient insulin production or resistance over time. Epilepsy is a brain disorder with seizures, gout is caused by uric acid crystals in joints, and eczema is a skin inflammation—none of these involve insufficient insulin production.