Explain two possible causes of diabetes
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Possible causes of diabetes include the following:
1. Hereditary factors: if one or both parents have diabetes, the child’s chances of developing diabetes are increased
2. A mumps-related virus may damage cells of the pancreas; causing type I diabetes
3. Gestational diabetes may be caused by hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy
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Which of the interstitial lung diseases is directly tied to exposure to first- and secondhand to-bacco smoke?
a. Alveolar proteinosis b. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis c. Nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis d. Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH)
When a person develops antibodies that attack the thyroid gland, causing the thyroid to produce too many thyroid hormones, that person has ____.
A. dwarfism B. gigantism C. Graves' disease D. myxedema E. Addison's disease