🔍 Key Concepts

• Diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) affects how the body handles blood sugar (glucose) • Think about what happens when there is too much sugar in the blood • Consider how the body reacts in terms of thirst, hunger, and weight changes

💭 Think About

• If the body cannot properly use sugar, what happens to energy inside the cells—do you feel more or less hungry? • When there is excess sugar in the blood, how might this affect fluid loss and how thirsty a person feels? • Do people with early, uncontrolled diabetes usually gain weight, lose weight, or stay the same?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option describes an increase vs. a decrease in both appetite and thirst • Ask yourself which symptom pair is most commonly linked to high blood sugar in basic first-aid/medical texts • Eliminate any choices that describe symptoms more typical of infection (like fever) or unrelated gradual changes (like simple weight gain)