Test Your Knowledge

Preparing questions in advance can help patients have more meaningful discussions with healthcare providers regarding their condition. Patients may wish to ask their doctor the following questions about secondary diabetes:

1. How does secondary diabetes differ from type 1 or type 2 diabetes?
   
   
2. Could secondary diabetes be causing my symptoms? What else could be causing my symptoms?
   
   
3. What diagnostic tests for diabetes might I need to undergo? What are my test results?
   
   
4. What caused my secondary diabetes?
   
   
5. If a medical treatment caused my diabetes, do I have other options, or do the benefits of this treatment outweigh the side effects?
   
   
6. Is my diabetes permanent, or could it be temporary?
   
   
7. Can the symptoms of my primary condition mask the symptoms of diabetes?
   
   
8. How does treatment of my primary condition affect my secondary diabetes? Will treating my diabetes affect my other condition?
   
   
9. Will changing my treatments help treat my secondary diabetes?
   
   
10. What lifestyle changes do I need to make as treatment for my diabetes?
    
    
11. Can conditions that I now have, or am at risk of developing, cause secondary diabetes? If so, how can I prevent it?
    
    
12. What possible complications may occur due to the combination of my primary condition and secondary diabetes?