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Medical Spanish for Monitoring Diabetes

2025/7/1
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Learn Medical Spanish for diabetes follow-up: glucose monitoring, A1c, and checking for protein in the urine through a patient-centered dialogue followed by vocabulary review 🩺💬

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Diálogo  01:34

Vocabulario 05:05

  • la dieta balanceada — balanced diet

  • los medicamentos (por) vĂ­a oral – oral medications

  • la pĂ©rdida de peso — weight loss

  • los hábitos de alimentaciĂłn — eating habits

  • el nivel de glucosa en la sangre — blood glucose level

  • el aparato – device

  • el glucĂłmetro — glucometer

  • la lanceta — lancet

  • picarse (o pincharse) la yema del dedo – to prick one’s fingertip

  • apuntar – to write down, to make a note of (in writing)

  • la libreta — little notebook (used to log readings)

  • la hemoglobina glucosilada (o la A1c) — glycosolated hemoglobin, hemoglobin A1c

  • el nivel promedio – the average level

  • en ayunas — fasting

  • la proteĂ­na en la orina — protein in the urine

  • dañar los riñones – to damage the kidneys

Volvemos al diálogo 12:26

Hazte miembro! 08:47

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