Jane, a 48 year old woman with no history of healthcomplications had recently noticed that her show and glove sizeshad increased and that her rings no longer fit her fingers. As muchas she wanted to attribute this to her recent weight gain her lowerjaw was protruding and she noticed that her facial features weregetting abnormally coarse. To make matters worse she was urinatingmuch more frequently and feeling thirsty. An initial blood testrevealed that her blood glucose level was above normal but that herinsulin blood level was within normal range.
A) Given the information, explain the reason for elevatedglucose levels and polyuria despite normal insulin levels.
B) How ware Jane's recent physical changes connected to herelevated glucose levels? Provide the underlying mechanism.
