Question

The level of blood sugar for many patients suffering from disease Q is slightly higher than the level of blood sugar in the general population. Nonetheless, most medical professionals believe that slightly increasing blood sugar levels is a successful means by which to treat disease Q. This apparently contradictory argument can best be resolved by which one of the following statements?

पर्याय

• Blood sugar levels for patients who have been cured of disease Q are virtually identical to the level of blood sugar found in the general population

• Many of the symptoms associated with severe cases of disease Q have been recognized in laboratory animals with experimentally induced high blood pressure, but none of the animals developed disease Q

• The movement from inactive to advanced states of disease Q often occurs because the virus that causes Q flourishes during periods when blood sugar levels are slightly low

• The blood sugar level in patients with disease Q fluctuates abnormally in response to changes in blood chemistry

Answer 1

The movement from inactive to advanced states of disease Q often occurs because the virus that causes Q flourishes during periods when blood sugar levels are slightly low

Explanation:

The apparent contradiction in the argument is that patients suffering from disease Q report a slightly high level of blood sugar. But this abnormal condition of high blood sugar is considered a means to treat the very same disease of which it is a  symptom. This contradiction is best explained in 'The blood sugar level in patients with disease Q fluctuates abnormally in response to changes in blood chemistry'.