Kelianna Karnatz
University of Mary
Pathophysiology Teaching Plan to Enhance Self-Care
Patient confidence in managing their care is fundamental in successes of the patient’s care. The ability to cope with not only the diagnoses of diabetes but also be able to manage the life adjustments which requires daily attention is a challenge which needs assistance from health care providers.
Diabetes
Diabetes has two types, Type 1 which had been known as Juvenile diabetes, and type 2 which is adult onset. In type 2 diabetes the body either fails to produce an adequate amount of insulin from the pancreas or stops producing insulin. This prevents the body from processing and lowering glucose in the …show more content…
The insulin then enables the sugar to enter cells, which decreases the blood sugar level in the blood. Glucose plays an important role in the body and comes from two sources: food and the liver. The liver will store the sugar and can also make glucose for release when glucose fall too low in the bloodstream. In a person who had Type 2 Diabetes, the body is not able to do this, and glucose levels rise.
There is still much to understand about why who gets Type 2 Diabetes. Weight can play a factor in development of Type 2 diabetes, inactivity, family history, race, age, if the female had previously developed gestational diabetes, if the female has polycystic ovary syndrome, high blood pressure, and abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels ("Diabetes Complications - Mayo Clinic", 2017). Most of these risk factors are preventable or able to be minimized, some genetic factors, like race or family history, are not.
This is where prevention teaching for patients who enter care with risk factors is very important. If a patient is able to be educated and exposed to how to minimize their risk factors to possibly prevent the development of type 2 diabetes is life changing. When the development of type 2 diabetes intervention early is critical, to help the patient develop healthy habits which can manage and minimize any