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    -Diabetes‚ which is when the pancreas can’t make insulin. People with type 1 diabetes have to monitor their blood sugar levels and take insulin every day (usually several times a day) using a needle or an insulin pump -What Can Happen if Diabetes Is Not Under Control? Out-of-control blood sugar levels can lead to short-term problems like hypoglycemia‚ hyperglycemia‚ or diabetic ketoacidosis. In the long run‚ not controlling diabetes can also damage the vessels that supply blood to important organs

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    Diabetes is a chronic disease in which there are high or low level of sugars in the blood. There are 2 type of diabetes. Type I and Type II. Diabetes can often times go undiagnosed because its symptoms are so common and unnoticeable that it doesn’t cross people’s mind. But it is important to pay close attention to any changes you have because if the faster the detection of diabetes the better. If a patient has recently been diagnosed with diabetes it is very important to go to your diabetes doctor

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    Diabetes Imagine your body is not able to produce insulin enough or Asamadha. So you need that insulin Thakl in your body every day. This disease is defined as the disease diabetes. Suffers someone who has diabetes‚ high blood sugar. The reason is his body‚ they can not convey sugar into fat cells and muscles and kidney Use Knaft in the body. Symptoms of diabetes include frequent urination and a decline in the weight and excessive thirst‚ blurred vision‚ hunger and fatigue. There are two presidents

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    Understanding the care and management of Diabetes Level 2 UNIT 1 Assessment 1.1 Understand the function of glucose in the blood 1) 1.1 Explain what ‘blood glucose’ is: Blood glucose is glucose in the blood stream. Glucose comes from eating and digesting carbohydrates. 2) 1.2 Describe the difference between simple and complex carbohydrates: Carbohydrates that break down rapidly during digestion are known as simple carbohydrates because they rapidly release glucose into the blood stream. Carbohydrates

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    Communications Diabetes Communications assignment 1 By Billie Ellis 12/2/2013 This assignment is based on the illness Diabetes. The following is to provide you with accurate and interesting facts on diabetes to help you have more of an understanding of such an illness and hopefully help you to prevent it. My information was researched on several websites‚ as well as an interview with my granddad. Diabetes What is diabetes? Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong condition caused by a lack

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    Michael Rizzo Murray‚ Chass (2004). Game Fights Trend of Fewer Blacks. The New York Times This article is about the declination of blacks in the game of baseball. It begins by talking about how successful blacks were in baseball from 1981-1997. Blacks such as Tony Gwynn‚ Tim Raines‚ and Gary Sheffield were winning National League Batting Titles 16 out of those 17 years. From 1998-2004‚ only one black player has won the batting title. As a huge baseball fan‚ I never knew that stat and find

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    Cultural Assessment and Analysis: The African American Culture Abstract In order to provide culturally appropriate care‚ an examination of one’s personal views‚ beliefs‚ and prejudices must be examined. The first portion of this paper will examine my personal values‚ beliefs‚ biases‚ and prejudices. The remaining paper will analyze the African American culture relating to the Ginger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model cited in Hood (2010). This model uses six key cultural

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    characteristics place people at greater risk for diabetes. Nevertheless‚ many people remain unaware of the symptoms of diabetes until after the disease has begun to progress. Take the following quiz to help determine your risk for diabetes. If you answer yes to three or more of these questions‚ consider seeking medical advice. Yes No 1. Is there a history of diabetes in your family?   2. Do any of your primary relatives (parents‚ siblings‚ grandparents) have diabetes?   3. Are you overweight or obese

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    Essay #1- Diabetes Diabetes is a disease the body undergoes when it is unable to produce any or enough insulin‚ due to a high level of glucose in the blood. According to the website diabetes.org‚ statistics show that‚ “diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2010 based on the 69‚071 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death.” Diabetes was discovered in 1889‚ later on various types of diabetes were identified and classified based

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    Diabetes John Grimes Brinson Kasie SCIN132 March 24‚ 2013 Diabetes Diabetes is brought about by too much sugar in the body which is caused by fat deposits‚ sedentary lifestyle‚ bad eating habits which may lead to kidney failure‚ non-traumatic lower-limb amputations‚ heart disease‚ as well as‚ stroke but may be managed through insulin‚ ginseng‚ chromium‚ nuts‚ leafy vegetables‚ cinnamon‚ aloe vera‚ charantia‚ caffeine‚ flax seeds‚ as well as‚ tea. Thorough Description of the Disease Diabetes

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