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    assignment: Living with diabetes Texas State University- San Marcos COMM 1310: Fundamentals of Human Communication Emile Morris Most college students don’t spend their days worrying about taking insulin‚ heart disease‚ stroke‚ high or low blood pressure‚ blindness‚ kidney disease‚ nervous system damage‚ and amputations. However‚ when you live with type one diabetes‚ these things are constantly on your mind. Managing each and every day around a deadly condition such as diabetes is a difficult task

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    LP3.1 Assignment: Compare & Contrast Essay – Draft Diabetes: Type 1 vs. Type 2 Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar‚ either because the body does not produce enough insulin‚ or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. It is caused by very low insulin levels in one’s body‚ resistance to insulin‚ no insulin production or a combination of factors. Insulin is a hormone which is normally produced by the pancreas that works in

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    RESEARCH PAPER Diabetes Mellitus‚ Type 1 (Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) Kyle Ongesii January 22‚ 2015 Instructor: Melody Lickers Diabetes Mellitus‚ Type 1 Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong chronic disease also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and previously known as juvenile diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused from lack of insulin. When the body’s pancreatic beta cells are damaged or destroyed‚ the body becomes dependent on insulin. Although Type 1 diabetes can occur in adults

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    had been controlled by the nervous system. Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. People with type 1 diabetes cannot produce insulin and require a lifetime of insulin injections for survival. The disease can occur at any age‚ although it mostly occurs in children and young adults. Type 1 diabetes can also be called ‘juvenile onset diabetes’ or ‘insulin dependent

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    Introduction Gestational diabetes is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance that has its onset or is first diagnosed during pregnancy. Kuhl‚ Hornnes‚ and Andersen (1985) state that gestational diabetes occurs when the pancreas of a pregnant woman fails to increase insulin production to compensate for the natural decrease in cells’ sensitivity to insulin. The cardinal signs of diabetes are polyuria (related to decreased reabsorption at the renal tubules because of the osmotic activity of

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    provides education to people with type 2 diabetes. The NICE strategy provides education in the form of guidelines that are regularly updated to suit changing rates of type 2 diabetes conditions and complications. This is a strength of the strategy as providing education provides knowledge on the ways people can delay themselves from developing type 2 diabetes and control measures to avoid complications‚ if the person has already developed type 2 diabetes. Educating people will encourage their right

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    Hannah was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is chronic disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Without insulin‚ the glucose goes to bloodstream and instead of going in the cells which causes Hyperglycemia. Then the body can’t use the glucose which than results in Type 1 Diabetes. The exact reason for Type 1 Diabetes is unknown. Most usually auto immune disorder. With this disorder the immune system attacks the good healthy body tissue

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    Case Study on Type2 Diabetes Mellitus This paper will look at the physiology of normal blood glucose. The pathophysiology of Diabetes mellitus type 2 with a description of some of the common presenting symptoms of polyuria‚ polydipsia and polyphagia. Explore the importance of incorporating the 5 components of managing the disease and discuss why the Indigenous population are more than 3.4 times more likely to be affected than non-indigenous Australians (AIHW 2006‚ Brown & Edwards 2008). The

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    a 4th grader at Hendricks Elementary. Hannah has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Type 1 diabetes in children is a condition in which your child’s pancreas no longer produces the insulin your child needs to survive‚ and you’ll need to replace the missing insulin. Type 1 diabetes in children used to be known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes. Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in children are increased thirst‚ extreme hunger‚ weight loss‚ fatigue‚ irritable

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    First and foremost‚ I am happy that I am the one with diabetes and not my brother or sister. I would not wish this disease on my worst enemy. Second‚ my diabetes has shaped me into the person I am today. Diabetes taught me to be responsible at a very young age. At four years old I had to learn the science‚ math‚ and statistics to keep myself alive. People often say that diabetics are scientists‚ mathematicians‚ and doctors all in one. Diabetes has also taught me a lot of patience and that things do

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