Diabetes mellitus has a long historical record dating back to second century AD. The word "diabetes" was first used by the Greek physician Aretaeus. The word diabetes means "siphon". It was first used to describe patients with excessive thirst and urination. In the 17th century‚ the word mellitus‚ meaning "like honey"‚ was added when diabetes patients ’ urine was noticed to be sweet. However‚ the disease is not directly related to urine‚ but instead to the pancreas. Today many other symptons
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Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes (GD)‚ also known as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)‚ is a diabetic disorder that affects 4% of pregnancies making it one of the most common health complications of pregnancy. This condition usually occurs during the second or third trimester when the pregnancy hormones start to take place then fortunately disappears after the child is born. Increased glucose levels in the blood result from when a woman’s body does not produce enough insulin. In most
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Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which blood levels of glucose are abnormally high because the body does not release or use insulin adequately (Merck 1999‚ p.788). There are two types of diabetes mellitus‚ which are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. A hormone called insulin‚ released by the pancreas‚ is the primary substance responsible for maintaining appropriate blood sugar levels. Blood sugar levels vary throughout the day‚ rising after a meal and returning to normal within two hours. Blood
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Gestational Diabetes Alivia Danna October 5‚ 2011 HED 3390 Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes is a disease that affects pregnant women it’s a glucose intolerance that is started or diagnosed during pregnancy. Based on recently announced diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes‚ according to the American Diabetes Association‚ it is estimated that gestational diabetes affects 18% of pregnancies. Pregnancy hormones can block insulin therefore causing the glucose levels to increase
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What is diabetes? Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases where the body’s pancreas does not produce enough insulin or does not properly respond to insulin produced‚ resulting in high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. There are several different types of diabetes‚ but the most common forms are type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Both impact glucose levels‚ and if left untreated‚ can cause many complications What is type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can occur at any age‚ but is most commonly
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Diabetes neuropathy (DN) is a neurological disorder associated with Diabetes Mellitus (DM)‚ also known as Type-2 diabetes (Menz‚ Lord‚ St George‚ & Fitzpatrick‚ 2004). Diabetes neuropathy has many integral complications that circulate around the biomechanical impairments of the feet‚ especially in the elderly population with diabetes (Richardson‚ Thies‚ DeMott‚ & Ashton-Miller‚ 2005). DN has worrying health risks as it has harmful effects on stability‚ gait efficiency and function (Menz‚ Morris‚
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Level Diploma in Diabetes Education and Clinical Care Fatima College of Health Sciences 2014–08–18/BS/AMW C2 – HS604 DIABETES CLINICAL NURSING II – Diabetes Group Education C2 - Assignment 3 Diabetes - submit: 23 September‚ 2014 Name: Name: Submission date: (Revision date:) C2 – Assignment 3 Group education plan/BS/AMW/18 August‚ 2014 Page 1 INTRODUCTION Together with an identified fellow student a written patient education report regarding a planned diabetes group education
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A Taxonomy of Systems of Corporate Governance This paper argues that debate on corporate governance in an international context is hampered by the lack of a coherent framework. A taxonomy of systems of corporate governance is proposed as a remedy. The taxonomy is based upon eight related‚ yet discernible characteristics: (1) the prevailing concept of the firm‚ (2) the board system‚ (3) the salient stakeholders able to exert influence on managerial decision-making‚ (4) the importance of stock markets
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Diabetes in Children Nancy Scherfel HS 200-01 Unit 2 Capstone Project: Case Study #1-Diabetes Kaplan University July 19‚ 2011 Diabetes in Children Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is a disease that affects about 180 million people and about one in every 400-600 children‚ (Roper et al 2009). This type of diabetes is generally found in young children and adolescence and if not properly taken control of‚ this can be very hazardous to one’s life. Understanding what type 1 diabetes means
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Diabetes is a disease that has been plaguing mankind since as early as the time of the Egyptians in 1552 BC (Canadian Diabetes Association‚ 2005) as we know it. We‚ at the moment‚ understand it to be a disease created by the presence of insulin whether deficiency or resistance to insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is secreted from the pancreas and its purpose is to maintain the levels of glucose within the body (through usage). A lack of insulin would therefore generally result in the inability to
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