Diabetes and Treatment Walden University Advanced Pharmacology NURS - 6521N - 4 Diabetes and Treatment Diabetes is a group of diseases that result from a defect in the body’s ability to maintain a homeostatic glucose level. The defect may be in insulin secretion‚ insulin action or both. Diabetes can be classified as Juvenile‚ Type 1‚ Type 2‚ or Gestational. Distinction between the different classifications is based on the circumstances present at time of the diagnosis. Defect in insulin
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Today the average five year old is learning how to ride a bike without their training wheels‚ but when I was five years old I was learning how to count carbohydrates. In the summer of 1999 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just after turning five years old. As I grew older I found this disease harder to live with. All I wanted to do was fit in and look like all the young celebrities you see on T.V. and in magazines. That was not reality for me. In 2010 my dance school was invited to perform in
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Type 1 diabetes You’ve just been told you have type 1 diabetes. What now? Managing type 1 diabetes is composed of a handful of elements: blood glucose control and insulin management‚ exercise‚ nutrition and support. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes means your pancreas is no longer capable of producing insulin. Through multiple daily injections with insulin pens or syringes or an insulin pump‚ it will be up to you to monitor your blood glucose levels and appropriately administer your insulin.
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of this essay will be discussing a patient with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and will also be discussing the nursing care that will be received by the patient following a hypoglycaemic attack. The patient being described is a fictitious seventy year old lady called Mabel Gordon; she lives in a flat in a city centre with her husband Bert. Mabel has had type 2 diabetes for years which has been poorly controlled by medication and diet. Mabel’s diabetes has now progressively worsened; she has been commenced
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Living with Juvenile Diabetes Diabetes medically known as diabetes mellitus is the name given to disorders in which the body has trouble regulating its blood glucose‚ or blood sugar‚ levels. Diabetes is due to one of two mechanisms inadequate production of insulin (which is made by the pancreas and lowers blood glucose) or inadequate sensitivity of cells to the action of insulin. (Definition). There are two different forms of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes is known as insulin-dependent
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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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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: an Overview Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with the onset or first recognition during pregnancy. Ninety percent of those diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy will resolve after delivery (Scollan-Koliopoulos‚ Guadagno‚ & Walker‚ 2006). Pregnancy causes estrogen‚ progesterone and human placental lactogen to become elevated which provokes malfunctioning insulin‚ which can lead to insulin resistance and decreased
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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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NRS 339L: Hyperglycemia Cindy Clair & Sara Scaggs Northern Kentucky University 1. Type 1 Diabetes: Formerly known as juvenile onset diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an immune-mediated disease. The body’s own T cells attack and destroy pancreatic beta (B) cells‚ which are the source of insulin. In addition‚ autoantibodies to the islet cells cause a reduction of 80-90% of normal B cell function before hyperglycemia and other manifestations occur. (Mosby‚ 2011)
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disorganization and poor hygiene. He has short‚ dark brown hair with a bald spot on the back of his head. His diagnosis is Type 1 Untreated Diabetes (Chronic Hyperglycemic). He was admitted to the hospital for treatment of an abscess of the mouth and is awaiting a surgical operation for an incision to drain the upper-lip abscess. The best possible outcome for my patient of diabetes is that he learns to understand
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