From: Secretary of Health‚ Mexico Maternal Health‚ Gestational Diabetes Introduction: Diabetes has become the number one killer in Mexico in the last decade and a half; 14% of all deaths in our country can be attributed to this disorder. Gestational diabetes can be linked to up to one third of those deaths. Gestational diabetes especially impacts those in low-income or rural areas‚ who lack the access to basic technology like glucometers necessary to diagnose altered blood glucose levels. Older
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the body gets exceed the amount of sugar that it can embrace‚ then here comes the diabetes. i. Class statistics: 55% of the classmate knows someone‚ either friends or family who lives with diabetes. ii. According to the National Diabetes Report of 2014 that 9.3% of the American population have diabetes (Center for Disease control‚ 2014) b. Personal Credibility: My father and my grandmother were diagnosed with diabetes. i. They love to eat sweet stuff‚ not just sweet fruits‚ but very sweet desserts
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One of the most controversial arguments when it comes to diabetes is what is better‚ the insulin pump or the insulin pen. It does come down to which one someone likes better. Both have their strengths and weaknesses‚ Cost is one of the things that the diabetic needs to consider along with‚ the risk of hypoglycemia‚ and the several times they have to inject themselves with a needle. Cost is one of the few things that the pen is able to beat the pump in but other than that the pump outweighs the pen
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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Type 2 An endocrine disorder is a medical condition that causes a hormonal imbalance. When an endocrine gland functions abnormally‚ producing either too much of a specific hormone (hyperfunction) or too little (hypofunction)‚ the hormonal imbalance can cause various complications in the body. The major glands of the endocrine system are the pituitary‚ thyroid‚ parathyroid‚ adrenal‚ and pancreas. One of the common endocrine disorders is diabetes. According to
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if Turkish people enjoy the benefits of the Disease Management Program‚ DMP. Specifically‚ the article talks about people that have the diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2)‚ (Makowski‚ Anna Christin and Christopher Kofahl 2014). To have a clear idea and comparison‚ the data have been compared to another study that concentrated on studying the non-immigrant with diabetes part of the DMP (Makowski‚ Anna Christin and Christopher Kofahl 2014). In Germany they introduced the DMP to try improve the health care
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Cushing syndrome and diabetes insipidus‚ which are Pituitary gland diseases. Then I start reading and found out that‚ Pituitary gland is a tiny organ the size of a pea found at the base of the brain behind your nose and between your ears. Pituitary gland produces a number of hormones or chemicals
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Diabetes runs in my family. My grandmother and grandfather‚ my dad’s parents have diabetes‚ so does my dad and a couple of my aunts and uncles. My dad always tells me to watch out for the amount of sugar that I consume‚ and the foods that I eat. I never really paid much attention to it‚ did not even know what diabetes is. As the years pass by my dad keeps telling me the same thing over and over again. Until one day he told me that maybe in the future I can be diagnosed with diabetes. Having diabetes
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Diabetes Type 1 This type of diabetes is more rare than type 2 and occurs when the body cannot produce insulin. Insulin must get replaced with injections to control blood sugar level. The imbalance is mostly caused by autoimmune problems that make the body turn against itself and damages the pancreas‚ which in turn make the diabetic insulin dependent. It normally develops in people under 40. Though it is possible to develop at any age‚ it is common to start with people who are younger than 20 –
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implemented the diabetes prevention program based on education and behavioral modification in dietary and physical activity in the high risk individuals in the community church. The implementation program needs to be evaluate the knowledge of the participants of the diabetes prevention program. The evaluation process will assist the writer to find out the effectiveness of the program by examining the change in participant’s behavior before and after attending the diabetes prevention program. The writer
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..................................... 14 Recommendation 3 Developing a local strategy .................................................................................... 15 Recommendation 4 Interventions for communities at high risk of type 2 diabetes ................................. 16 Recommendation 5 Conveying messages to the whole population ....................................................... 18 Recommendation 6 Conveying messages to the local population ...........................
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