Does someone you know have diabetes? Diabetes is an issue on the body that produces blood sugar levels increase more than usual. This type of diabetes is called diabetes 2 and is also called hyperglycemia. There are many medical diabetic diets that should not keep you away of enjoying many foods and flavors. Diabetes 2‚ also known as diabetes mellitus is caused when the body does not use insulin in a proper way. This issue is named insulin resistant. Insulin is essential to maintain glucose levels
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Dan Vanderheiden‚ Discussion Article Summary Learning to live with diabetes – integrating an illness or objectifying a disease The article was focused on the learning process of patients who had been diagnosed with diabetes and how they worked to modify their lifestyle to cope with their illness. They had to learn how manage their diets‚ measure their blood sugar and administer insulin injections (some of them did anyway). Some patients placed a heavy reliance on measuring their sugar with a
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hospital I realize how many patients have diabetes. As a nurse‚ I believe it is very important to know how to educate the diabetic patients as to the guidelines they should follow at home on the foods they should be eating and avoiding. In addition I believe it is important for the nurse to know what foods the patient should and should not be eating in the hospital. This teaching plan is going to focus on a general guideline of a diet for a patient with diabetes. As of 2011 25.8 million children and
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is a problem here and your blood pressure is too high OR your body is just unable to control it on its own‚ so a medication will be used to help correct the problem. So what happens if you don’t take your medicine and you let this go untreated? Well‚ nothing good. Your high blood pressure can lead to heart attack‚ stroke‚ aneurysm (you get a bulge in your arteries and it blows up like a balloon)‚ heart failure‚ vision loss‚ kidney could shut down‚ and the list goes on. Explaining diabetes to a
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Multifactor genetic disorder diabetes Diabetes is a medical condition where there is too much sugar circulating in the blood stream. The main sugar found in your body is glucose and it is essential for good health. It is important that diabetes is diagnosed early and treated appropriately as it can cause severe health complications. The hormone that controls the blood glucose is called insulin and is normally produced in the pancreas (a large fleshy organ under the stomach).Insulin deficiency
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Understanding Diabetes and Its Complications An estimated 16 million people in the United States have diabetes-more than one third are not aware that they have the disease. This year alone‚ more than 798‚000 cases will be diagnosed. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death by disease in the United States; this year alone‚ more than 187‚000 Americans will die from this disease and its complications (CDC). Education about diabetes is essential to understanding the disease and preventing
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Problems Lists Problem #1 The client is diagnosed with diabetes type 2. She is insulin dependent‚ she requires blood glucose monitoring every day. Although‚ the client is very satisfied with her lifestyle‚ the therapist realized certain things that should be taken into considerations. She knows how to measure her blood glucose; however‚ she does not monitor it regularly especially when she goes to work. She does not participate in physical activities as much as she is suppose to. Caring for diabetes
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Diabetes Mel·li·tus (mə-lī’təs‚ měl’ĭ-) is a metabolic disorder in which there are high blood sugar levels over a period of time. This disease process symptomatology is excessive thirst‚ frequent urination and increase hunger. There are three types of Diabetes Mellitus. Type I or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) has an early onset and is diagnosed in someone who is a juvenile. Type II or non-insulin diabetes mellitus (NIIDDM) has a late onset and is diagnosed in someone who is an adult
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Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus Global Scenario Diabetes and other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are significant public health challenges in the 21st century. It is estimated that 3.8 million deaths were attributable to diabetes in 2007‚ equivalent to 6% of all deaths globally. India‚ which has the largest population of diabetes patients of any country‚ diabetes accounts for 9.7% of these deaths. The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly rising all over the globe at an alarming rate
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9001:2008 Certified Institute (Indian Standard Organization(ISO) Certificate Number:2071-QMS-1071) Email id: hsbsolutions7@gmail.com website:www.hsbsolutions.jimdo.com Ph: 9210846949 / 9717925135 Physics: Chapter 2 Solutions Last 15 years questions with solutions Topic: Strength of Solution Q.1Discuss the effect of Temperature on Solubility of solids in Solvent. AnsThe solubility of solid in a liquid solvent generally increases with increase in temperature of the solvent. Very rarely some neutral
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