The causes and effects of diabetes Type 1 diabetes causes Type 1 diabetes is caused by the immune system destroying the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. This causes diabetes by leaving the body without enough insulin to function normally. This is called an autoimmune reaction‚ or autoimmune cause‚ because the body is attacking itself. There is no specific diabetes causes‚ but the following triggers may be involved: • Viral or bacterial infection • Chemical toxins within food • Unidentified
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was for developing diabetes. With diabetes‚ there are two different types‚ Type 1 and Type 2. The health risk assessment I took was for Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is where the level of sugar or glucose in the blood is abnormally high. Also the level of insulin can be low‚ normal‚ or high. The problem with this is that the body does not respond properly to the insulin; the body becomes partially resistant to the effects of insulin. Insulin resistance develops in type 2 diabetes long before the blood
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Care As a professional nurse‚ assisting the patient with the basic knowledge of self-management of diabetes mellitus with supportive care‚ will help lessen risk associated with this illness. Helping the patient to take small steps with their lifestyle‚ will result in a understanding of the capacity of their illness. This essay will discuss a family member who was recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type II and has to take insulin. After performing the questionnaire‚ there were several identifiable
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Dumb Diabetes It all started last summer‚ when Mom and I were in LL Bean. For those of you who don’t know‚ my hometown of Freeport Maine‚ is the head quarters of all LL Bean stores. It’s a huge complex of stores‚ including a giant hiking boot out front. There are a lot of kids’ areas‚ so that the parents can shop‚ while their kids are playing. Anyways‚ it was August 25. Just an average day in the life of Marielle (that’s me). “How much longer Mom?” I whined. Until‚ that life changing moment‚ I had
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Diabetes is something that not only affects older people‚ but also affects younger people as well. It does not matter what age you are‚ it can happen to anyone. My focus is to introduce the different types of diabetes‚ and how we can decrease the number of people that develop it. There are several types of diabetes that I would like to discuss ‚ Gestational diabetes‚ type 2 diabetes and finally‚ diabetes type 1. The first one that I would like to discuss is gestational diabetes. In this type
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Introduction Aging is a risk factor for diabetes. Centers for Disease Center (2013) reported that 63% of adult incident of newly diagnosed diabetes on 2011 were between the ages of 40 and 64 years old (CDC‚ 2013). When left untreated‚ diabetes can cause a variety of complications including cardiovascular problems‚ kidney problems‚ and blindness. Once diagnosed with diabetes‚ prompt intervention is necessary to stabilize blood sugar level and prevent any further complication that may arise in the
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The Relationship between Obesity and Diabetes Melissa Westfall COM155 09/22/2013 Paul Howell The Relationship between Obesity and Diabetes Diabetes and obesity are two different chronic diseases; however‚ they share many similarities that link them together. Some Similarities are characterized by genetics‚ depression‚ and medication‚ just to name a few. Enough information can be found on both diseases to pull them together‚ but
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DIABETES MELLITUS Overview: Current statistics revealed that 24 million individuals have diabetes around the world. Some doesn’t even know that they have this until the age of 30. Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder. It is popularly called as “diabetes”. Diabetes means “flowing through”‚ and mellitus means “sweet as honey”. So Diabetes Mellitus‚ the full name‚ means that there is too much sugar flowing through the blood. It is a chronic‚ lifelong condition that affect body’s
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its importance to Diabetes Numbers play a part in our everyday lives and diabetics are no exception. With diabetes people are need to count carbohydrates and calories‚ adjust insulin doses‚ and track blood glucose readings. An example of math and diabetes is a person may need 20 grams of carbohydrate and that person has crackers which contain 2 grams of carbohydrate how many do they need to get the necessary carbohydrates. Without the skills of math‚ the task of managing diabetes becomes a dangerous
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The role of nurses in gestational diabetes. (DIABETES CARE)(Brief Article) Journal of Diabetes Nursing | May 1‚ 2003 | Assignment 2 Research studies‚ recently conducted in America‚ have found that diet and exercise play an important role in predisposing a woman for gestational diabetes (GD). This study compared the rate of insulin treatment and perinatal outcome in women with gestational diabetes under endocrinologist-based versus diabetes nurse-based metabolic management. A total of 244 participants
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