Type 2 Diabetes occurs when the body fails to produce enough insulin‚ or unable to utilize insulin properly. It is often associated with adults over the age of 40‚ overweight and a family history of diabetes‚ but it is currently occurring among younger people. 1. Prevalence and incidence of Diabetes type 2 According to statistical records‚ an approximation of 18.2 million children and adults suffer from diabetes in the United States. This is equal to 6.3 percent of America’s population. Out of
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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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When it comes to diabetes the most common form is type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes occurs when a person’s body has problems producing insulin. When someone has type 2 diabetes there are high levels of the sugar glucose in the blood. As we all know most people who contract type 2 diabetes are overweight and with Susan’s current bmi she is greatly increasing her chances of contracting it‚ on top of that her chances are greatly increase even more due to the fact that she has a family history of type
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Many of us know someone with diabetes but most of us don’t know what the dieses is. Well‚ diabetes is when your body makes too much or too little insulin. Type one (juvenile/insulin dependent) diabetes is when your body does not make any insulin. The world is still looking for a cure. Type one diabetes is a condition in which the patient has high blood glucose levels that are caused by an extreme lack of insulin. This is caused when the body’s immune system attacks the
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Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases in which the individual has high blood glucose levels as a result of the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin‚ or as a result of the cells in the body not responding to the insulin produced. The aim of this documentation is to outline the normal regulation of blood glucose levels in the body which includes the role of the hormone producing alpha cells and beta cells in regulating these levels‚ and the effect that the pathophysiology of diabetes
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Diabetes Mellitus is a condition in which the amount of glucose or sugar in the blood is too high. Glucose comes from the digestion of starchy foods such as sweets‚ rice‚ potatoes and bread. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the destruction of pancreatic beta cells‚ the cells in the body that make the hormone insulin. Insulin is required for people to get energy from food‚ therefore‚ people with type 1 diabetes must take multiple injections of insulin each day
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Informative Speech Speech Title: Type 2 Diabetes Topic: How to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the two ways to prevent Type 2 Diabetes. Central Idea: In order to prevent Type 2 Diabetes one must stay fit and stay active. Introduction: 24 million. More than 24 million Americans in the United States alone have Diabetes. Of those‚ about 6 million don ’t even know it. According to the Diabetes Division of the CDC (Center of Disease
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Diabetes‚ in the modern world of technology and sedentary lifestyle‚ becomes one of the most common diseases a person can get. When blood sugar level rises high enough over an extended of time‚ this condition‚ when taken lightly‚ will lead to diabetes. If not given attention‚ this disease will eventually lead to a multitude of serious health problems. Heart failure‚ stroke‚ foot ulcers‚ eye damage‚ chronic kidney failure etc. are only a number of its serious complications when not treated with immediate
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My reflection is on a teaching session of nasogastric feeding to a second year student. One of the patient I looked after was fed via a nasogastric tube. My student had told me she had never set up a feed via a nasogastric tube. I saw this as a learning opportunity for her. In order for me to teach my student effectively‚ it was important to establish her preferred learning style. Honey & Mumford (1992) identify four distinct learning styles e:g 1. Activist‚ are those people that learn by doing
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