Short summary of Diabetes • Description of the disease • Risk factors for the disease • Lifestyle choices you can make in your life to decrease your modifiable risk factors for this disease Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in America today. Approximately 225‚000 people die each year of diabetes complications. There are basically two types of diabetes. Type 1 is known as the childhood diabetes‚ but not necessarily limited to children. Type 1 diabetes is the more serious
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Diabetes Diabetes is a condition where the pancreas secretes an insufficient supply of insulin or the body does not use the insulin efficiently. Normally‚ when the pancreas produces the right amount of insulin to accommodate the quantity of sugar. However‚ when the person has diabetes‚ either the pancreas produces little or no insulin or the cells do not respond normally to the insulin. Sugar accumulates up in the blood‚ overflows into the urine and then passes from the body unused. Now if this
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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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Education: Key to Managing Diabetes Nebraska Wesleyan University Abstract Diabetes is a chronic condition prevalent in the United States. Failure to manage the disease is costly in that it can cause individuals to have increased comorbidities‚ reduced life expectancy‚ and extreme financial burdens. Educating the population enables individuals to avoid these pitfalls. Differing methods of education have been investigated and show promise of improved disease management. These methods include
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Johnston Due date: September 21‚ 2010 “Becoming A Nurse” OUTLINE Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the different levels of nursing available to be able to work in the healthcare field‚ what their job description for each level entails‚ and determining do they really have what it takes to become a good nurse. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: First off let me say “I Love My Job”. I knew from a childhood age that I wanted to be a nurse. There is nothing better than the great feeling that
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The Pump We have about 10-20 kids with diabetes in our school but out in the world there are about 15‚000. All of these kids have a pump. Some of you may be wondering what that is. Today you will know what a pump is and why kids and adults with diabetes need one. Some people may know what this is but most people don’t. For those of you who do know good for you‚ but for those of you who don’t that is why I am here today. Diabetes is a condition where your pancreas doesn’t produce enough
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Methods of Insulin Delivery {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} DIABETES RESEARCH PAPER Pharmacology 8 a.m. New Medications & Methods of Insulin Delivery APA 1 Kelsie Marie Hargrays St. Cloud Technical College Abstract {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} The research I did was on new medications and methods of insulin delivery. I researched a few new medications that help treat type 1 & 2 diabetes. I also researched about new methods of delivery and found many different
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Type Two Diabetes‚ is the most common type of Diabetes in the United States. According to the American Diabetes Association the groups for whom Diabetes is the most common are as fallows; African American‚ Native Americans‚ Latinos‚ and Asian Americans‚ but practically anyone can develop diabetes. All it takes is unhealthy eating habits along with a very sedentary lifestyle to predispose someone for diabetes. Genetic predisposition also plays a major role. If there is family history of diabetes this
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Type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas is unable to make enough insulin. Insulin is a hormone that acts as a key to let glucose from the food we eat pass from the blood stream into the cells to provide energy. What causes the condition? The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. It is thought that a viral infection‚ makes triggers the immune system to destroy the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in people who have a genetic history of diabetes. . At this stage nothing
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Abstract With the advances in technology over the past 10 years‚ medical monitoring has advanced from wired monitors‚ such as with diabetes patients‚ who must manually input their glucose levels into an insulin pump attached to the belt to the wireless NUVANT Mobile Cardiac Telemetry System for patients with cardiac arrhythmia. This device allows the patient to record his heart rhythms and upload them to a wireless transmitter‚ which then send the data to the doctor. Other advances in medical monitoring
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