How will Diabetes Affect Our Body and Lives? Shannon Ashley HS200 Section #4 Unit 4 Capstone Project: Diabetes Kaplan University May 12‚ 2014 The first steps in understanding your diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes is understanding the disease and how it affects you. What do you need to know? First‚ you will need to know what diabetes is and how it affects your body and your life. You will need to know what type of diabetes you have. Next you have to know how to manage your
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The Coast of Diabetes Audience: Group of classmates General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To provide the audience with information about Diabetes and increase their knowledge. Introduction: -- Attention-getter: -- Qualifications/credibility: I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 11 months old. For the past 5 years I was making research on how to keep diabetes under control and avoid complications. -- Audience motivation/relevance: During my presentation I will give you
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Outline the main causes of sensory loss There are many factors that can be attributable to causing sensory loss. Varying degrees of vision and hearing loss may occur: During pregnancy: a woman may come into contact with a virus or disease that affects the growing foetus an inherited condition or syndrome may be passed on to the child a chromosomal disorder may occur during the foetus’ early development injury affecting the foetus whilst in utero Complications at birth (multiple
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Endocrine Disorders Harina Dardi NSG/340 March 3‚ 2015 Sandra Gilderson Endocrine Disorders 1. A normal sugar level is less than 100 mg/dl‚ the normal range for hemoglobin A1c test is between 4% and 5.6%. A hemoglobin A1c range between 5.7% and 6.4% indicates an increased risk for diabetes. Total cholesterol level of 256 is very high. Triglycerides level of less than 150 mg/dl is considered normal but Y.L’s level is 346 high. Level of LDL at 155 is at borderline high‚ HDL level of 32 is very
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Diabetes? A. What it is B. Major functions of insulin III) Types of Diabetes A. Type 1 B. Type 2 IV) Cause of Diabetes A. Hereditary B. Stress C. Obesity V) Complications A) Acute complications 1. Diabetic Coma 2. Insulin reaction B) Chronic complications 1. Retinopathy 2. Kidney Disease 3. Nervous system disease VI) Treatments 1. Insulin 2. Insulin pump 3. Transplants a) Pancreas b) Kidney c) Islet VII) Conclusion Abstract The goal of this paper is to give a general
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Clinical problems arise such as: diabetic retinopathy‚ this is hemorrhaging at the retina‚ heart attack and diabetic nephropathy‚ this is degenerative changes in the kidneys and can lead to kidney failure (Martini pg. 377) According to health.ny.org diabetes has become an epidemic that affects one out of every 10 adult New
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situation where the number of obese adults had more than tripled over a decade‚ from 4% in 1996 to 14% in 2006. In addition‚ about 38% of youngsters aged between 12 and 18 were classified as overweight. The major causes of morbidity and mortality in the diabetic patient are heart disease and stroke (Tzagournis & Falko‚ 1982). 2.0 Definitions Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic and progressive disorder that can have an impact upon almost every aspect of life. It can affect children‚ young people and adults
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Aravind Eye Care System: A unique model It was year 1976. Padmashree Dr. G. Venkataswamy‚ popularly referred to as Dr. V.‚ had just retired from the Government Medical College‚ Madurai‚ India as the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology. Rather than settling for a quiet retired life‚ Dr. V. was determined to continue the work he was doing at the Government Medical College‚ especially organizing rural eye camps to check sight‚ prescribe needed corrective glasses‚ do cataract and other surgeries
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Chris Jostad NRS 111 4/4/13 Case Study 76 1. * Fasting glucose: 184 mg/dL-above 99 mg/dL suspected diabetes mellitus among other etiologies * HbA1C: 8.8%-The American College of Endocrinology recommends and A1C less than 6.5%. An A1C of 8.8% would also indicate diabetes mellitus. * Total cholesterol: 256 mg/dL-total cholesterol above 200 mg/dL could indicate uncontrolled diabetes * Triglycerides: 346 mg/dL-levels above 150 indicate diabetes mellitus * LDL: 155 mg/dL-Increased
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relationship and communications‚ doctor-healthcare professional relationship‚ patient’s privacy and infection control as well. I had the chance to observe the 3D ophthalmoscopy procedure‚ which is usually done to confirm diagnosis of a diabetic patient for diabetic retinopathy. The procedure was done in a small and dark room. It was a very good experience‚ as I gained insights of the procedure and the disease itself. However along‚ the optometrist was a bit unprofessional as she was too engrossed with her
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