Get regular check ups at the doctor - Diabetes can lead to many other illnesses of the body and it’s better to detect these illnesses at the beginning. What happens is that someone might not go and check their eyes and they might have diabetic retinopathy and so they don’t know at the beginning and can become blind. Take charge of your diabetes today and you will see that your a much healthier person than you were
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Ironically‚ sugar cane is not a native plant to most Americans. It is a perennial grass whose tropical species seems to have originated in New Guinea and India. During the invasion of India in 326 B.C.‚ Alexander the Great’s soldiers became the first Europeans to see sugar cane; honey was the primary sweetener of the Western world at that time (Aronson and Budhos 11). Sugar offered a stronger sweet flavor. From New Guinea‚ knowledge of the sweet plant spread slowly to Asian mainland. It was in India
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Communications Diabetes Communications assignment 1 By Billie Ellis 12/2/2013 This assignment is based on the illness Diabetes. The following is to provide you with accurate and interesting facts on diabetes to help you have more of an understanding of such an illness and hopefully help you to prevent it. My information was researched on several websites‚ as well as an interview with my granddad. Diabetes What is diabetes? Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong condition caused by a lack
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Conductive Loss Sensorineural Loss Mixed Loss VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Types strabismus‚ where the eyes look in different directions and do not focus simultaneously on a single point; congenital cataracts‚ where the lens of the eye is cloudy; retinopathy of prematurity‚ which may occur in premature babies when the
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caused by a variety of factors. Such factors are heredity‚ being overweight‚ and problems with the beta cells in the pancreas. Diabetes can result in blurred vision‚ retinopathy‚ nerve problems‚ dry skin‚ and kidney issues. Diet plays a major role in preventing these problems. Sugar concentration in the blood is a major factor for diabetics‚ so understanding the sugar content of fats‚ proteins‚ and carbohydrates is essential. The goal from a diet perspective is to control your sugar in your bloodstream
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Nursing Fundamentals Case Study-Sensory Directions Please read the case study. Scenario/Prompt Case Study- Sensory You are the nurse at a local assisted living center. Your client is Mrs. S.‚ an 84-year old female client. She wears eyeglasses with bifocal lenses and hearing aid in her left ear. She walks with a shuffling gait‚ using a cane for support. She wears house slippers and housedress. Mrs. S. states "My doctor says I should have my eyes looked at by an expert. It’s been a while
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CONSENSUS Practical steps to improving the management of type 1 diabetes: recommendations from the Global Partnership for Effective Diabetes Management P. Aschner‚1 E. Horton‚2 L. A. Leiter‚3 N. Munro‚4 J. S. Skyler‚5 on behalf of the Global Partnership for Effective Diabetes Management* Linked Comment: Del Prato et al. Int J Clin Pract 2010; 64: 295–304. SUMMARY The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) led to considerable improvements in the management of type 1 diabetes‚
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has a normal life for the most part‚ if they maintain a healthy diet and keep their diabetes under controlled‚ however‚ if it is not controlled it may lead to high risks complications‚ for example losing a toe‚ or even their eyesight. I have been a diabetic for half of my life‚ since the age of 12 years old. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication for one to control their diabetes‚ but once it is in control‚ you can live a very normal life! Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s use and production
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Benchmark Assignment: Evidence- Based Practice Project-Paper on Diabetes Chisom Okpara Grand Canyon University NRS- 410V 10/27/14 Evidence-Based Practice Project- paper on Diabetes Introduction Diabetes
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sodium intake as well as alcohol consumption are all ways that can help reduce the risk of hypertension. 14. Given all of the information in the foregoing scenario‚ what DM-related complication do you believe Y.L. is most at risk for‚ and why? Retinopathy is a complication in which it can effect the retina in the back of the eye. Blurry vision is a symptom of that and as you have expressed difficulty in reading and understanding numbers during your work hours‚ if not properly treated it can lead
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