It’s Tuesday morning‚ a typical day for my mom at work‚ she’s a unit clerk. But not for me‚ today I am spending the whole day with her at her workplace‚ hospital‚ to do my paperwork for Medical Terminology class. She started by going through the charts one by one and I did the same thing. Due to hospital policy‚ patient’s names are not to be revealed on this report. 5U-Room 1: Patient was admitted with constant pain on the right side of the abdomen under the rib cage‚ diarrhea‚ nausea‚ vomiting
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dosage‚ route‚ and possible side effects of all prescribed medications. 3. In patients with self-administer insulin‚ demonstrate patient the appropriate preparation and administration techniques. 4. Teach to the patient signs and symptoms of diabetic neuropathy and emphasize the need for safety precautions because neuropathy decreased sensation can hide sense injuries 5. Tell to the patient the Prognosis of Diabetes Mellitus‚ Insulin resistance increases with age‚ After the first few years
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of diabetes on the periodontium‚ fewer have endeavored to examine the effect of periodontal infection on control of diabetes. The following questions remain: • Does the presence or severity of periodontal disease affect the metabolic state in diabetic patients? • Does periodontal treatment aimed at reducing the bacterial challenge and minimizing inflammation have a measurable effect on glycemic (blood glucose) control? In a longitudinal study of patients with type 2 (noninsulin- dependent)
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Diabetes and the African Amer Diabetes and African American Diabetes is a condition that affects millions of individuals throughout the world‚ and it is a condition that affects the African American community dramatically. One is said to be diabetic when the blood glucose levels are elevated above what is considered normal. An organ within the human body called the pancreas produces insulin‚ which is a hormone that assists glucose into our cells to then be used for energy. The human body absorbs
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Diabetes mellitus has a long historical record dating back to second century AD. The word "diabetes" was first used by the Greek physician Aretaeus. The word diabetes means "siphon". It was first used to describe patients with excessive thirst and urination. In the 17th century‚ the word mellitus‚ meaning "like honey"‚ was added when diabetes patients ’ urine was noticed to be sweet. However‚ the disease is not directly related to urine‚ but instead to the pancreas. Today many other symptons
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access to health care and maintenance of social roles. Aging is responsible for physiologic changes in vision‚ hearing‚ voice‚ and speech processes. Age related changes in vision disorders include macular degeneration‚ glaucoma‚ cataracts‚ or diabetic retinopathy. For vision disorder the article suggests to increased lighting in the services area‚ printed information should be clutter –free‚ large
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glucose in the blood‚ which causes improper functions of cells and blood circulation‚ damage to nerves and blood vessels. The prevalence of type II diabetes is highest in African Americans among ethnic and racial groups. African American type II diabetic populations have tripled in 1993 when compared to 1963. Type II diabetes is mostly developed after age 40‚ but the age is getting younger due to high rates of obese populations among African Americans. Major causes for such high rates include
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Samantha Morton-Herod LMC Level 5 Unit CU4388 - Diabetes Awareness 1. Understand diabetes and the associated implications 1.1 Define diabetes Diabetes is a condition which affects the body’s ability to use glucose. Glucose is one of the body’s principle fuels and is an energy rich sugar that is broken down by the cells to produce a small packet of energy that powers the millions of biochemical reactions that constantly take place in the body
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Use of multiple medications in the same patients (Polypharmacy) nowadays is a common practice all over the world to treat chronic disorders like diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension. These practices are acceptable to treat single and multiple disorders‚ which occur simultaneously. Polypharmacy sometimes unavoidable. Recently‚ the standard of healthcare in most chronic conditions achieved by given that multiple drug therapy. The comorbidities of diabetes usually contain hypertension‚ dyslipidemia
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back. One week prior to the hospitalization‚ the patient was prescribed Cipro for a UTI‚ which she was noncompliant. Noncompliance led the UTI to progress into acute pyelonephritis and septicemia. Other medical diagnoses that she had were: Diabetic Retinopathy‚ Hypertension and Smoker (Appendix 1). Lab results showed a decrease in Hgb‚ HCT‚ K‚ BUN and a blood glucose of 185 mg/dL (normal range 160-159 mg/dL) which are related to her acute pyelonephritis. Urine culture was positive for MRSA in the
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