glucose tolerance test are different ways of diagnosing diabetes. Complications of DM can be classified as immediate or long term. Immediate and life threatening complications are diabetic coma and insulin shock. Both of these occur as a result of improper insulin administration‚ either too much or not enough. Diabetic coma can occur as a result of not administering enough insulin or taking in too many carbohydrates in the diet. Long term complication usually appear gradually after many long years
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The World Health Organization (WHO) delineates the social determinants of health as the circumstances‚ in which people are innate‚ nurtured‚ exist‚ employed‚ mature‚ and incorporates their health-care organization (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2013‚ p. 3). According to WHO‚ “the social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities as well as as ethnic group and culture‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ maturity‚ and disability all influence health " (CDC‚ 2013
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can increase the uptake of glucose into cells‚ decrease obesity‚ hypertension and dyslipidemia and help decrease insulin requirements (Gilbert‚ 2011). An exercise program should be contraindicated if there are diabetic complications that include uncontrolled hypertension‚ advanced retinopathy‚ sever autonomic or peripheral neuropathy or there are ketones present in urine (Gilbert‚ 2011). Gilbert (2011) states that exercise should not cause maternal or fetal stress or uterine contractions. The patient
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Diabetes‚ "diabetes" urine disease About illness Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease leading to high blood sugar. There are also more than 370 million people with diabetes around the world. There are two main types of diabetes: Type I ‚ which rarely happens‚ and second type is the most common and represents 95% of the incidence. However‚ there are other types of diabetes‚ but they are rarer. In addition to the disease‚ "gestational diabetes". Known diabetes generally any disease colloquially
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There are many factors that can attribute to causing sensory loss. The main one is ageing as age brings about hearing and sight deterioration because as we get older our senses start to diminish and gradually increases as time goes by‚ this tends to generally affect individuals at around the age of 40/50 . We can also identify that accidents ‚ illnesses can also attribute to loss ‚ such as a pregnant individual may have picked up and infection such as rubella or used drugs and alcohol in excess
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Amber L. Ross Panola College Professor Kevin Rutherford How would you like to know that eating the chocolate cake on your birthday or having that big bowl of pasta could literally kill you? For the more than 220 million people worldwide who have diabetes this is the reality they live with daily. (World Health Organization 2009) This paper will inform you on the genetic and metabolic components of type 2 diabetes‚ as well as symptoms‚ diagnosis‚ treatments and economic
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The essence of a good doctor is their ability to love all without discrimination‚ to have patience‚ to listen and to understand their patients in order to find an appropriate treatment. William Carlos Williams embodied this essence. To have experience‚ to have lost himself in the minds of his patients has given William Carlos Williams the ability to love and care for his patients‚ which is seen throughout his poetry. As many of us know‚ life as a physician is hard. Williams explains a time where
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A Case Study in Type II Diabetes Charlotte D. McKamie Nursing Theory In Orem’s theory of self care‚ she presents the precept that the nurse’s role in helping the chronically ill patient is to assist them to achieve an optimal level of health and wellness‚ and to give them the tools they need to maintain it. Orem believed that the nurse should act as an advocate‚ redirector‚ support person‚ and teacher‚ and‚ thereby‚ guide the patient to therapeutic development. Her theory is of interest to me
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Role of Community and Public Health Community has a great effect on the health and well-being of the residents that live there. It is important that residents are aware of community resources available‚ as well as take advantage of them to benefit themselves‚ and possibly reduce visits to the doctors and promote their health. Community and public health nursing is readily available in all communities‚ especially that of V.S.‚ which is North Hollywood. The six basic elements of nursing practice incorporated
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Healthful Eating versus Unhealthy Eating in Type II Diabetics Jennifer Riffle COM/150 11/18/2009 Monish Dasgupta Contents I. Effects of unhealthy eating 1) Signs of disease 2) Complications and risks II. Benefits from a healthy diet 1) Positive results 2) Improved health III. Fighting consequences of diabetes 1) Diet and exercise 2) Medications IV. Living a healthy
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