MABEL CASE STUDY 1. Six Nursing strategies to assist diabetes patient for each identified problem Risk for Impaired Swallowing • Maintain upright position for 45–60 min after eating. • Stimulate lips to close or manually open mouth by light pressure on lips/under chin‚ if needed; • Place food of appropriate consistency in unaffected side of mouth; • Have suction equipment available at bedside‚ especially during early feeding efforts. • Promote effective swallowing‚ e.g.:Schedule activities/medications
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audience will know more about diabetes. Introduction: When I was a little girl I remember going to my mother to tattletale on my grandmother. I told my mother that I seen my grandmother poking her finger to make herself bleed just so that she could get a cool band aid. At that time‚ I thought band aids were pretty awesome. Little did I know‚ my grandmother had other reasons for poking her finger. I now know that reason is diabetes. Today I will help inform you on what diabetes is‚ how it is diagnosed
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world. When they are paired with diabetes‚ it becomes an even greater issue. ‘Having diabetes means that you are more likely to develop heart disease and have a greater chance of a heart attack or a stroke.’ according to NIDDK‚ a big player in research of heart disease. These are just a start to the list of problems you are likely to have when diabetic. The longer the diagnosis of diabetes‚ the bigger chance of heart disease. This does not mean if you have diabetes you’ll have heart disease‚ 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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Le Dao Professor Lang ENGL 908 April 20‚ 2017 DIABETES Being infected with a disease called diabetes‚ my grandmother‚ the one that I love the most‚ had been paralyzed for more than 8 years and finally passed away on October 15‚ 2016. Seeing her suffering with this kind of sickness for such a long time but I couldn’t do anything to help is what I regret the most. When my grandmother was paralyzed‚ I was only 9 years old. At such a young age‚ there’s nothing I can do to help her except watching her
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Diabetes Research Paper Pathology Fall 2010 Abstract Diabetes is a disease that affects currently 23.6 million people‚ about 7.8% of the population. Diabetes comes from a high level of sugar in the blood for a long period of time. Ways to control it are by diet‚ exercise‚ medicine and insulin injections. There are four known types of diabetes: Prediabetes‚ which is a condition that raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes; Type 1‚ which generally affects primarily the younger population;
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with Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes is a condition characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels that is first recognized during pregnancy. The condition occurs in approximately 4% of all pregnancies. What Causes Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy Almost all women have some degree of impaired glucose intolerance as a result of hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy. That means that their blood sugar may be higher than normal‚ but not high enough to have diabetes. During the later
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better living is not without it’s faults. Australians struggle everyday to attain that continuum with programs and activities that better enable them to meet their goals‚ and one of those issues are Diabetes‚ for which part most are Type 2. It is a potentially preventable disease we’re the core causes of it are usually inadequate physical activity and poor dietary management. Over the years there have been programs that help aid the fight with this illness‚ and in that time there is still much to
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death rate from alcoholism‚ tuberculosis‚ and diabetes than any other racial or ethnic group. Recent studies by Indian health experts‚ "show that diabetes among Indian youth ages 15-19 has increased 54% since 1996 and 40% of Indian children are overweight" (White 1). Even though diabetes rates vary considerably among the Native American population‚ deaths caused from diabetes are 230 percent greater than the United States population as a whole. Diabetes is an increasing crisis among the Native American
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Introduction “Homeostasis refers to the ability of the body or a cell to seek and maintain a condition of equilibrium or stability within its internal equilibrium when dealing with external changes” (2). “Homeostasis keeps the body’s environment under control and keeps the conditions right for cells to live and function. Without the right body conditions‚ certain processes (e.g. osmosis) and proteins (e.g. enzymes) will not function properly” (1). Thermoregulation is the process that allows the cyclists
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