PERSONAL STORY: REVERSING ILNESSES There I was again at the doctor’s office and expecting my second child‚ when I heard it again: “Mrs. Melgar your blood sugar is a little high again” “You have gestational diabetes”. I have heard the same diagnosis before when I was expecting my first child and I had not done anything about it‚ after all‚ the doctor had told me that it will go away after my pregnancy was over. And I thought it did. Did I need to worry this second time around? A little inside
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DIABETES MELLITUS * Chronic multisystem dz ‚ abnormal insulin production / impaired utilization * Disorder of glucose metabolism related to absent/ insuff insulin supply or poor utilization of inslin that’s available * 7th leading cause of death * leading cause of blindness‚ ESRD‚ lower limb amputation * contributing factor for heart dz/ stroke risk 2-4 x higher than without DM * INSULIN – hormone produced by cells in islets of Langerhans of pancreas. Normal – continously
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child of five siblings in a family of eight‚ including his parents. He grew up in his childhood home of a middle class family. His father worked for a utility company‚ and his mother was a teacher. At the age of eleven‚ Richard was diagnosed with Diabetes. His parents were slightly supportive of his illness‚ whereas his siblings were not. In his childhood home‚ it consisted of unhealthy foods‚ and there were no engagement in physical activities. Richard showed no interest in playing sports in high
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Unit 2 – Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance A. Homeostasis a. State of equilibrium in the body b. Naturally maintained by adaptive responses c. Body fluids and electrolytes are maintained within narrow limits B. Water content of the body i. Varies with age‚ gender‚ body mass 1. Men have more muscle mass → increased water‚ fat cells have less water content b. 50-60% of the weight in an adult c. 45-55% in older adults d. 70-80% in infants C. Body Fluid Components a. ICF b. ECF i. Intravascular
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The Relationship between Obesity and Diabetes Melissa Westfall COM155 09/22/2013 Paul Howell The Relationship between Obesity and Diabetes Diabetes and obesity are two different chronic diseases; however‚ they share many similarities that link them together. Some Similarities are characterized by genetics‚ depression‚ and medication‚ just to name a few. Enough information can be found on both diseases to pull them together‚ but
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Without anyone who is involved in making this paper‚ it would not be possible to have this today. It is the time that we would like to express our greatest gratitude to those persons who have been part in this project and making it possible. We would like to express our acknowledgement to Asst. Prof. Jin A. Honculada‚ who has been imparting us the knowledge about Medical Nutrition Therapy‚ about the nutrition care process and its importance to one`s health‚ and for preparing us
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there were 20.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years; according to the American Diabetes Association in 2011‚ there were 25.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years. GENERAL PURPOSE: To persuade SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To persuade my audience to engage in walking for 30 minutes a day to prevent diabetes. CENTRAL IDEA: My audience should walk for 30 minutes a day because doing so will help them from getting diabetes and other chronic health diseases
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DIABETES MELLITUS Overview: Current statistics revealed that 24 million individuals have diabetes around the world. Some doesn’t even know that they have this until the age of 30. Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder. It is popularly called as “diabetes”. Diabetes means “flowing through”‚ and mellitus means “sweet as honey”. So Diabetes Mellitus‚ the full name‚ means that there is too much sugar flowing through the blood. It is a chronic‚ lifelong condition that affect body’s
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of fruits‚ proteins and whole grains. Environmental determinants of diabetes We constantly interact with our environment in which we live in and
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its importance to Diabetes Numbers play a part in our everyday lives and diabetics are no exception. With diabetes people are need to count carbohydrates and calories‚ adjust insulin doses‚ and track blood glucose readings. An example of math and diabetes is a person may need 20 grams of carbohydrate and that person has crackers which contain 2 grams of carbohydrate how many do they need to get the necessary carbohydrates. Without the skills of math‚ the task of managing diabetes becomes a dangerous
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