Patient X Interview Patient X is a thirty-eight-year-old male with type one late onset diabetes‚ which is technically called latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). I chose to interview this person because sadly diabetes is one of the most common incurable diseases of today’s time. I think that the public should know more about this disease and the personal struggles that go along with it. Many new developments have been discovered in the scientific community as it concerns diabetes. “It’s
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Type 1 diabetes is mostly diagnosed in juvenile‚ while type 2 is mostly diagnosed after the age of 35. Type 1 diabetes is primarily caused by destruction of pancreas which is responsible for producing insulin. However‚ in type 2 diabetes‚ insulin resistance is seen in the body‚ i.e.‚ enough insulin is produced by the body but its activity (conversion of glucose to glycogen) is blocked. Thus‚ the end result of both types of diabetes is similar: increase level of blood glucose. Also‚ the cellular mechanism
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Psychology and Health Issues Program Review October 7‚ 2012 HCA/250 Instructor: Catherine Doughty In this final project of the class‚ we are asked to follow a widespread psychological issue to be chosen from a list of subjects. The overview that was selected was diabetes. An explanation of the health issue overview‚ education program‚ and a proposal to improve the program will be explained in the following paragraphs as well as psychology issues‚ risk factors‚ and treatments that are associated
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Type 2 diabetes is a disease where people’s bodies cannot properly use the insulin that is produced in the pancreas. Historically‚ type 2 diabetes was only diagnosed in older adults‚ generally after the age of 45. It was previously believed that diabetes would only affect the older population as the disease was called “Adult Onset Diabetes”. However‚ in the modern world‚ there are a growing number of cases of younger people and children being diagnosed daily. Type 2 diabetes typically goes unnoticed
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Homeostasis‚ also spelled homoeostasis (from Greek: ὅμοιος‚ "hómoios"‚ "similar")‚ is the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity (pH). It is a process that maintains the stability of the human body’s internal environment in response to changes in external conditions. The concept was described by Claude Bernard
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“Physiological regulation of fluid compartment volumes and chemical composition is critical for normal cell function.” It is important that the human body has the ability to maintain a constant internal environment referred to as homeostasis (Waugh and Grant 2010). Claude Bernard was a 19th century French physiologist who first discovered the concept of homeostasis. But it was Walter Cannon‚ a 20th century American physiologist who devised the word “homeostasis” (Marieb and Hoehn 2007). Temperature
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your body has a limited ability to metabolize it and‚ all the excess sugar is being transformed into body fat. Obesity is the major factor that contributes to chronic inflammation and insulin resistance‚ which are responsible for numerous chronic diseases‚ including cancer. One of the best ways to reverse insulin resistance is to have a restricted sugar diet‚ which will help you to significantly reduce the risk of cancer. Excess Sugar and Obesity Promote Cancer The consumption of sugar is responsible
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Sucrose and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are metabolized identically and react the same way to insulin‚ leptin and ghrelin. Sucrose is indifferent from HFCS in causing obesity. Compared to glucose‚ sucrose is extracted directly from the liver while glucose goes directly to the bloodstream causing larger sugar spikes. HFCS and sucrose have an identical effect on glucose and hormones such as insulin. Sucrose=50% glucose + 50% fructose; HFCS = . 55% fructose + 45% glucose. Excessive amount of fructose
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Diabetes Abstract Diabetes is one of the leading cause to becoming type one or type two diabetic. Diabetes is highly common in African American’s‚ also to get this disease under control you have three options diet‚ pills‚ or insulin. This disease can cause so many problems with the breaking down of ones organ. Diabetes is also known as a silent killer‚ it works both ways it can either be too high or too low. Diabetes is a serious life long illness caused by high level of sugar in the blood. This
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reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has. Complete the chart with a 25- to 50-word response for each box. |Form of diabetes |Age of onset |Defects in insulin and effects on glucose |Risk factors |Prevention and treatment
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