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    ongoing issue for economic‚ environmental and political reasons. Discuss whether there are too many‚ too few or just the right amount of immigrants coming to Australia each year. Migration is the movement of people from one place to another for living or work purposes. In the current time most of the people migrating from poorer country to developed country. The reasons behind migration are availability of jobs and proper utilization of skills‚ economic benefit‚ social security etc. But these are

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    TEACHING PLAN 1 DIABETES MELLITUS 1.The term “diabetes mellitus” refers to group of diseases that affect how body uses blood glucose‚ commonly called blood sugar. Glucose is vital to the health because it’s an important source of energy for the cells that make up muscles and tissues. It’s brain’s main source of fuel. When a person eats‚ the sugar — or glucose — from digested food enters the bloodstream. Glucose then moves from the blood into the body’s cells with the help of insulin. Insulin

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    pancreas doesn’t make insulin in type I diabetes. The beta cells are destroyed‚ when the immune system attacks the pancreas. The diabetic then needs insulin shots to use glucose they receive from the meals they eat. For these patients insulin shots are the only way to keep their blood sugar levels down. This condition can be inherited. Type 1 diabetes is thought to occur when something in a person’s environment such as a toxin or a virus triggers it. Type 1 diabetes can happen together with other autoimmune

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    Juvenile diabetes‚ often called type one diabetes‚ is when a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin which is needed to allow sugar to produce energy. People with juvenile diabetes often have times of struggle‚ from the diagnosis‚ stereotyping‚ and all of the responsibility they earn on the journey. From the moment someone is diagnosed with juvenile diabetes it changes his or her’s whole life. A person has to get used to the change‚ monitoring blood sugar‚ giving insulin‚ and other day to

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    DIABETES MELLITUS In the United States‚ about 16 million people suffer from diabetes mellitus‚ although only half of these individuals are diagnosed. Every year‚ about 650‚000 people learn they have the disease. Diabetes mellitus is the seventh leading cause of all deaths and the sixth leading cause of all deaths caused by disease. Diabetes is the most common in adults over 45 years of age; in people who are overweight or physically inactive; in individuals who have an immediate family

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    Diabetes Mellitus By Shane O’Shaughnessy Contents Page 1: Description of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Page 2: Type 1 Diabetes Page 3: Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes Page 4: Type 2 Diabetes and Symptoms Page 5: Aims of Treatment Page 6: Medication What is diabetes mellitus? The term ‘diabetes’ means excessive urination and the word ‘mellitus’ means honey. Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong condition caused by a lack‚ or insufficiency of insulin. Insulin is a hormone – a substance

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    Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

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    Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Type 2 An endocrine disorder is a medical condition that causes a hormonal imbalance. When an endocrine gland functions abnormally‚ producing either too much of a specific hormone (hyperfunction) or too little (hypofunction)‚ the hormonal imbalance can cause various complications in the body. The major glands of the endocrine system are the pituitary‚ thyroid‚ parathyroid‚ adrenal‚ and pancreas. One of the common endocrine disorders is diabetes. According to

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    Type II diabetes: obesity and overweight Monica Davila DeVry Type II diabetes: obesity and overweight Diabetes has become a widespread epidemic‚ primarily because of the increasing prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is an endocrine disease in which the body has either a shortage of insulin or a decrease ability to use insulin or both. Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose to enter the cells and be converted into energy. Diabetes can be characterized as a prevailing‚ incapacitating

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    needed in both types 1and 2 diabetes. Gestational diabetes only occurs in women who are pregnant in there 3rd trimester. Type 1 diabetes is common in children and type 2 diabetes is more prevalent in adults. Type 1 diabetes is something you can be born with. Moreover‚ due to physical inactivity and diet‚ these types of diabetes can occur over a lifespan‚ no matter what age. Type 2 diabetes is more common in the older adult population. The difference between type 1 and 2 diabetes is the secretion on insulin

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    Teaching Plan for Diabetes Mellitus HOME Who am I? Interesting Articles Helpful Hints & Links Publication Guidelines Advertising Info Contacting Me Visit me at work at Lehigh Valley Wellness Center by Louise Diehl‚ RN‚ MSN‚ ND‚ CCRN‚ ACNS-BC‚ NP-C Nurse Practitioner - Owner Doctor of Naturopathy Lehigh Valley Wellness Center Before you begin your teaching plan be sure to define the characteristics of the clinical site and patient population. The teaching plan

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