Diabetes and Treatment Walden University Advanced Pharmacology NURS - 6521N - 4 Diabetes and Treatment Diabetes is a group of diseases that result from a defect in the body’s ability to maintain a homeostatic glucose level. The defect may be in insulin secretion‚ insulin action or both. Diabetes can be classified as Juvenile‚ Type 1‚ Type 2‚ or Gestational. Distinction between the different classifications is based on the circumstances present at time of the diagnosis. Defect in insulin
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daily as our children’s potential is dwindling‚ our medical insurance‚ Social Security and ability to make choices about when and if we retire are eroding”. So I decided to become a nurse‚ to have health insurance‚ paid vacations‚ 401k pension plans and security of tenure. The need for a career that is not just a JOB‚ but a career that can make me financially stable (no more paycheck to paycheck)‚ a career which will bring joy to both me and those I help nurture back to health. Even as a small
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arious diseases such as diabetes. “ In the 2009 National Health Insurance Survey (NHIS)‚ uninsured people with diabetes were six times more likely to forgo needed health care because of cost compared to those who were continuously insured ( Casagrande and Cowie)”. “The previous cost of diabetes studied by the American Diabetes Association (ADN) estimated that there were nearly 17.5 million people living in the United States with diagnosed type 1 or type 2 diabetes in 2007‚ at an estimated cost of $174 billion in
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Mariah Stoeckman Diabetes Insipidus 1. Describe the mechanism by which normal fluid regulation in the body occurs? The kidneys remove extra body fluids in the bloodstream; this waste is stored in the bladder. If the fluid regulations system is working right the kidneys will make less urine to save your body’s fluids so you don’t become dehydrated. 2. What is considered to be excessive thirst and urination in an adult? Excessive thirst is the intake of more than one gallon of fluid
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Republic of the Philippines Northern Samar Colleges Catarman‚ Northern Samar Diabetes Mellitus: A transcending threat to Filipinos. Prepared by: Maceriano‚ Gian Cesar G. PTCP Regular Section I- Introduction What Is Diabetes? Diabetes‚ often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes comes from Greek‚ and it means a "siphon". Aretus the Cappadocian‚ a Greek physician during the second century A.D.‚ named the condition diabainein. He described patients
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Abstract Juvenile Diabetes is a disease that more and more children are getting each day and it affects about 0.1 percent of children that are school age. There are two types of diabetes that are common in children. The first one is type-one diabetes and the second one is type-two diabetes out of all the cases diagnosed‚ type-one makes u p 5-10 percent of them. There are major health problems associated with type-one including troubles physically ‚ a multidisciplinary approach by physician‚ nurse
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These diseases are preventing children from reaching their full potential‚ limiting how well they grow and develop. Diabetes‚ which when thought about years ago‚ was only associated with the elderly. However‚ in the last 30 years‚ diabetes have been associated with children including babies. In an attempt to go beyond commonly shared assumptions about the up surge in adolescent diabetes‚ studies already conducted focused on everything; investigating sociological explanations‚ biological aspects‚ lifestyle
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Diabetes Foot Care: Foot care is a huge factor with having diabetes. If you have diabetes you should take extreme care of your feet. You should self inspect your feet at least once daily and if you by chance get an injury to a foot seek medical care early on. Also‚ make sure that your health care provider checks your feet at least once a year but more often if you have foot problems. Call your health care provider if you have calluses‚ corns‚ or ingrown toenails for they can trim them for you if
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HCS 245 Diabetes presentation Yesenia Echavarria December 08‚ 2014 Cheryl Maeux Diabetes History 1552 BC. This is the initial known evidence of Diabetes. 1500 BC. Ants are drawn to the urine of individuals with an enigmatic emaciating disease. 500 BC. Primary report of sugar in urine and its happening in obese persons. This is the first time the difference among Type 1 & Type 2 has been made. Definition of Diabetes A metabolic disease in which the body’s failure to create any or
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Diabetes mellitus has a long historical record dating back to second century AD. The word "diabetes" was first used by the Greek physician Aretaeus. The word diabetes means "siphon". It was first used to describe patients with excessive thirst and urination. In the 17th century‚ the word mellitus‚ meaning "like honey"‚ was added when diabetes patients ’ urine was noticed to be sweet. However‚ the disease is not directly related to urine‚ but instead to the pancreas. Today many other symptons
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