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    Diabetic eye problems can‚ in many instances‚ be prevented through early detection and treatment. Keeping the blood glucose and blood pressure as close to the standard range as possible are necessary first steps in preventing diabetes from affecting eyesight. There are other ways to prevent damage‚ and that is to stop smoking and once a year have an eye care professional examine your eyes by dilating your pupils. Dilating makes the pupils opening bigger and allows the eye doctor to see the back of

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    As of today most adults and the elderly suffer from being diagnosed with a disease known as type-2 diabetes. The most common type of diabetes is type-2 diabetes and about 90-95% of the people with diabetes have type-2 diabetes. Type-2 diabetes is defined as a disorder in your metabolic system and is described as high blood sugar‚ lack of insulin‚ and resistant to insulin. This disease can also be received by it running through the family. Many people do not acknowledge this disease because it is

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    PART 2: What does it actually mean to be overweight? Obesity is a medical condition in which excessive body fat has aggregated to the extent that it can have negative effect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. The way you know if a person is obese or overweight is by measuring their body mass index‚ or BMI. The calculation of the BMI is based on the ratio of a person’s height and weight (BMI=kg/). What is diabetes? Well diabetes‚ is a sickness that many

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    Leg Ulcer Case Study

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    Chapter One *A Brief Overview of a Venous Leg Ulcer *and the Assessment Process The nurse must have the skills and knowledge to identify a venous leg ulcer. Dowsett (2005) believes that it is important that nurses and other health care professionals look for the underlying cause of an ulcer. Whereas‚ the Royal College of Nursing (1998) has different views‚ and argues that‚ professionals who are fully trained in leg ulcer management should only be able to identify an underlying cause as it is

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    My largest Type 1 and Type 2 experiences involved the entirety of my homestay in Spain. The family’s norms‚ rules‚ and style of living annoyed me and made me feel out of place. Additionally‚ my customs‚ habits‚ and lifestyle annoyed the family at multiple points during my short five month stay with the family. Quite frankly‚ I had no idea that cultural differences could lead to so much frustration and my Type 1 and Type 2 experiences were emblematic of that belief. I had my first Type 1 experience

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    Herpes-Simplex: Type 2

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    Herpes-Simplex: Type 2 Herpes is a name that is used to describe several types of skin eruptions that are characterized by formation of blisters. The term embraces primarily two distinct disorders‚ herpes simplex and herpes zoster‚ both caused by viruses. Together‚ these "herpes" viruses are estimated to cause more human illnesses than any other group of viruses. Two types of herpes simplex are known. The first causes cold sores or fever blisters‚ which is an eruption of blisters that often

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    About Type 2 Diabetes

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    About type 2 diabetes Around 2.6 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes. About nine in 10 of these people have type 2 diabetes. It usually affects people over the age of 40‚ but can develop at any age. People of African-Caribbean or South Asian origin are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. It usually affects them earlier in life‚ from about the age of 25. Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common‚ particularly in children. Type 2 diabetes develops when your body can’t produce

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    female admitted to the hospital on 8/26/05 with an admitting diagnosis of poly-drug overdose. According to the patient‚ the last thing she remembers is going to bed and then waking up in the hospital 2 days later without any recollection of what had happened. She has a history of suicide twice in the past‚ but denies suicidal ideations this time. C.S. also has a history of Diabetes type II that is normally controlled with oral medications. She states that she checks her blood glucose at home and

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    Bobawa Type 2 Diabetes

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    analysis and suggest ways in which these limitations could be addressed. The biomedical paradigm would suggest that the rise in Type 2 diabetes in Bobawa is primarily due to lifestyle changes and the increased availability of unhealthy foods. The shift away from traditional diets‚ coupled with the rise of fast-food chains‚ has led to an increase in the consumption of processed‚ high-fat‚ and high-sugar foods. Additionally‚ the shift towards sedentary forms of transportation‚ such as cars and motorcycles

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    pay for pressure ulcers that develop in a hospitalized patient.” “Pressure to Change” Medicare like all health insurers is constantly looking for ways to avoid paying for unnecessary medical care. The latest attempt sounds perfectly reasonable until you consider who will bear the burden. Problem: Last year federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they would no longer reimburse hospitals for treatment of new pressure sores in Medicare patients. The ruling‚ known

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