Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes‚ either the pancreas does not make enough insulin (insulin is a hormone that helps glucose to enter cells) or muscle cells are unable to use insulin properly. As the result‚ a diabetic patient has very high blood sugar levels. When the sugar or glucose level is over 600 mg/dl‚ it’s dangerous to the diabetic’s health. Untreated diabetes affects the eyes‚ nerves‚ kidney‚ heart and blood vessels. Type 2 Diabetes is usually controlled
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using the Gibbs (1998) model of reflective writing. Confidentiality has been preserved throughout in accordance with the Health Professions Council (HPC) Code of Professional Conduct (HPC‚ 2002) and I have chosen the pseudonym of Joyce Charles for my patient. Although this was the first week of my second placement in general practice this was the first time that we had met‚ therefore‚ I introduced myself and made clear at the practice and explaining that I was a Paramedic undergoing further training
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Foot Callus Remover Technologies Discussed There are more than one sophisticated and effective ways today to remove foot calluses. Some are fast‚ while some are effective for longer times. The plus and minus will always be there in any kind of therapy‚ but the best part is that all the therapies work effectively; using one or more of them‚ any person can have a completely callus-free body. Generally‚ calluses do appear on feet and occasionally on hands. This is why people more often look for a foot
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While repopulating wounded tissues through cell proliferation and migration‚ PURION Processed dHACM has also been shown to stimulate secretion of cytokines by cells‚ including secretion of immunomodulatory‚ angiogenic‚ and tissue growth promoting cytokines by fibroblasts‚ vascular endothelial cells‚ and stem cells. When treated with dHACM extracts‚ human dermal fibroblasts upregulated biosynthesis of bFGF‚ GCSF‚ and PlGF in vitro‚ three growth factors involved in healing.50 Similarly‚ dHACM treatment
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head to toe physical assessment is the first step of the nursing process and is a systemic approach of collecting objective (physical) and subjective (mental) data on the patient that will help the nurse formulate nursing diagnoses and plan patient care. It is also used to confirm or question data that was stated in the pt. previous history stated in the charts and to evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing interventions that were carried out on the patient. The main focus of the head-to-toe assessment
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         The Wound‚ Ostomy‚ and Continence Nurses Society’s (WOCN) guideline for “patients with lower-extremity neuropathic disease (LEND) with or at risk for wounds” states their goal to “support clinical practice by providing consistent‚ research-based information with the goal of improved cost-effective patient outcomes as well as to stimulate increased wound research” (WOCN‚ 2012).The intent of this paper is to examine this guideline and evaluate the parameters of its content
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Diabetes HCS245 December 1‚ 2011 Mark Bradbury Diabetes Patients with lower socioeconomic status often times never seek primary care until seen by an Emergency Room doctor. At that moment he or she is told to see a primary physician for a condition known as diabetes. Although some individual think if they ignore the fact that they have been diagnosed with diabetes it will simply go away. This is a common and immediately life-threatening
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The Case of the Man with the Swollen Kidneys Mr. Newman is a 49 year old male who has hematuria‚ fever and severe flank pain. He also has bilateral lumbar tenderness‚ bilateral renal enlargement‚ liver enlargement‚ ankle and facial edema‚ skin pallor‚ and lung sounds suggest pulmonary edema. His vital signs are as follows: BP 172/100‚ heart rate 92 beats per minute‚ and a temperature of 102.2 F. There have been some labs done. His red blood count is 3.1 million cells‚ white blood count is 22
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protect themselves from the effect of the medicine. Peptic ulcer also has become more common than the past. People blame the change in lifestyle and food habits for this disease. But medical science has proved that food habits and lifestyle changes are not always the villain. Ulcer is most common type of diseases globally. The word ‘ulcer’ is coming from the Latin words ‘ulcus‚ ulceris’ means ‘sore spot ‚ sore‚ painful spot’. Ulcers are crater-like sores which structure by lining of the digestive
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis Maryam M Yadegari University of Calgary-Qatar UNIV 205 Ms Jackie Dumont 7 April 2012 There are two types of diabetes‚ diabetes mellitus and diabetes incipidus. The term ketoacidosis can happen in both but more often in type one. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a state or condition in which happens to patients with type one diabetes‚ those who are dependent to insulin therapy. It can occur in type two diabetes‚ but the situation may
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