hemoglobin A1C level is below 5.7. If it is between 5.7 and 6.4‚ then you are considered a pre-diabetic. You are a diabetic if your A1C test shows that your number is above 6.5. There are ways that you can lower your A1C levels and get your diabetes or pre-diabetes under control. However‚ there are roadblocks that you may encounter. Below is a list of barriers that prevent you from getting your hemoglobin A1C under control: Not Following Your Doctor’s Plan Everybody is different. That is why doctors
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manage Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes can be life threatening and can cause a lot of other illnesses to occur. Some people cope with it all wrong and end up in quite a pickle‚ like losing their sight or worst die from it. People think that they are fine if they keep taking pills but they need to check their blood sugar regularly to ensure that it’s indeed high before they do so. Also‚ taking pills is not the only thing you need to do. Some things that you can do if you have diabetes are: Check
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Kytela Medearis Biology I 13 March 2013 Diabetes Mellitus: Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia. Most of us love sugar‚ right? We love coming home and just snacking on the yummiest foods we can find‚ foods that are not particularly good for us. When Halloween comes around we cannot wait to fill our pillowcases with candy‚ and go home and stuff our faces with all of the goodies. But did you know that people who are diabetic aren’t able to do that? Before eating anything; they have to check their blood
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A Medical Literature Review on a Case of Type 1 Diabetes Lindsay Chandler 3/23/2015 Abstract Type 1 diabetes a serious disease that requires lifelong monitoring and treatment. This paper first discusses the major risk factors associated with type 1 diabetes. Following this discussion is a description of an individual living with type 1 diabetes. Finally‚ the results from a literature review on type 1 diabetes are discussed. From this literature review‚ it was found that there are many modifiable
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A Case Study in Type II Diabetes Charlotte D. McKamie Nursing Theory In Orem’s theory of self care‚ she presents the precept that the nurse’s role in helping the chronically ill patient is to assist them to achieve an optimal level of health and wellness‚ and to give them the tools they need to maintain it. Orem believed that the nurse should act as an advocate‚ redirector‚ support person‚ and teacher‚ and‚ thereby‚ guide the patient to therapeutic development. Her theory is of interest to me
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is trying to turn Type One diabetes to Type None. JDRF was created to help people with type one diabetes (T1D). T1D comes out of nowhere and can be life threatening if not treated. “Symptoms of the disease can vary from person to person and include extreme thirst‚ frequent urination‚ drowsiness‚ sudden vision changes‚ an increased appetite‚ sudden weight loss‚ heavy breathing‚ sweet-smelling breath‚ and even unconsciousness.” (“A Relentless”) Type one
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Diabetes Diabetes is a chronic metabolic in which the amount of insulin produced by the body falls below the normal range. Insulin is normally responsible for lowering the blood sugar level in the body.In the absence of the adequate amount of insulin‚ the blood sugar levels increase leading to symptoms. For example‚ frequent urination‚ extreme thirst‚ and increased hunger. There are primarily three types of diabetes; type1 ‚type 2 ‚type3. In this case the important one is type 1 i’m going to introduce
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“You can’t eat that‚ it has sugar in it.” “Does that hurt?” “Is that the good or bad type of diabetes?” Listening to ignorant people talk about diabetes has to be the worst part about the disease‚ besides getting strange looks from people as you pull out your insulin and pretend its heroine. From hearing stories about someone’s great grandpa losing a foot due to diabetes and miraculously they’re an expert on the subject‚ or if one blood sugar isn’t in range‚ you’ll lose your liver. You can’t blame
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1. Introduction 22 Diabetes mellitus is the 7th leading cause of death in US. Diabetes is broadly classified into two 23 types: type I and type II. Type I diabetes is a result of insufficient insulin production by pancreas‚ 24 whereas type II diabetes is due to the body’s inability to use the insulin that is produced‚ hence the 25 name insulin resistance is used to refer to type II diabetes. Currently‚ individuals with diabetes are 26 able to monitor their blood glucose levels using a glucometer
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Living with and the Challenges of Type 1 Diabetes Many of us know someone who has diabetes‚ but most of us don’t know what the disease is and the challenges that the person faces on a day to day basis. Diabetes is a disease that affects the pancreas. Your body produces too little or no insulin at all. It causes the glucose to backup in the bloodstream‚ which then causes the blood sugars to rise. (Joslin Diabetes Center) There are two types of diabetes; people often get them mixed up and confused
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