Diabetes Mel·li·tus (mə-lī’təs‚ měl’ĭ-) is a metabolic disorder in which there are high blood sugar levels over a period of time. This disease process symptomatology is excessive thirst‚ frequent urination and increase hunger. There are three types of Diabetes Mellitus. Type I or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) has an early onset and is diagnosed in someone who is a juvenile. Type II or non-insulin diabetes mellitus (NIIDDM) has a late onset and is diagnosed in someone who is an adult
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James is 18 years of age and has just presented (with his parents) to his GP with a 2 week history of extreme fatigue‚ polyuria‚ polydipsia‚ and weight loss. His random BGL is 41mmol/l and his blood ketones show 3.2mmol/l. His GP has diagnosed Type 1 diabetes with DKA and has sent him to the emergency department to see an endocrinologist at your public hospital‚ St Health Skills. The endocrinologist has decided on inpatient stabilisation. James has been deemed stable enough with his DKA to avoid ICU admission
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Diabetes‚ Get Control of your Life PLH/458 Diabetes‚ Get Control of your life In the creative process there are four stages. They are searching for challenges‚ expressing the problem or issue‚ investigating the problem or issue‚ and producing ideas. (Ruggiero‚ 1987) As you constantly search for challenges your perception is the key to finding ones that are important to you. By expressing the problem or issue in several different ways you can develop which expression works out the best
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Quality‚ (1996) Information To Guide Physician Practice: Overvie. Retrieved on October 13‚ 2007 from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/physprac.htm. Rockville‚ MD Bailey‚ Eric J. (2002). African American Alternative Medicine: Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Disease. 113‚115. Westport‚ Conn: Greenwood Braithwaite‚ Ronald L. & Taylor‚ Sandra E. (2001) Health Issues in the Black Community. 232. San Francisco‚ Calif: Jossey Bass Honeycutt‚ Amanda A. & Clayton‚ Laurel & Khavjou‚ Olga‚
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Ever wondered about Diabetes? You may never have known that it is one of the most commonly misunderstood diseases in our world today. One of the reasons for this is because a lot of people think that Diabetes is affected by sugar intake. Well that is definitely wrong because Diabetes is all about the control and regulation of Insulin; a growth hormone produced in the pancreas. Insulin’s primary role is to control the level of blood glucose or blood sugar in the body in order to keep it from getting
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What is Type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes is a lifelong disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is the most common form of diabetes. Obesity is common in patients with type 2 diabetes. Statistics show that four out of five victims of type 2 diabetes are overweight of obese. Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which ones pancreas makes enough insulin‚ but the body cannot use the insulin correctly. This is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance occurs in
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Diabetes in the 21st Century In America 29.1 million people are living with diabetes‚ which is 9.3% of the population (Statistics of Diabetes 2016). Of that 29.1 million Americans‚ only 1.25 million have type one diabetes (Statistics of Diabetes 2016). This day in age‚ type one diabetes has been misunderstood due to the confusion with type two diabetes. Therefore‚ learning about type one diabetes and the way diabetics live their lifestyle is fairly complex today as diabetes evolves. There are so
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INTRODUCTION DIABETES is the disease which occurs when the pancreas does not secrete insulin or the body is unable to process it properly. INSULIN is the hormone that monitors the level of the sugar in the blood. DIABETIC EYE DISEASE refers to a group of eye problems that people with diabetes may face as a complication of diabetes that may cause severe vision loss or even blindness. DIABETIC RETINOPATHY is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness. It involves small
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Diabetes in developing countries Deaths from diabetes‚ which has two primary forms including type1 and type2 diabetes‚ have become a significant problem in the world. Nowadays‚ diabetes is still a disease not having precise method to cure. As a result of surplus blood sugar‚ it has a negative effect on the human body and leads to several complications‚ such as vision problems‚ kidney damage‚ nerve damage and heart and circulation problems (Pollock‚ 2006). Consequently‚ the increased risk of these
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Analysis: Which sample do you suspect has diabetes mellitus? Provide your reasons. Diabetes mellitus is a condition created by the inadequate secretion of insulin from the pancreas. Insulin is a hormone that allows your body to use carbohydrates or store them for future use. Inadequate amounts of insulin causes a condition called hyperglycemia‚ which is an excessive amount of glucose in the blood stream. When the blood is filtered through the kidney‚ a large of amount of glucose is retained in the
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