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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Carbohydrate and Diabetes Research NUR 115 AM The articles that I researched for this project were interesting and shed light on the relationship between carbohydrates and diabetes. Some of the information that I learned will be useful in my nursing career. Carbohydrates fill numerous roles in living things‚ such as the storage and transport of energy in the form of starch and glycogen etc. The basic carbohydrate units are called monosaccharides‚ such as glucose‚ galactose‚ and
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Type 2 Diabetes for my PDH lifestyle and communicable diseases assignment. 2.Is this a lifestyle‚ genetic and communicable disease? How do you come to this conclusion? Diabetes type 2 is both a lifestyle and genetic disease. • Lifestyle- Diabetes type 2 is a Lifestyle disease because we can get it from not looking after ourselves. Many people in our society are becoming more and more obese and fat because they are not doing what’s right for them. The risk factor of getting diabetes type 2
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Executive Summary: SAS is a recognized company that creates business analyst software for all types of businesses. The acronym SAS stands for “statistical analysis system.” It was created at North Carolina State University as a project to analyze agricultural research. SAS’s founder decided to transform this research project into a viable company of its own‚ where he could provide business consulting services to large and small businesses alike. Shortly after becoming a company they were able to
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Diabetes Best Diabetes Reviews Diabetes and Yoga‚ asana and pranayama When a person suffering from diabetes blood sugar levels in the blood shoots his height. Our body of the pancreas produces insulin‚ a hormone that allows glucose to pause to absorb the body’s cells‚ and in the process that pulls the body. If insulin is not produced enough by the deterioration of pancreatic beta cells‚ glucose or sugar that is taken can not be reduced‚ leading to a buildup of glucose in the blood. The disease
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The diagnosis of diabetes has increased over the last couple of years and is affecting a wider range of individuals. The increase in obesity in this country could be a contributing factor to the increase in diabetes diagnosis. However‚ as research has set out to prove the connection between diabetes and genetics‚ others set out to find the correlation between diabetes control and lifestyle changes. Diabetes control takes more than medication alone‚ it needs a lifestyle that includes a healthy nutrition
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Dan Vanderheiden‚ Discussion Article Summary Learning to live with diabetes – integrating an illness or objectifying a disease The article was focused on the learning process of patients who had been diagnosed with diabetes and how they worked to modify their lifestyle to cope with their illness. They had to learn how manage their diets‚ measure their blood sugar and administer insulin injections (some of them did anyway). Some patients placed a heavy reliance on measuring their sugar with a
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Does someone you know have diabetes? Diabetes is an issue on the body that produces blood sugar levels increase more than usual. This type of diabetes is called diabetes 2 and is also called hyperglycemia. There are many medical diabetic diets that should not keep you away of enjoying many foods and flavors. Diabetes 2‚ also known as diabetes mellitus is caused when the body does not use insulin in a proper way. This issue is named insulin resistant. Insulin is essential to maintain glucose levels
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References American Diabetes Association‚ (2010). Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2010. Diabetes Care 33 p. S11-S61. DOI: 10.2337/dc10-s011 Burke‚ S. D.‚ Sherr‚ D.‚ & Lipman‚ R. D. (2014). Partnering with diabetes educators to improve patient outcomes. Diabetes‚ Metabolic Syndrome & Obesity: Targets & Therapy‚ 745. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Diabetes successes and opportunities for population-based prevention and control: At a glance 2011. Retrieved from http://www
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The word diabetes conjures up fear for many people. What is needed to combat this fear is knowledge that can help you to control the illness. Compilations of tips like the ones you’re about to read will be very encouraging. They are a powerful tool you can use to fight diabetes. If you love to have a sandwich‚ but can’t afford the carbohydrates that come with the bread‚ make a lettuce wrap! Diabetics who need to keep their weight in check will avoid eating the part of the sandwich which is bad for
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