Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which blood levels of glucose are abnormally high because the body does not release or use insulin adequately (Merck 1999‚ p.788). There are two types of diabetes mellitus‚ which are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. A hormone called insulin‚ released by the pancreas‚ is the primary substance responsible for maintaining appropriate blood sugar levels. Blood sugar levels vary throughout the day‚ rising after a meal and returning to normal within two hours. Blood
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Control of Diabetes type I EBT Task 724.8.1-01-06‚ 8.2-01-06 Author(s) |Source|Publish Date|Type of Research|Size or # of participants |Results of Study|Pertinent data from results|Indications of Study|Thoughts| Winsett‚ R.P; Stender‚ S.R; Gower‚ G.; Burghen‚ G. |Pediatric Nursing|Nov.-Dec. 2010 Volume 6 P.293-296|Case Series|81 Adolescents50 female31 male65.5% Caucasian32.5% African American2% Other|Probability of camp having positive influence on adolescents in treating Type I diabetes|No differences
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Diabetes Prevention Diabetes is a disease that afflicts millions of Americans each and every year. For many of them diabetes has been with them for their entire lives‚ they have never known what life is like without it‚ others however develop diabetes as they grow older. "Diabetes is a caused by lowered levels of insulin which helps regulate the uptake of glucose into most cells from the blood" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes‚ 2006). There are 3 main types of diabetes that occur in human
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What is diabetes? Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases where the body’s pancreas does not produce enough insulin or does not properly respond to insulin produced‚ resulting in high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. There are several different types of diabetes‚ but the most common forms are type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Both impact glucose levels‚ and if left untreated‚ can cause many complications What is type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can occur at any age‚ but is most commonly
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Diabetes Mellitus: Symptoms‚ Prognosis‚ and Living with it. By: Miguel Sanchez Anatomy and Physiology 2401-V08 Professor Estrada South Texas College Abstract: Diabetes affects many people around the world even children are affected by this disease and as of 2011 25 million people in the United States had some sort of Diabetes condition. Diabetes is basically the body’s inability to control the blood sugar levels. This can lead to many complications such as a diabetic coma‚ which is very
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Diabetes and Treatment Walden University Advanced Pharmacology NURS - 6521N - 4 Diabetes and Treatment Diabetes is a group of diseases that result from a defect in the body’s ability to maintain a homeostatic glucose level. The defect may be in insulin secretion‚ insulin action or both. Diabetes can be classified as Juvenile‚ Type 1‚ Type 2‚ or Gestational. Distinction between the different classifications is based on the circumstances present at time of the diagnosis. Defect in insulin
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of this essay will be discussing a patient with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and will also be discussing the nursing care that will be received by the patient following a hypoglycaemic attack. The patient being described is a fictitious seventy year old lady called Mabel Gordon; she lives in a flat in a city centre with her husband Bert. Mabel has had type 2 diabetes for years which has been poorly controlled by medication and diet. Mabel’s diabetes has now progressively worsened; she has been commenced
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Republic of the Philippines Northern Samar Colleges Catarman‚ Northern Samar Diabetes Mellitus: A transcending threat to Filipinos. Prepared by: Maceriano‚ Gian Cesar G. PTCP Regular Section I- Introduction What Is Diabetes? Diabetes‚ often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes comes from Greek‚ and it means a "siphon". Aretus the Cappadocian‚ a Greek physician during the second century A.D.‚ named the condition diabainein. He described patients
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HCS 245 Diabetes presentation Yesenia Echavarria December 08‚ 2014 Cheryl Maeux Diabetes History 1552 BC. This is the initial known evidence of Diabetes. 1500 BC. Ants are drawn to the urine of individuals with an enigmatic emaciating disease. 500 BC. Primary report of sugar in urine and its happening in obese persons. This is the first time the difference among Type 1 & Type 2 has been made. Definition of Diabetes A metabolic disease in which the body’s failure to create any or
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