Description of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM)is a metabolic disease mostly seen in adulthood due to insulin resistance‚ genetic factor‚ and environmental influences such as obesity. In addition‚ children have become victim of type 2 DM due to poor dietary intake. Furthermore‚ the hepatic glucose production increases‚ altered insulin production and reduced glucose absorption results in hyperglycemia. The insulin imprints become resistant to hormonal impulses due to increased
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James (pseudonym) is a 65 years old man‚ with a 10 year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). He migrated to New Zealand when he was young. He lives with his wife Barbara (pseudonym) in his own house. They have two daughters who are both in Australia with their family. They visit him regularly. He worked as a shop manager but he discontinued the job because he could not work properly due to fatigue and illness from his disease. He now spends most of the time at home by engaging in hobbies such
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There’s one person that has a significant influence on me ‚and that is my dad. My dad has a significant influence on me because he was a hard working man‚ he did anything to be with me and he always had high expectations of me. He always wanted me to make something of myself and he would always tell me “Study hard to earn great things!”.. and my Dad was my best friend. My Dad has a significant influence on me because he worked hard he provided me with food ‚water‚ and milk when I was little he wouldn’t
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Diabetes Mellitus is a condition in which the amount of glucose or sugar in the blood is too high. Glucose comes from the digestion of starchy foods such as sweets‚ rice‚ potatoes and bread. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the destruction of pancreatic beta cells‚ the cells in the body that make the hormone insulin. Insulin is required for people to get energy from food‚ therefore‚ people with type 1 diabetes must take multiple injections of insulin each day
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Type 1 Diabetes: Causes: Autoimmune Response Type 1 diabetes is usually a progressive autoimmune disease‚ in which the beta cells that produce insulin are slowly destroyed by the body’s own immune system. It is unknown what first starts this cascade of immune events‚ but evidence suggests that both a genetic predisposition and environmental factors‚ such as a viral infection‚ are involved. Islets of Langerhans contain beta cells and are located within the pancreas. Beta cells produce
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Case Study on Type2 Diabetes Mellitus This paper will look at the physiology of normal blood glucose. The pathophysiology of Diabetes mellitus type 2 with a description of some of the common presenting symptoms of polyuria‚ polydipsia and polyphagia. Explore the importance of incorporating the 5 components of managing the disease and discuss why the Indigenous population are more than 3.4 times more likely to be affected than non-indigenous Australians (AIHW 2006‚ Brown & Edwards 2008). The
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Pathogenesis of Diabetes mellitus Lillie Toliver HS200 Section # 02RPI Unit 4 Capstone Project: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Kaplan University March 11‚ 2014 Type 1 diabetes also referred to as T1DM is a form of diabetes that results from the autoimmune destruction of the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. It is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. The body doesn’t produce insulin in type 1 diabetes and insulin is needed for the person affected to have energy
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Amber L. Ross Panola College Professor Kevin Rutherford How would you like to know that eating the chocolate cake on your birthday or having that big bowl of pasta could literally kill you? For the more than 220 million people worldwide who have diabetes this is the reality they live with daily. (World Health Organization 2009) This paper will inform you on the genetic and metabolic components of type 2 diabetes‚ as well as symptoms‚ diagnosis‚ treatments and economic
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Scenario: You are working in a community outpatient clinic where you perform the intake assessment on R.M.‚ a 38- year-old woman who is attending graduate school and is very sedentary. She reports overwhelming fatigue that is not relieved by rest. She states that she is so exhausted that she has difficulty walking to class and trouble concentrating when studying. Her face looks puffy‚ and her skin is dry and pale. She also reports generalized body aches and pains with frequent muscle cramps and
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KEPT MOTHER’S DAY by Stephen Leacock Leacock‚ Stephen (1869-1944) — a famous Canadian writer of the 20th century. His stories‚ full of humour and sarcasm‚ expose the contradictions of life in modem bourgeois society. Leacock says that the basis of humour lies in the contrasts offered by life itself‚ but "the deep background that lies behind and beyond what we call humour is revealed only to the few who. by instinct or by effort have given thought to it." HOW WE KEPT MOTHER’S DAY So we decided
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