he is always there enlightening our minds for whatever decision we take into this requirement. Also‚ we would thank him for the courage‚ strength and capabilities he gave us to come up with this final paper. Thank you so much lord. INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by altered glucose regulation and utilization usually resulting from insufficient or ineffective
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multisystem disease with both biochemical and anatomical/structural consequences. (Wolfsdorf et al: 2009) It is a chronic disease of carbohydrate‚ fat‚ and protein metabolism caused by the lack of insulin‚ which results from the marked and progressive inability of the pancreas to secrete insulin because of autoimmune destruction of the beta cells. Type 1 DM can occur at any age. It occurs most commonly in juveniles but can also occur in adults‚ especially in those in their
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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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pressure‚ body mass index and waist circumference. Hemoglobin A1C lab values exposes the numbers relating to diabetes. Lab values of Hba1c are 5.6 and below are normal lab values‚ 5.7-6.4 are prediabetes‚ 6.5 or greater means the individual has diabetes. 13Diabetes mellitus affects an estimated 29.1 million people in the United States and is the 7th leading cause of death.14Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem. 14Prediabetes is defined as impaired glucose tolerance or impaired
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Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the levels of glucose in the blood are too high. Anna Foley is a newly diagnosed patient with diabetes mellitus type 1. It will be discussed how diabetes mellitus type 1 disrupts the normal control of blood glucose in the body‚ the presenting symptoms of someone who has been newly diagnosed with the condition‚ and the nursing care requirements and care plan will be outlined for Miss Foley. According to Australian Diabetes Council (2013)‚ type one diabetes
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Diabetes 1. Edna has recently been diagnosed with diabetes‚ but her family still keep bringing in chocolate biscuits for her to eat. How would you deal with this? Speak to her family about the problems that could be caused by Edna eating chocolate biscuits regularly with her having diabetes. Maybe speak to her family about them buying her diabetic chocolate instead of normal chocolate biscuits. 2. What issues would you discuss with Edna? How eating chocolate biscuits could raise
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Diabetes Education And The Increase In Diabetes Diabetes is becoming a worldwide epidemic. It is one of the biggest health challenges that the United Kingdom (UK) is facing today with one person being diagnosed with diabetes every 3 minutes (Diabetes UK‚ 2009). The latest data indicates that there are now 2.8 million of people with diabetes in UK and nine out of ten people diagnosed with diabetes are Type 2 diabetes (2.5 millions). According to health experts‚ UK is now facing a huge public health
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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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Summative Assignment – Diabetes Part 1: - Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s cells have an inability to absorb glucose due to either the pancreas not being able to generate insulin or the cells not reacting to the reduced amount of insulin being produced‚ these are diagnosed as type 1 and type 2 respectively. Carol is the case study being used‚ she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7 and she is also 6 weeks pregnant. As type one diabetes is an autoimmune disease the immune
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