Diabetes is a serious disease which affects the body’s ability to create the right amount of insulin that it needs to increase the levels of glucose in the blood. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey is a program that is designed to evaluate adults and children’s nutritional status across the United States. Most of all, this program is used to determine the popularity of certain diseases such as diabetes and the main causes of the disease. The reason why diabetes has been…
The familial form of neurohypophysis diabetes insipidus is caused by mutations in the AVP gene. This gene provides instructions for making a hormone called vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH). This hormone, which is produced and stored in the brain, helps control the body's water balance. The kidneys filter the blood to remove waste and excess fluid, which are stored in the bladder as urine. ADH controls the balance between fluid intake and urine excretion. Normally, when a person's fluid…
opportunities to foster human development and capabilities through client education. Furthermore, a primary responsibility of community health nurses is teaching to promote health. Evidently, diabetes has been one of the chronic diseases that seems to have a major toll on every community. Study has proven that diabetes mellitus is one of the major health concerns in the communities of the people of Haitian descent (Vimalananda, Rosenzweig,…
Diabetes type 2 is a chronic condition in which insulin does not respond to high glucose levels in the blood. The insulin produced in the body has a resistance to the glucose. The pancreas may still produce insulin, but the insulin does not have the usual effect on cells. Diabetes affects people when there are high blood glucose levels, which lead to damage of blood vessels. This can lead to several complications including heart disease, kidney damage, nerve damage, eye damage and can cause…
Diabetes is a disease where sugar levels increase drastically due to the lack of insulin production or incorrect response, which usually converts glucose into energy. Diabetes affects multiple organ systems, including the digestive system, endocrine, immune, muscular/skeletal, nervous, and excretory. During digestion, when food enters the first part of the small intestine, the pancreas is in charge of releasing enzymes, such as insulin, to assist in digesting the fat, protein, and carbohydrates…
but it exists and its out there: we're talking about diabetes! Yes, the condition most people develop without a clear explanation yet.. And yes, it's kind of a big deal and a terrifying though that people can sometimes get to an extreme condition were they even have to amputate body parts sometimes, scary for sure! If you don't want your doctor to tell you one day:“Sorry, We'll have to amputate your leg: Today!” You need to eradicate Diabetes from your system! Sorry if this scared you, but…
pamphlet is discussing Type II diabetes and its complications. Type II diabetes is when the body does not use insulin properly and affects the way the body processes blood sugar. Diabetes is when the blood glucose levels are higher than normal. The blood glucose is the sugar that the body makes from the food in the diet. When there is a large amount of sugar in the blood, it is known as hyperglycemia. There are several complications that come with type II diabetes. One of the…
Diabetes According to MedlinePlus (2016), diabetes is a disease associated with high blood sugar levels. The glucose comes from the food a person eats. While glucose is important because it can give us energy when insulin helps the latter in getting into our cells (MedlinePlus, 2016), high sugar level is detrimental to a person's health. There are two type of diabetes: (i) type 1 diabetes where in the body can no longer produce insulin; and (ii) type 2 diabetes, the most common type, which…
In this paper I am going to briefly tell you what type two diabetes is along with the pros and cons of traditional and alternative ways to manage or treat type two diabetes. After explaining the pros and cons of different traditional and alternative routes I will explain what I would do if I was affected by the medical condition- type two diabetes. When we eat food our body goes through a long complex process to break down the foods that we eat helping our body efficiently use everything we…
Diabetes Mellitus Chanda Boots STC SPN Medical Surgical III Mrs. Misty Stark RN BSN 06/30/2016 Abstract Diabetes Mellitus is a growing global problem with huge social, economic, and health discrepancies. It is a chronic metabolic disorder. 6.4% of the adult population is suffering from this disorder. This is estimated to increase to 430 million in the absence of better control or cure. (Eckhard. M, et al (2009) Infections in Diabetes; 935-941) The two main reasons for the increase include the…