Diabetes mellitus type 2

Diabetic Foot Care Diabetes is one of the many diseases that has a lot of complications. Millions of people are affected by it every year, hence, it is something that should not be taken for granted. Diabetes and your proper diabetic foot Diabetes damages blood vessels in all parts of your body, and that includes your feet. It can lead to neuropathy or nerve damage because of the slow blood flow in your legs and feet. Once neuropathy develops in a diabetic patient, it is of utmost importance to…

9 Diabetes Prevention in the United States of America Diabetes is a very dangerous illness to have and it affects the lives of countless people in the United States on a daily basis. Diabetes can be made aware through the widespread knowledge of what exactly the disease is, how to prevent it, and how to manage it. Prevention is the action of stopping something from happening or arising. Knowing how to prevent something such as diabetes is a very good step towards living a healthy life.…

What is Ketoacidosis in diabetics? Cells will normally use glucose as a source of energy. Diabetic Ketoacidosis occurs when the cells can no longer take the glucose from the blood in an efficient manner. In this case the cells begin to convert fatty acids into energy. The byproduct of this conversion are ketone acids. Normally small amounts of ketone acids can be taken care of by the kidneys and the liver, however a large concentration can lower the body's PH level, in essence create an hyper…

Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI) Case Study Epidemiology and Mechanisms of the disease The Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus is firstly a rare disease to get or it can be inherited and the rate of getting it is 1 in 20 million which shows how rare this condition is. The cause is that the body has low levels of Arginine Vasopressin (AVP) and Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) which then cause the kidneys unable to concentrate the urine which is called polyuria which leads to excessive amount of urine…

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Diabetes, also known as Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a serious medical condition that occurs when the body becomes incapable of regulating blood sugar level. This results in several chronic complications to develop in the body, including the most prevalent Diabetic Neuropathies, along with vascular disease, slow healing and diminished response to infection over time (Brem, Sheehan & Boulton 2004). Due to severe damage of nerve cells throughout the body, diabetic patients…

Diabetes is a disease where the body makes little to no insulin, or insulin gets produced but can't be used. This results in high levels of glucose (sugar) being in the blood. Diabetes is also defined as a set of metabolic disorders, that causes a person to have high blood glucose due to very low insulin production in the body, or the body not responding to insulin properly. The two types of diabetes are type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes, occurs when…

well above normal, as in diabetes. The patient has no ketones, protein or bilirubin in their urine as well as no blood. The specific gravity of the urine is 1.025. It has been concluded that the disorder/disease this patient is diagnosed with is diabetes. Some common symptoms of diabetes are, frequent urination,…

Increasing Physical Activity on Previously Sedentary Type 1 Diabetic Children Background Type 1 Diabetes is a condition that effects many people, and the disease debilitates their ability to exercise. Type 1 diabetes is caused by a loss or malfunction of the insulin producing cells, called pancreatic beta cells. Damage to the beta cells results in an absence or insufficient amount of insulin produced by the body. Most cases of type 1 diabetes have an autoimmune basis, and the immune system…

completely shifted my paradigm about my health. My grandfather is lying painfully silent on the bed after having a portion of his foot removed from the effects of diabetes. I shift my head to the side and see my family that is diabetic, prediabetic, or on the path towards becoming one day. Some people have a higher risk of having diabetes being in a certain heritage, some by daily choices, and some do not know the effects of their lifestyle choices. Consequently, Your culture and heritage can…

Some people are born with a genetic susceptibility, are exposed to environmental factors or viruses, or they have a pancreas that falls under attack – that’s when Type 1 diabetes may develop. We still do not know for sure what causes it but it’s usually attributed to an autoimmune process and many individuals with this type of diabetes…