Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes (mellitus) is a medical condition that do not let the food work properly to become glucose (sugar) that goes into the cells to produce energy in human body. In the United States, many people die or have health problem with diabetes. My mother in law, Maria, was diagnosis with diabetes. Maria had a poor lifestyle at a young age. At first, she was be able to visit a doctor that provided her prescriptions and her insurance covered them. After while she got serious issues with her insurance…

Brain Cancer is a mass growth of the abnormal cell in the brain. Which has 200,000 cases per year in the U.S. It affects mostly older people like the range 60 and Older but any age can get affected by Brain Cancer?The most common brain tumors are gliomas, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, vestibular schwannomas, and primitive neuroectodermal.Brain Cancer starts with a brain tumor which can be found by a Mri scan. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a test that uses a magnetic field and pulses of…

towards the individual. These issues can vary in existence. Diabetes mellitus, often shortened to diabetes, refers to a group of diseases that affect the body’s usage of glucose (Torpy, 2011). Torpy (2011) defines glucose as the sugar acting as source of energy for the muscle cells, tissue cells and the brain. The two prominent forms of diabetes are called type 1 and type 2, and gestational diabetes. I am going to focus on type 1 and type 2 diabetes as they carry considerable long term effects. …

daily basis. The decline into End Stage Renal Disease almost always follows Chronic Kidney Disease, in which the kidneys slowly decline over a ten to twenty year period. Two of the most common causes of Chronic Kidney Disease are hypertension and Diabetes, both of which are prevalent in the United States, and present in this patient. Unfortunately, without dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant, ESRD will lead to death. Dialysis is the process in which blood is passed through a filter…

system. There are thousands of diseases that can affect your body immensely. The various diseases, such as diabetes, can sometimes be life threatening. Diabetes is a serious life-long disease that affects the lives of many men, women, and children. If you are overweight, have a family history of diabetes, or not physically active, you can be at risk for diabetes. Diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder caused by high levels of glucose in the blood. It occurs when the body is in…

II. Health Problems for Further Assessment and Follow-up Chronic Respiratory Disease Based on Mr. Jim’s history of cigarette smoking, the chronic respiratory disease that he could be suffering from is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is primarily caused by cigarette smoking and is typified by partially reversible, progressive airway obstruction, systemic manifestations, lung inflation, and increased severity and frequency of exacerbations (O’Donnell et al. 2007, p. 5). Jim’s…

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine system disorder affecting between 6.5 and 8 percent of women overall.1 PCOS is a condition that can cause women to have irregular periods, grow extra facial hair, gain weight and become obese. The exact cause of PCOS is unclear but it is usually caused by excessive production of androgens by the ovaries. Most patients with PCOS are overweight or obese, with obesity being reported in 30 to 75 percent of PCOS patients. Therefore, diet and exercise…

Diabetes is a long term disease that occurs when the pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin to help sugar break down effectively. Sugars in the blood are turned into glucose when the body is working properly. The glucose travels through the blood stream and turns it into energy. Otherwise, if the pancreas doesn’t regularly produce insulin, that causes the first complications to the body. Furthermore, the irregularity can result in severe problems with every organ carried inside the human body.…

Type 2 Diabetes and Adiponectin The endocrine system is a collection of glands which secretes chemical messengers such as hormones directly into the bloodstream to create a response in a target cell (Reece,M et al. 2011). Adipose tissue is a major organ in the endocrine system which stores energy and produces active peptides called adipocytokines. Adiponectin is a hormone from the adipose tissue and which is encoded by the gene ADIPOQ. It breaks down fatty acids and regulates glucose levels in…

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that affects millions of people in the United States. There are two types of diabetes, and type 2 is the most prevalent type at 90% of all cases. Different from type 1 diabetes, which is a complete need for insulin replacement, type 2 diabetes is caused by a resistance to insulin made by the pancreas as well as a deficiency in insulin. This resistance and deficiency is usually caused by lifestyle risk factors including body weight, diet, and…