Diabetes mellitus

The Competency Outcomes Performance (COPA)q Model Assignment Reflection: A Dangerously Low Blood Sugar The scenario presented in the reflection assignment, describes an encounter with managing a complex Type 1 diabetic patient 's blood glucose level. Upon assessment, I discovered the signs and the symptoms of a low blood glucose level such as, fatigue, tachycardia and diaphoresis. The clinical manifestations warranted further investigation and immediate intervention. Specifically, in the…

Introduction The topic for the Evidence Based Practice Proposal is Type 1 Diabetes. I want to know what interventions can be provided such as education that will encourage patients with this disease to maintain better control of blood glucose levels. A hemoglobin A1c level is an indicator of how well controlled the patients’ blood sugar levels are, and how well they manage their diabetes over the course of three to four months. The hemoglobin A1c test is checked by having blood drawn or by using…

Diagnosis Diabetes can be defined from two different perspectives. A medical’s perspective is defined as a series of metabolic condition linked to hyperglycaemia and caused by defects in insulin secretion, and some complications include the eyes, kidneys and peripheral nerves. A patient’s perspective is defined as a lifelong condition requiring change in your daily diet, monitoring blood levels and visits to the doctor. There are four different categories of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an…

losing weight, and becoming increasingly thirsty, but no one expected what was to come. I looked down at my phone to read, “Kennedy has diabetes.” Once I read that text my heart dropped, I thought I was going to lose my baby sister. I cannot describe the amount of emotions I was feeling. I was feeling like I…

Obesity rates have risen from 6.5% to 19.6% for kids between the age of six and eleven during the time between 2007-2009. If your Body mass index (BMI) is between 25 and 29.9 you are considered overweight. If your Body mass index exceeds 30 you are considered obese. Nearly one third of children in the world struggle with obesity. People need to be educated on the causes of childhood obesity to decrease the diseases caused by and the cost of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has almost…

Did you know that there is a murderer around us? The number one killer in most countries is a heart attack. It growing in recent years, and it creeps toward young people. Whereas, from several years ago we have watched a heart attack infect people in the sixties and seventies, it is now infecting people in the twenties. Also in all age groups, men are more at risk of heart attack than women, but if women reached menopause, they may be equal with men in incidence because estrogen has been the…

anyone but ourselves. We are what we have created in society and cannot be ashamed in what we have created. All we can do is work to change the future for the better. Health problems include high blood-pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes. Ask yourself if you’d like to dig the hole for your 15-year-old son to be buried in. If the answer is no, then do what is necessary to change your offspring’s eating habits, lifestyle, and overall mindset. Keep in mind that adults being the…

Overview Diabetes is a metabolic condition that causes the body’s blood glucose (sugar) levels to rise higher than normal. Type 2 diabetes was originally known as “adult-onset” or “non-insulin dependent” diabetes, though it has changed because type 2 diabetes may be diagnosed before adulthood and sometimes needs treatment with insulin. Type 2 diabetes is quite different than type 1 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas secretes too much insulin ultimately trying to keep up with the body’s…

Obesity: Friend or Foe? Child and youth obesity is a growing problem in America, and it has grown considerably in recent years. Just having a few extra pounds does not automatically label a child or adolescent as obese, but it could suggest he/she could easily gain weight. Many people today would say that an overweight child is simply going through a phase, and as he/she gets older he/she will lose the extra pounds, or some might even say that if the child is happy then why does it matter. The…

being obese that can turn out to be very serious. Children that are obese are at risk for cardiovascular diseases like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. There is also a high chance that diabetes will occur. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type, as it is caused by poor diet. This type of diabetes can usually be reversed with healthy eating and exercising if detected early. Many of the physical effects can last into adulthood such as heart attacks and strokes. Obesity in adults is one…