Diabetes mellitus

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…

Surgical I Diabetes Mellitus 2 By Midel Longalong 02/26/2017 Pathophysiology Diabetes is a complex disorder that changes the metabolism of glucose, fats, and proteins, affecting many end organs and causing many clinical complications such as heart disease, renal, infections and etc. According to American Diabetes Association, there are different types of diabetes, which is diabetes mellitus 1, diabetes mellitus 2, and gestational diabetes.…

Diabetes Mellitus Type One Diabetes mellitus type one (DMT1) is a chronic disease in which the affected individual is unable to produce insulin. This is just one form of diabetes, another is the commonly known type two diabetes. Type two diabetes is a chronic disease in which the individual’s body becomes resistant to insulin, or the ability to produce insulin is impaired. Type two diabetes is not as severe as type one, but is still able to be dangerous when left untreated. Another type of…

Diabetes Mellitus type 2 is a common chronic metabolic disorder and of the main causes of death in the United States. The total prevalence of diabetes in the United States is 25.8 million people, of these; 7.0 million have undiagnosed diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). Among adults, diabetes is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease, renal failure, blindness, and non-traumatic amputations of lower extremities (Buttaro, Trybulski, Bailey, & Sandberg-Cook, 2013). The…

Complications of Diabetes Mellitus Type II A 20 years old nursing student in her sophomore year, has been diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type II (DMII). Although she has completed most of her science courses, she has not completed applied pathophysiology. She knew something was wrong due the signs and symptoms presented: polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, acanthosis nigricans, tingling of toes and fingers, progressive vision loss. Once she consulted her primary physician, , hyperglycemia…

Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 is an emerging epidemic. The disease is a chronic autoimmune condition in which a person’s pancreas does not produce insulin, a hormone that allows energy to metabolize from food. The disease occurs when the person’s immune system attacks and destroys the pancreatic beta cells causing insufficient release of insulin into the blood. There are currently 1.25 million Americans that are living with T1D Mellitus, with about 20 percent of them being children. [1] Type 1…

Introduction Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a common disease in canines with many different complications. Some of these complications include cataracts, urinary tract infections, metabolic acidosis, nephropathy, hepatic lipidosis and liver failure (Hiblu et al., 2015). It affects middle aged to geriatric canines in the majority of cases, which are characterized by hyperglycemia, glycosuria and weight loss, which leads to deficiency of insulin. There are two types of DM in canines that are…

Diabetes Mellitus is an endocrine disorder characterized by high blood sugar levels during periods of fasting as well as after consuming a meal. Some of the symptoms of the disease are: thirst, excessive urination, sugar in urine and fatigue. The disease is caused by resistance to the Insulin or inadequate production of the hormone. Insulin is responsible for transporting glucose from the blood into every cell in the body for energy. Diabetes is a chronic disease that causes multiple…

source of insulin on a permanent basis (Lewis et al., 2014). Type II Diabetes Mellitus Type II DM (T2DM) is the most prevalent type of DM, accounting for over 90% of all diabetes…

Diabetes Mellitus The human body is a perfectly balance organism that needs to be in a state of homeostasis( balance) in order to function properly. Certain conditions however, can cause a disruption in the bodies equilibrium. Diabetes mellitus is a common disease that disrupts the bodies normal sugar levels leading to hyperglycemia (high blood sugar in the blood). There are 2 different types of diabetes mellitus; type 1 and type 2. Knowing the difference between diabetes type 1 and type 2 it’s…