Diabetes mellitus

Some may not know that recess keeps middle school students healthy. But it's true, recess is one of the greatest ways that middle school students can keep healthy. Ever since middle school have been getting rid of recess, there has been a huge incline is something, for kids from the ages of 10-15 years old. This incline is in, OBESITY. Obesity, is when a person becomes very overweight. Rates of obesity in tween and younger teens have increased very much in the last twenty years. In older teens…

These days, the average American consumes 130 pounds of sugar a year. That’s about 16 times as much as the people in the late 1800’s! Sugar is extremely addictive, can lead to several diseases, and is immensely unhealthy. According to brain scans, sugar is just as addictive as cocaine. One theory is that we like sugar and sweet things because the first thing we taste, our mother's milk, is sweet. Another theory is that a fondness for sweetness helped early humans. Sweet-tasting foods like…

realize how prominent the obesity issue is in California. We believed that if we presented the risks of obesity it would persuade the audience into realizing that it is a major issue and should be taken into account. Some of the risks we discussed were diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea. All these risks that I have just listed can lead to drastic results which can involve death. These are the risks we believed would have an emotional toll on the audience to reveal to them they how…

Vomiting, Infant Vomiting occurs when stomach contents are thrown up and out the mouth. Vomiting is different than spitting up. It is more forceful and contains more than a few spoonfuls of stomach contents. Vomiting can make your infant feel weak and dehydrated. Dehydration can make your infant tired and thirsty, have a dry mouth, and urinate less frequently. It is important to treat your infant's vomiting as directed by your infant's health care provider. HOME CARE INSTRUCTIONS Eating and…

Integumentary Disease: Phenylketonuria Skin diseases vary from case to case, whether it is a common case or a rare case, like phenylketonuria. Phenylketonuria, otherwise known as PKU, is a rare genetic disease that is caused by a negative body affliction causing inability to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine. The disease can cause Mental health issues as well as others because of the excess of phenylalanine in the body. When phenylalanine is not broken down and turned in a different amino…

With South Carolina being the belt buckle of strokes in the United States, we as nurses need to determine where we fail in the health care system. With this new information, I immediately began to wonder why our stroke rate was so much higher than anywhere else in the United States. Since obesity is one of the main causes of strokes, I wondered if our nursing care was lacking for our youngest patients and their families. Lipid streaks begin forming and obstructing blood flow in the heart at…

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is a disease that affects the Digestive system in the body. “A sphincter at the inferior end of the esophagus called the gastroesophageal sphincter prevents the contents of the stomach from regurgitating into the esophagus” (Amerman pg.557). The normal homeostasis of the esophagus is when food is swallowed, the lower esophageal sphincter which is a circular band of muscle around the bottom part of the esophagus it relaxes to allow food and liquid to flow…

cravings for food, feel fuller by eating less food and in turn lead to weight loss.Sibutramine affects chemicals in the brain that affect weight maintenance.Sibutramine is used together with diet and exercise to treat obesity that may be related to diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure.Sibutramine may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.What are the possible side effects of Sibutramine?Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an…

Evaluation of an obese person should include medical history, physical examination and laboratory examination. Under clinical evaluation, there is history and physical examination. These are the specific questions they asked for history such as family history of medical disease and obesity, lifestyle factors (current diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol intake), current and past medical history (any psychological history such as eating disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder or any…

When an allele increases disease risk but does not directly cause a disease, it is called a genetic risk factor. The protein Apolipoprotein E-4 is considered to be a genetic risk factor. Everyone inherits a copy of some form of APOE from each parent. Those who inherit APOE-e4 from one parent have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s. Those who inherit APOE-e4 from both parents have an even higher risk, but it’s not a certainty that they will develop the disease. It is important to point out that’s…