Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the largest and fastest health issue in New Zealand Zimmet, Magliano, Herman, & Shaw, 2014). According to my preceptor, 30% of the clients enrolled in my clinical area have type 2 DM which is around five times higher than the national level…

significant findings with high glucose in the urine is diabetes mellitus. The use of the dipstick for screening for glucose has greatly helped diagnose patients with diabetes. Strasinger and Di Lorenzo (2008) reported that the earlier the diabetes is detected, the better the prognosis is for the patient (p. 61). Therefore, urine tests for glucose has greatly helped individuals with diabetes get on the right tract to help control their diabetes before greater problems arise (Strasinger & Di…

for developing Insulin Resistance Syndrome such as a sedentary lifestyle, excess weight, a family history of diabetes or gestational diabetes, hypertension, low HDL cholesterol, polycystic ovarian syndrome or other fertility-related concerns, a darkening of the skin around the neck, knees, knuckles, or armpits, and a history of cardiovascular disease diseases (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2014). Insulin Resistance Syndrome is diagnosed by obtaining bloodwork…

The literature reviewed here examined adult Hispanics living in the United States and their immense susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Varies studies recognized that people from minority groups specifically adults from the Hispanic community had a prevalence to T2DM and interventions were needed. Some studies had revealed that disparities in healthcare provision no longer existed (Rosal et al., 2005). However, a difference in access to healthcare existed across the adult Hispanic…

Community Health Assessment for Saline County, Kansas African-American Population and Diabetes Introduction Diabetes cost 245 billion in 2012 within the United States, with 176 billion towards direct medical cost and 69 billion towards reduced productivity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). The overall numbers of diabetes and prediabetes reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals 29.1 million American or 9.3% of the population diagnosed. The…

Reversal Options by Emma Conine INTRODUCTION Diabetes has multiple causes which divides into two separate types. Type one diabetes is caused by the lack or insufficient production of the hormone insulin. Type two diabetes is caused by insulin resistance. There is now a way to determine whether a patient may be on the verge of developing type two diabetes. This is known as prediabetes. Prediabetes is linked to diabetes type two due to the fact that diabetes type two is an insulin resistant…

complications of diabetes include diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome (HHS), and hypoglycemia. DKA and HHS occurs when there is insufficient insulin to transport glucose into the cells. The difference between DKA and HHS is that in HHS an individual has just enough insulin to prevent ketoacidosis but not enough to prevent osmotic diuresis, hyperglycemia, and extracellular fluid depletion (Robbins, Shaw, & Lewis, 2010). DKA is more common in type 1 diabetes…

American Diabetes Association, “Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Chronic hyperglycemia found in patients with diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dysfunction, and failure of various organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels” (p.1). There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Insulin management is needed for type 1 diabetes,…

about 1 in 300 New Zealanders have type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is when insulin may be present but is unable to function. It usually develops later in life and is linked with obesity. Type 1 Diabetes: In a normal healthy person the pancreas responds to the glucose by releasing insulin, insulin is responsible for allowing glucose into the cells. When the glucose enters the cells the amount of glucose in the blood streams falls. If you have type 1 diabetes the pancreas cannot secrete insulin…

visit whenever we have a family reunion, and they are happy to see me. My family genogram has given me a basic description about the risks and the diseases that runs through my family. The diseases that run through my family lineage are hypertension, diabetes, sickle cells. Most of these diseases are multifactorial, it has a genetic, and environmental components attached to them. On one occasion, I went to a family reunion, I taught family members to start some health improvement techniques,…