Diabetes

Disease Diabetes is a condition where the body is incapable, unable to process or produces a reduced amount of insulin. This is when the pancreas starts producing excess insulin. The pancreas makes up for the body’s inability to produce insulin naturally. According to International Diabetes Federation (2015), There are currently roughly 415 million people living with diabetes. This translates to about one in every 11 people are currently diagnosed with a type of diabetes. This would translate…

utilized form of instructional material. Due to its versatility, I plan on using text, images, and videos to present information on diabetes. For instance, the signs and symptoms of diabetes can be illustrated to learners through images and cartoons. The transition function can help facilitate a discussion when comparing and contrasting different prevention measures of diabetes. A printed handout of the powerpoint slides will be provided to class, so learners can take notes and determine the…

The article I chose for this week pertains to chapter thirteen pathological conditions of the pituitary gland “ Diabetes Insipidus”. The reason I chose this article was because I was curious about this disease and wanted to know about it. Diabetes insipidus has nothing to do with the amount of sugar in the blood, but an increase of urine output. Diabetes insipidus comes in different forms central and nephrogenic. They are both very similar in that the kidneys will not be able to store water…

A brief explanation of the etiology and pathology of DM. In diabetes, we can find cases in which the insulin is absent, little insulin or the function of insulin is impaired or not functioning. The insulin is produced and secreted by cells in the pancreas. Insulin also stimulates gluconeogenesis is that inhibits lysis regulates glycogen and protein synthesis. Pancreatic glucagon stimulates the breakdown of glycogen and gluconeogenesis. Cortisol promotes gluconeogenesis and Epinephrine is a…

The circles around her eyes had been there for weeks, perhaps months, and she had not been herself for some time. I didn’t know what was wrong but my sister-in-law had said that we should ask for a diabetes test since Jada had been thirsty and going to the bathroom a lot. Sure, I will ask, I told her, and I did. But in reality I was clueless as to what that even meant. After the first finger poke, came another and then a few minutes later a blood draw. By this time, I realized the nurses were…

This man has two health issues, diabetes and Down syndrome (DS). ZHU (2014) defined DS as having moderate intellectual disability, which Can often associated with reproductive organs, heart, digestive tract, bone deformity; Low immunity; these factors can affect patient essential activities and skills in daily life. This man has DS and diabetes which is hardly to managing himself. With the DS symptoms, it is likely that there are more challenges and the man would have a great risk of poorer…

Diabetes mellitus Everyone heard about diabetes, and we have one or more of our relatives suffering from this chronic disease. Diabetes is a condition when the level of sugar in the blood remains high. Who among us does not eat junk foods, sweets and drink soft drinks, and when we eat a little bit we craving for more. Do we ask ourselves is this healthy food? How many calories and sugar contain this food and drink? And do we know how much our body needs sugar per day? We should know the answer…

Self-care practice and management in diabetes : Self-care practice of diabetes : Self-care practice is described as the capacity of patients with diabetes , families and society to enhance wellbeing , preventing incidence of disease , and stop complications , empowering health promotion , handling crises by their selves , or receiving help from medical care providers (World Health Organization, 2009) , An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure , diabetes consider day-to-day…

9 Diabetes Prevention in the United States of America Diabetes is a very dangerous illness to have and it affects the lives of countless people in the United States on a daily basis. Diabetes can be made aware through the widespread knowledge of what exactly the disease is, how to prevent it, and how to manage it. Prevention is the action of stopping something from happening or arising. Knowing how to prevent something such as diabetes is a very good step towards living a healthy life.…

Diabetes is a disease that has a mass amount of sugar in your blood or high blood glucose. Diabetes mellitus is caused by a lack of responsiveness to insulin and have a high blood glucose level. There are two types of Diabetes mellitus. Type one diabetes, destroy the pancreatic cells. Type two diabetes affects the body flow and increase the process of blood sugar. When the beta cells from the pancreas fail to provide, diabetes occurs. The energy comes from the glucose. Eating healthy and right…