Hypoglycemia

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need to consider these factors when personalizing diabetes management; The clinical characteristics include; Patient’s age and life expectancy, diabetes duration, glycemic control history, comorbid conditions, vascular complications, and risk of hypoglycemia. The personal characteristics are; support system, psychological status, economic issues, and quality of life. This is very detailed analysis of the patient. One merit of this intervention…

For people who have frequent episodes of severe hypoglycemia, insulin pumps are especially beneficial (Dinsmoor 4). Hypoglycemia being high levels of sugar in the blood stream, which is a potential risk for a diabetic coma. The insulin pumps create a constant flow to maintain even glucose levels. My mother has had episodes of high blood…

Yes, that's right, folks. According to a study conducted by Dr. Nicole Avena of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, brain scans show that sugar is eight times as addictive as cocaine. Even if you are not gorging on Oreos and ice cream and drinking a jumbo soda, sugar is lurking everywhere in our foods: Pizza, sushi, sauces, prepared meats, cereals, chips, coffee creamers, coffee drinks, sports drinks, almond/soy milk, energy bars… sugar is everywhere. And this sugar, along with making…

Hello fellow students, today I’ll be talking to you about type 1 diabetes, otherwise known as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes type 1 is a disease that is inherited through DNA (Diabetesaustralia.com.au, 2015). This type of disease cannot be cured and is unpreventable, meaning the holder can have it occur at any stage in their life. Diabetes type 1 stop the creation of insulin to the body, which means that Glucose cannot be broken down, into much needed nutrients for the body. What is it? Glucose…

his or her blood sugar (glucose) and insulin dosage. Helping your child make healthy choices and following instructions from your child’s health care provider can: • Help control your child’s blood glucose levels and prevent low blood glucose (hypoglycemia). • Help prevent your child from developing complications from diabetes. HOW SHOULD I FEED MY INFANT? An infant with diabetes eats on a normal schedule. You may breastfeed or formula feed your baby. Your baby will be given insulin based on…

associated with the disease are in the blood. Another is an ACTH stimulation test, this is where a dose of synthetic ACTH is injected to see if cortisol can be produced; if not then the adrenal glands are damaged. There is also the insulin-induced hypoglycemia test, where blood sugar and cortisol levels are tested. The final test is an imaging test, this is when the patient gets a CT scan of his or her abdomen to check the size of adrenal…

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from lack of insulin, the insulin produced is ineffective, or both. There are three types of diabetes mellitus: type 1 known as insulin dependent mellitus, which is the pancreas not producing insulin. Type 2 known as non-insulin dependent mellitus, which is the pancreas is able to produce some insulin but the cells are rejecting it. Gestational diabetes which is manifested during pregnancy. Within these three…

1. Fatigue and dyspnea on exertion are two common symptoms associated with mitral valve dysfunction. Many patients may not even show any signs and symptoms in the initial years except tiredness and fatigue. According to Shipton & Wahba, signs and symptoms of mitral dysfunctions include dyspnea on exertion, palpitations, orthopnea, chest discomfort, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and eventually leading to signs of right-sided heart failure. Although, mitral dysfunctional may be…

The project management role generally may be assumed by Advanced Practice Nurses, such as a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. However, through careful observation of my duties as the Outpatient Diabetes Nurse Educator, I may safely assert that developed project management skills would also be utilized in my practice while having a patient education in view. Therefore, to initiate that task and to be successful in its completion one must understand the steps included in the…