Insulin resistance

Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Screening is a way to check for type 2 diabetes in people who do not have symptoms of the disease, but who may likely develop diabetes in the future. Diabetes can lead to serious health problems. Early diagnosis of diabetes allows for early treatment. WHAT ARE RISK FACTORS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES? Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include: • Family history of diabetes. • Obesity or being overweight. • Certain racial or ethnic groups: ○ American Indian…

the production of insulin or makes it so that the body cannot get the best possible use out of the insulin that it produces. This disease is a very prevalent issue in the United States. The United States of America…

These problems will lead to the loss of insulin production. Each type of diabetes has different symptoms that occur. A symptom of diabetes type 1 includes Increased thirst, Frequent urination, Bedwetting in children who previously didn 't wet the bed during the night, Extreme hunger, Unintended…

body due to insulin resistance or insulin deficiency. This disease is extremely prevalent. One report puts the prevalence anywhere from 0.5 to greather than 10 percent of the population.3 The prevalence is increasing as the population ages and is becoming more overweight. There are two forms of this terrible disease. Type one diabetes is characterized by immune-mediated destruction of beta cells leading to an absolute deficiency of insulin. Type 2 diabetes is a relative insulin deficiency…

Grade Insurance The article I chose for my grade insurance paper is “Albuterol and Insulin therapy in hemodialysis patients. http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v38/n5/index.html. The reason I chose this article is because we have been going over potassium and action potential in class I have been extremely interested in potassium, part of this is because hyperkalemia is one of the few electrolyte imbalances we can start treatment for in a pre-hospital setting. The article was very informative and…

Medical Diagnosis: Weber-Carstens et al. (2010, p. 1) reported that diagnosis of CIM is made either clinical evidence of muscle weakness after removal of sedation as characterized by weak and flaccid extremities, in addition, electromyography (EMG) and muscle biopsy can be performed to distinguish between the different types of ICU-acquired weakness. John and Bapat (2015, p. 157) believed that EMG and muscle biopsy is impractical to perform in the ICU; therefore, he asserted that…

people don’t give much thought to their pancreas until it stops doing its job. But, this tiny organ has a big job. It is responsible for making the hormone insulin, which helps your body turn carbohydrates from foods to energy for the body. When the pancreas stops making insulin or doesn’t make enough, or the cells do not respond to the bodies insulin, the result is a blood glucose level that is too high. Some people are born with a genetic susceptibility, are exposed to environmental factors…

Case Study 1 Research presented by Wnorlida, et al. states that Over one-half of deaths among diabetes mellitus patients in the United States were due to cardiovascular disease related. In Taiwan, about 19.8% deaths of diabetic patients were caused due to CVD (Chen and Li, 2007). Mortality due to Cardiovascular diseases in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients was three times higher compared to general population. Death due to cerebrovascular and Coronary Heart Diseases was higher by two to four…

molecules is glucose, the main sugar. Glucose needs to leave the bloodstream where it first inside the body enters and needs to enter cells where it will be used as energy for the body. For this to occur the beta cells in the pancreas must secrete insulin. Insulin is a natural body hormone, and it is needed in our bodies to let glucose enter cells and muscles. Any excess glucose that enters the body will be stored in the liver and muscles in the form of glycogen. Glucose regulation is the…

Pathophysiology Insulin is made by special cells called beta cells that are produced by the pancreas. Insulin is used to regulate glucose for metabolism. Insulin allows glucose to enter cells and without this glucose would not enter the cells of the body and blood sugar levels would rise in the blood, resulting in hyperglycemia. This process of high sugar in the blood without metabolism will eventually develop into Diabetes Mellitus. There are two types of Diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Either…