Insulin

prevention strategies. To control diabetes, a person needs to maintain a healthy diet to avoid being overweight. Another major factor in preventing and managing diabetes is exercising and avoiding drug abuse such as tobacco and alcohol. There is also the insulin intake, which takes care of Type 1DM; unfortunately, these injections cannot be stopped. The more good news, however, is that generally, diabetes is treatable, but this has to start by taking the necessary tests. In this tutorial, the…

After receiving my first insulin shot, she explained that a normal glucose reading should be between 80-120 mg/dl and that as a new Type 1 diabetic, I would need to make fundamental lifestyle changes. This disease is incurable, but ultimately manageable and can be controlled only through careful and continuous maintenance.…

Do you have a family member with Type 1 diabetes? If so, have you taken time to reflect how it is affecting your own life physically and emotionally? For those who answered yes to the first question particularly, it is possible that it affects you more than you have realized. Diabetes can affect anyone, maybe your mother, father, or even a sibling. “Worldwide, T1D affects millions of adults and at least 440,000 children under the age of 14, with 70,000 being diagnosed each year.” [1] This…

can follow for a lifetime of healthy eating. The South Beach Diet does not prevent diabetes, but it does help with weight loss and promotes healthy eating. (3) Type 2 diabetes develops progressively and the body’s cells become less responsive to insulin. (142) People with diabetes have to pay close attention to the glycemic index. Glycemic Index (GI) is the number associated with a particular type of food that indicates the food’s effect on a person’s blood glucose (blood sugar)…

Unit 1 Discussion 2 Methods of Research Review of 5 articles regarding diabetes care, education, self-management, and improved control. 1. Action Research: Development of a Diabetes Care Model in a Community Hospital. http://ezproxy.library.capella.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=115004430&site=ehost-live&scope=site Inquiry and findings for this study are qualitative in nature due to being grounded the theory of the chronic care model, but allowed for…

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…

What is Ketoacidosis in diabetics? Cells will normally use glucose as a source of energy. Diabetic Ketoacidosis occurs when the cells can no longer take the glucose from the blood in an efficient manner. In this case the cells begin to convert fatty acids into energy. The byproduct of this conversion are ketone acids. Normally small amounts of ketone acids can be taken care of by the kidneys and the liver, however a large concentration can lower the body's PH level, in essence create an hyper…

Enteral tube-feeding is a nutritional support method administered to a patient when his or her gastrointestinal tract is operational but unable or reluctant to take enough oral diet. However, this method is cost-effective, but it’s not as simple as it appears. Enteral tube-feeding encounters a number of complications that occur in the process, which ranges from metabolic, gastrointestinal and mechanical problems. The gastrointestinal complications may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,…

A condition in which the body is unable to produce insulin due to the destruction of the pancreatic cell in the body ( Cespedes-Knadle and Munoz 2011). Type one diabetes also called insulin depend on diabetes is a command condition among teens. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “About 208,000 young people under 20 years of age have diagnosed diabetes”. The article went further to say most of these teens have type 2 diabetes which was known to be common among adult…

Diabetic children need an especial parental involvement which can create an extreme stress to parents. Maintaining children’s blood glucose constant is a challenging task for parents to do. Though having a secure relationship with children is a better way of dealing with their problem, a research on the importance of having a secure relation with diabetic children was hardly done. The purpose of the study by Helena Moreira and Maria Cristina Canavarro, was to research the impact of…