Insulin

Past dental history and oral hygiene practices Ben regularly attended dental appointments with an oral health practitioner until three years prior to this consultation. He underwent orthodontic treatment to achieve space closure from missing upper lateral incisors in the upper arch and to relieve maxillary and mandibular crowding of teeth. 12 months prior to this consultation, fixed braces were removed and fixed lingual and palatal wire retainers were placed on the anterior teeth. Ben reports a…

Exercise Physiology It has long been thought that strenuous or prolonged exercise can affect the human’s endocrine system. This is an interesting scenario because endocrine system synthase performs as a negative feedback system. This means that when there is an unusually high level of a hormone in the blood, a signal will be sent back and production of that particular hormone will be stopped. The negative feedback system can easily keep all hormones levels at the optimal level for humans.…

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. Over a quarter of the diabetes cases go undiagnosed. Complications from diabetes are wide ranging and can be life threatening, but with proper treatment and careful lifestyle management, people can live a relatively normal and healthy life. If you’ve just been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, you’re in good company. According to the American Diabetes Association, as of 2012, 29.1 million people, or 9.3 percent of the U.S. population,…

absorbed by the cells. There are three main types of diabetes, however Type II diabetes, which consists of 90% of the diabetic population4, is one of public health’s main concerns. It is a disease in which the body does not produce sufficient amount of insulin for the body to be able to lower the blood sugar level and it usually happens after the age of 40 and to those who are overweight.7 Yet, in the U.S. type II has risen alarms as the disease is now prevalent in the younger generation.4…

On November 9, I visited six clients with the home health care nurse Kim. Kim is a home health nurse who has been in the nursing field for the past 26 years and in the home health care nursing for about 6 years. One of the hard things about home healthcare for me was not knowing what to expect when I first walked into a client home yet, I hard a great teaching and learning experience. When we first meet in the morning we sit down and went over the schedule Kim has made on what client we will…

Socioeconomic status (SES)—the social situation of a person in relation to others in the same environment/geographical location—affects individuals and families in many ways. Often, it reduces the quality of life, living environment, coping, climate, and resources (schools, recreational activities, and level of health care) available in communities. It can also affect community involvement, community safety, and the way community members adapt to their neighborhood. As a result, income and…

diabetes. Because years of adjusting and coping caused me to mature and grow up a lot faster than other kids, when they all got snack time, I didn’t. I had to monitor and keep and eye on everything I put into my body, and then give myself injections of insulin if I chose to eat. Since those days I feel that this has caused me to really pay attention to the little things and to effectively handle huge amounts of responsibility, because 50 years ago before certain medical advancements diabetes was…

Teaching patients about gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) before and during pregnancies are both very important. It would be great if all patients could be informed about GDM before they become pregnant so they could get a healthy start to their pregnancy and possibly prevent GDM from occurring. It is also important for patients to know how to live a healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy. The nurse may be the first to provide information to their patients and can play a key role in…

mellitus type I or II. People can have a genetic predisposition to DM type I. In DM type I autoantigens form on the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas that circulate in the lymphatics and bloodstream. These autoantigens cause the activation of T-cytotoxic and autoantibodies toward these cells, thereby causing the destruction of the beta cells, which significantly decreases insulin secretion (Jones, Braashers, & Huether, 2012). This type of DM is considered juvenile diabetes.…

whether they are male or female, young or old. When someone has too much sugar in their blood or not enough insulin that can result in developing T1D. It is important to live a healthy life or else you can end up living the rest of your life having to take a numerous amount of medication. When a child is diagnosed with T1D that means that their pancreas is not able to produce enough insulin to help the child stay alive. At a young age it can be very difficult for a child to adapt to the…