Identify the clinical condition in the assigned case study and recommend behavior changes that the identified client should make and Describe the benefits of behavior change and the challenges patients might face. Diabetes affect thousands of people lives on a daily basis in the past month diabetes has affected my family. The authors Chamberlain, J. J., Rhinehart, A. S., Shaefer, C. J., & Neuman, A. (2016) explain that diabetes affects an estimated “29.1 million adults (9.3%) in the United…
Type 1 diabetes is, according to American Diabetes Association, “when the body does not produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that the body needs to get glucose from the bloodstream into the cells of the body” ("Type 1 Diabetes). “This disease affects 1.4 million people every year,” and “is the seventh leading cause of death in the United” ("Statistics About Diabetes).” Here are the signs, symptoms, prognosis and ways to treat Type 1 diabetes because there is no cure. Type 1 Diabetes can affect…
person is lacking enough insulin to be used as soon as it is available in the body. As the body continues to undergo this process, one will become insulin resistant causing the pancreas to produce less insulin (Web MD, Diabetes: Differences Between Type 1 and 2 - Topic Overview, 2014).…
fat and protein metabolism. Generally there are two types of diabetes, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes or also known diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is a diabetes that is dependent to insulin while type 2 diabetes is not dependent on insulin. The differences of both diabetes are characterized in TABLE 1. Majority of patient suffering from type 2 diabetes in develop country is much higher than those who has type 1 diabetes (______). Since late 90s till 2012, the rate of people diagnosed…
vison for them. Reference: Hansen, M. B., Abràmoff, M. D., Folk, J. C., Mathenge, W., Bastawrous, A., & Peto, T. (2015). Results of Automated Retinal Image Analysis for Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy from the Nakuru Study, Kenya. Plos ONE, 10(10), 1-9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.013914 Facts About Diabetic Eye Disease | National Eye Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nei.nih.gov/health/diabetic/retinopathy Diabetic Retinopathy|Vision Health Initiative (VHI)|cdc.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved…
diabetes, type 1, type 2 and gestational Introduction: Imagine having a disease for the rest of your life such as diabetes. Diabetes has no cure, although it can be treated and controlled. Anyone living with diabetes can still do the things they love. This disease is manageable and the treatments aren’t so bad. They can make you feel healthy and be healthy as well. Thesis/Preview: Each type of diabetes -- type 1, type 2 and gestational – all have different and similar treatments. I. Type 1…
The enzyme, succinyl coenzyme A synthetase, acts on the conversion of the succinyl group succinate. A decrease in the ATP production of the mitochondria may occur if there is a deficiency of this enzyme. The decrease is seen during the phosphorylation of succinyl CoA to succinate. With this decrease, the cells would produce lactic acid in order to get ATP leading the cell to be non-functional. The deficiency of the enzyme, and the increase in lactic acid causes fatal infantile lactic acid…
Diabetic diet is a diet that consists of some restrictions based on the dietary rules set for a diabetic. Diabetes is a medical condition where the production of insulin by pancreas is zero or the production is resisted. Insulin helps the cells to receive the glucose that's present in the blood. Most of the cells work towards converting the glucose in to energy. When there is no insulin, the glucose tends to remain in the blood stream and then builds up. The situation can be dangerous. The…
Diabetic Foot Care Diabetes is one of the many diseases that has a lot of complications. Millions of people are affected by it every year, hence, it is something that should not be taken for granted. Diabetes and your proper diabetic foot Diabetes damages blood vessels in all parts of your body, and that includes your feet. It can lead to neuropathy or nerve damage because of the slow blood flow in your legs and feet. Once neuropathy develops in a diabetic patient, it is of utmost importance to…
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease affecting around 347 million people word wide. It splits into 2 main types; Type 1 with 10% off all cases, affecting children and adults and it sally inherited and type 2 with approximately 90% of all cases, normally caused by a high fat, high sugar diet and a lack of exercise. It is the body’s inability to either produce enough insulin in the pancreas or to respond to the insulin produces, leading to unpredictably high or low glucose levels and…