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Australia is facing an increasing epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Obesity is thought to be the primary cause of diabetes. There are approximately one million people living with diabetes. The first part of this video explained how inflammation caused by type 2 diabetes destroys pancreatic cells and dramatically decreases the production of insulin. The two main problems related to insulin in type 2 diabetes are insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. Insulin resistance refers to a…

There are a couple type of Diabetes but the most common one that people have in the U.S. is Type 2. There has never been a cure found for people living with diabetes, but there has been a way to keep from a diabetes attack and from making sure that it does not get worse. It is known that the U.S. is the place known for having more people with diabetes anywhere else. The biggest step when finding out that you have diabetes is having a helping hand or the caregiver, and making sure that they know…

Depression in Diabetes: Have We Been Missing Something Important? American Diabetes Association Diabetes Care, 2011, 34, p236-239 Past research of longitudinal studies of the relation between diabetes and depression have been correlated into a correlational study. The researchers were hypothesized the different techniques of treating major depressive disorder (MDD) for people with diabetes. Researchers were suggesting non-traditional treatments with interventions to who have MDD. Also, the…

Works Cited Anderson, John E. "Innovations in Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus." Journal of Family Practice (2015): S48-53. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition. Web. 15 May 2016. Along with all the current medications and treatments for Type 2 Diabetes, this article informs about the fact that new studies have shown of a way lessen the daily Insulin dosage by 1/3 in many patients. This particular article from John E. Anderson that I acquired from the Brazosport College database,…

diabetes has increased drastically from 0.93% in 1958 to 7.18% in 2013. The rising prevalence of the disease in the United States makes diabetes an increasingly important condition to understand. Diabetes can usually be classified as either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes (a third form, gestational diabetes, occurs in pregnant women and is far less common). Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, typically appears initially in youth and occurs…

There are many people with diabetes in the world, including a few of my friends, which is why I chose it. Diabetes is a controllable condition, but usually persists through a lifetime. There are many symptoms that can herald the presence of diabetes, and it can be prevented if one leads a healthy lifestyle; and there are treatments that can make the disease manageable. Diabetes is when a person’s body does not produce enough insulin to break down glucose, which is a basic unit of sugar. There…

According to the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, “Over 70% of the world’s patients with diabetes reside in low- and – middle income countries” (Esterson). This means that many diabetic patients are not getting proper medical attention, if they can receive any at all. Type 1 Diabetes is a debilitating disease and requires a large amount of care and attention. In developing countries, the life expectancy for Type 1 Diabetics is dismal at best (Kamboj). One reason for this is…

According to an article published on American Diabetes Association, there are 30.3 million Americans with diabetes and 1.25 million have type 1 diabetes (“Statistics About Diabetes”, 2017). The body mistakes insulin cells as a threat and the immune system destroys them leaving the body lacking insulin. Genetics are also a common cause of type 1 diabetes. This disease can cause problems to many of the body’s systems because of the insulin deficiency. Type 1 diabetes will eventually effect the…

That is a giant increase in the amount of children with Type 2 diabetes. The difference between Type 1 and 2 diabetes is that Type 1 diabetes is caused by genetics, so there isn’t anything they can do about it. While Type 2 diabetes is caused from someone becoming obese which can then cause insulin resistance which is Type 2 diabetes. Due to this increased amount of children diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes the amount of money spent on treating diabetes has also skyrocketed. Just…

Geriatric Assignment: Patient O.G The patient is a seventy-year-old female of Hispanic origin. O.G consent is available through appendices A. She is currently widowed. Husband died of a gunshot wound in 2000. The patient was born in Guatemala and came to the United States around the age of thirty. Her main language is Spanish but does understand and speaks English. For education the patient stopped going to school at age 8 during second grade, when she was taken out of school to help her mother…