...means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has. Complete the chart with a 25- to 50-word response for each box. Form of diabetes | Age of onset | Defects in insulin and effects on glucose metabolism | Risk factors | Prevention and treatment | Type I: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | Usually prior to age 30 | In type one diabetes; there is not enough insulin to let glucose in the cells, so in the blood stream there is a buildup of sugar. | Diabetes one has very little known risk factors thru research new results continue to be found. The known risk factors are, genetics, this is to see if there are specific genes that show an increase in developing diabetes one, geography, or a family history. | Patient that have diabetes one will have to be on insulin for a long period of time. When you have diabetes one you can have up to two injections or more a day this depends on your glucose level you may have to adjust your insulin. | Type II: Noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | Usually after age 45 | With type two diabetes insulin becomes impaired, and cannot reach the bloodstream this is caused by a defect in the insulin. | Kidney problems can develop when having diabetes two. Risk factors include those who have heart disease, high blood pressure. Those who have an even higher risk include Asian, Hispanic, African American, and Native. | Treatment for this type of diabetes include, maintaining a normal glucose level. Regular...
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...American Association of Diabetic Educators About Us Started in 1973, AADE is a nursing organization that offers a multi-disciplinary approach to managing diabetes. It aims at making sure that the professional are equipped in proper management of people with diabetes as well as other chronic conditions related to this disease (AADE, 2013). Mission: Our mission is to provide empowerment to the healthcare professionals through furnishing our members with skills and knowledge which enhance quality service delivery. Vision: We seek to achieve better quality of life for individuals suffering from diabetes and other chronic related infections. Why Register with Us? Registering with AADE is not a waste of time and resources. Rather, it is a chance to grow and develop career wise. We seek to make our members the best at what they do. This is achieved through training in the core areas of practices which include but are not limited to integrity, leadership, innovation, diversity and customer service (AADE, 2013). Join us to be relevant in your field! Membership You can join one of our membership groups which include active member, industry member, associate member, student member, international member, or industry member. All this are aimed at making sure that no one is left out. For more information, visit our website on http://www.diabeteseducator.org/About/membership/index.html and learn more. In order to make ours services more reliable, we collaborate with other related organizations...
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...Chapter 4 1. Explain what is meant by a chronic and acute health impairment. * Chronic Chronic is when the health impairment is long term. Chronic health impairments are defined to last more than a year after the first diagnosis. One example is diabetes. Pg. 83-84 * Acute Acute is when the health impairment is short term. Acute health impairments are ones that can be helped in a shorter time and not lasting over a life span. Pg. 83 2. Describe the impact of visible versus invisible related to health impairments. * When an impairment is visible there are more precautions and adaptions made. Pg. 84 * The people that interact with the person with a visible health impairment would know and not be surprised when something happens. Pg 84 * Although when health impairments are invisible some people may not be known as really ill and get the treatment and excess aid they need. Pg. 84 * They also may interact in activities that could be dangerous to them. Pg. 84 Asthma 3. Define Asthma and provide 4 facts about it. * Definition * Asthma is the most common pulmonary disease of childhood. Pg. 84 * 4 Facts * Asthma can begin in infancy or develop later in life. Pg. 84 * Asthma is a disease in result of many factors in that genetic predisposition interacts with circumstances in the environment. Pg. 85 * It develops beginning with allergen-induced inflammation followed by a consolidation phase characterized...
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...diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes. Diagnosed at age thirteen, Angelo lives his life in a highly structured way, always cognizant of what he eats, his activity levels, and how such factors influence his blood sugar. Healthcare providers play a crucial role in educating patients like Angelo on what his diagnosis means, the importance of compliance, and how diabetes could affect him on a physical, emotional, and psychosocial level. The statistics associated with diabetes in the United States are nothing short of alarming. With nearly 19 million Americans diagnosed and another 7 million undiagnosed, diabetes is causing a health epidemic that was the seventh leading cause of death and costing over $170 billion in medical expenses in 2007. While Type 1 Diabetes is not something that Mr. Reyes could have prevented, Type 2 Diabetes is certainly something that can be better controlled with proper education and healthy lifestyle choices. Interventions to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 Diabetes have proven extremely successful by modifying such things as diet, activity level, and weight. By making such changes, patients can decrease their odds of associated health problems like heart disease, stroke, hypertension, blindness, kidney disease, neuropathy, and amputation. It is often difficult to diagnose diabetes due to the symptom are subtle and not uncommon for example frequent urination, unusual thirst, extreme hunger, unusual weight loss, extreme fatigue and irritability. Type-two...
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...diabetes during pregnancy, this called Gestational diabetes. In the past, women who were known to have diabetes were discouraged about becoming pregnant due to all the health problems for the mother and the health problems that a baby could develop before being born (WebMD, page 1). A few of the health problems for the mother would be: miscarriage, premature delivery, low blood glucose at delivery, eye problems, worsening kidney problems, and preeclampsia just to name a few. The health problems for the baby would be birth defects, prolonged jaundice, respiratory distress syndrome, and being born prematurely and all the problems that go along with being premature. Another common problem with babies of pregnant women with diabetes is that they have very large babies. This happens because the babies receive too much sugar from the mother and it turns to fat which in turn increases the size of the baby. This can make the baby to large to be delivered naturally and a cesarean delivery would then be necessary. As stated in WebMD, “once delivered, the baby could develop dangerously low blood sugar right after delivery because of high levels of insulin and not getting all the extra sugar from the mother”( page 1). Diabetes: Pregnancy Development Diabetes is a condition in which the body cannot manufacture the use of carbohydrates to make energy in the body; or the body doesn’t make enough insulin in the pancreas. Some of the common problems associated with diabetes are high...
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...Type 2 diabetes, once known as adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition that affects the way our body metabolizes sugar. With type 2 diabetes, the body either resists the effects of insulin — a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into cells — or doesn't produce enough insulin to maintain a normal glucose level (Type 2 Diabetes, 2012). This condition is very prevalent in the United States with approximately 26 million Americans being affected (Stoppler, 2012). Of this 26 million, type 2 diabetes accounts for up to 95 percent of all cases (One-Third of Adults, 2006). However, even with these significant numbers, it’s found that about 2.8 percent of U.S. adults or one-third of those with diabetes, still are unaware of their condition. This is substantial considering that if left untreated, type 2 diabetes can lead to blindness, kidney failure, nerve damage, and over time, can be life-threatening. In an attempt to lower these numbers, the government, sponsored organizations, and other groups have developed websites explaining signs, symptoms, prevention, risk factors, etc. of type 2 diabetes. Nonetheless, are these websites beneficial? Are they easy to scroll through and find information, or could they be improved to better meet the needs of the average website browser? The first website I chose to critique was the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Overall, this website was very easy to browse through. They clearly...
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...that they have this disease. (CDC, 2007) Until they do, they have already developed life-threatening complications. According to the CDC the rates of Diabetes Type II are rising so quickly that they have declared the disease an epidemic. Complications may include blindness, kidney disease, nerve disease, heart and vascular disease and strokes."Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, and leg amputations. In fact, it is the third leading cause of death in the United States." (Magee, 1999 p. 2) There are three main types of diabetes--Type I, which affects primarily the younger population; Type II, which primarily affects the population above 40; and gestational diabetes, which affects women during the third trimester of their pregnancy. Some causes of diabetes are heredity, being overweight, and problems with beta cells, which are located in the pancreas. Type II diabetes is most commonly seen in adults (another name for the disease is Adult Onset Diabetes). However, with poor diet, nutrition and lack of exercise there are and increasing number of children and adolescents developing type II diabetes. Diabetes mellitus type II is a metabolic disorder in which the cells in the body do not recognize and ignore the insulin produced. Insulin is a type of hormone that converts sugar, starches, and other types of foods into the energy that humans need every day. (CDC, 2007) Insulin is needed for the body to metabolize glucose for the body’s energy needs. Without glucose...
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...of Type 1 Diabetes in Children The risk of developing type 1 diabetes is higher than virtually all other severe chronic diseases of childhood. Peak incidence occurs during puberty, around 10 to 12 years of age in girls and 12 to 14 years of age in boys. Type 1 diabetes is the most serious type of diabetes and is also called Juvenile Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes develops when the body’s immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the only cells in the body that make the hormone insulin that regulates blood glucose. To survive, people with type 1 diabetes must have insulin delivered by injection or a pump. This form of diabetes usually strikes children and young adults, although disease onset can occur at any age. This form of diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes since it is most commonly found in young children. Children with diabetes and their families face unique challenges when dealing with diabetes. According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated 850,000 to 1.7 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes. Of those, about 125,000 are kids 19 and under. The incidence of type 1 diabetes in children is increasing worldwide, with the highest increases seen in those less than 5 years of age. About 1 in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes. Studies also reveal that 1 in every 500 children or adolescents are suffering from type 1 diabetes. More importantly, type 1 diabetes doesn't have any treatment nor can it be prevented. While type 1 diabetes...
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...are three types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes has absolute insulin insufficiency, type 2 diabetes insulin resistance with varying degrees of insulin secretory defects, gestational diabetes which emerges during pregnancy. There are multiple causes of diabetes which includes heredity, environment(infection, diet, toxins, stress), life style changes in genetically susceptible people and pregnancy.(Lippincott, 2005). Type 1 diabetes usually triggered by a viral infection, causes production of autoantibodies against the beta cells of the pancreas. The characteristics occur when more than 90% of the beta cells have been destroyed. Type 2 diabetes genetic factors are significant and the onset is accelerated by obesity and a sedentary life style and stress. Statistics of Juvenile diabetes As per CDC 23.6 million people in Us are living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes has affected 186,300 kids under 2o years. The death risk is 2 times greater for a person with diabetes. Around the globe every 10 seconds a person dies from dies from diabetic related complications, in that same 10 seconds , 2 people will develop diabetes. Diabetic statistics were so critical that the IDF declared November 14 as world diabetes day. There are serious complications of juvenile diabetes if not treated properly, such as diabetic ketoacidosis, gastroparesis. Nephropathy, neuropathy, dental issues, depression, various skin conditions such as infections, itching. Type 1,or juvenile...
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...than those without diabetes. African Americans with diabetes are at increased risk for heart disease, stroke and other macro vascular complications. Other complications of diabetes include blindness, kidney disease, and amputations. Most African Americans (about 90 to 95 percent) with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. This type of diabetes usually develops in adults and is caused by the body's resistance to insulin and to impaired insulin secretion. Although it is a very serious disease, diabetes can be treated with diet, exercise, diabetes pills, and injected insulin. A small number of African Americans (about 5 percent to 10 percent) have type 1 diabetes, which usually develops before age 20 and is always treated with insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetic and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles. Major Types of Diabetes Type 1 diabetes results from the body’s failure to produce insulin, the hormone that “unlocks” the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously...
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...Research has also discovered ways for preventing major diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Preventing awful effects in our environment and protecting the immune system is part of action plans researchers have discovered to play an important role in improved physical health and wellness. Physical Health It is important to get enough rest and sleep our body needs to rest to be able to function properly. Exercise is essential because it gives us strength, endurance, and a healthy body. That is why we should maintain a healthy weight so our body can fight other risk factors. Physical Health helps control weight and reduces the risk of Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD) CVD disease (Donatelle, 2011). With exercise we can also reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers. But most of all it increase our chances of living longer and having better emotional health. Emotional Health People who are emotionally healthy are able to handle life's challenges, build strong relationships, and recover from setbacks from life. It requires effort stability to build and maintain emotional health. When you improve your emotional health you are rewarding yourself with enjoyment of life. With good emotional health comes a sense of contentment, a purpose for living, and a reason to laugh and have fun. You learn how to deal with stress better and the ability to learn new things, adapting to change. Also you gain self-confidence and an increased vision of your social health. Social...
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...D2. In this task I will be evaluating care strategies that can be used for my chosen disorder. I will research two alternative care strategies that could be used. I will make reasoned arguments for and against the care strategies identified. Many disorders have more than one strategy to fight with certain disorder. It is up to the doctor and patient what care strategies are the best for the patient. For my chosen disorder I pick type 1 diabetes. In my case study Janet was diagnosed when she was 10 years old and still in primary school. Apart from Type 1 Diabetes Janet had no other medical conditions and prior to her diagnosis she was healthy and rarely ill. Her treatment required insulin injections, calculated diet, physical activity and home blood glucose testing few times per day. I will consider now alternative care strategies and their strenghts and weaknesses. Some examples of alternative treatments for diabetes can be insulin pump or complementary therapy. I will start from insulin pumps. Insulin pump therapy is the term used to describe the use of insulin pumps in managing blood glucose levels in people with insulin-dependent diabetes. What are insulin pumps? Insulin pumps are portable devices attached to the body that deliver constant amounts of rapid or short acting insulin via a catheter placed under the skin. They are seen as a better alternative to insulin injections as they reduce the need for multiple insulin jabs per day and give the user increased ability...
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...Appendix: Table 18 Improving Compliance to Treatment Plan in DM Patients INTRODUCTION The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2011) identified diabetes mellitus (DM) as a major public health disorder in the United States that results in one’s shortage of insulin or one’s inability to utilize insulin. As the insulin hormone is necessary for the conversion of glucose to energy in somatic cells, ineffective insulin activity in DM causes increased glucose residues in the blood, which tends to harm organs (CDC, 2011). The CDC (2011) has identified three primary types of DM: (a) Type 1 DM results from an inability to generate insulin in the body due to...
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...professionals and finally, fostering policies that upgrade quality of diabetes care (Redman, 2007, p. 106). It is essential that patients have an established form of communication with their health professional to clarify any misunderstandings or any possible concerns regarding their chronic disease of diabetes. Revealing the Facts of Diabetes Incidence According to the National Diabetes Statistics Report (2014), the American population with diabetes increased by 3.3 million from 2010 to 2012. Out of the 29.1 million Americans who had diabetes in 2012, 95% had type 2 diabetes; only 5% consisting of Type 1 (American Diabetes Association). Even though statistics show a decrease of newly diagnosed cases, there is an increase of undiagnosed cases, revealing 8.1 million unknown diabetics. Therefore, as a population we are not getting any healthier; fewer people are seeking treatment. Furthermore, the incident of Type 2 diabetes in the adolescent population is also...
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...hormone is secreted by the pancreas: Glucagon which stimulates the breakdown of glycogen (the glucose’s storage form) to glucose which can be used by muscle cells and released into circulation. When levels rise to normal the pancreas ceases secreting glucagon, so that insulin and glucagon can work together keeping homeostatic blood glucose levels. In some people this mechanism fails causing either diabetes or hypoglycemia. When glucose levels rises after a meal and remains elevated because our body cannot make enough insulin or cannot use property the insulin it makes we are in the presence of diabetes. There are two different forms of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. When a person is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes it means that his/her immune system attacked the cells in the pancreas that makes insulin and disabled them permanently. Diabetes type 2 is caused by poor lifestyle choices. It takes year to develop. First the cells stop responding to the insulin signals. In order to understand it better I’d like to think of insulin as a key that open up the cells’ door so the glucose can come in. When a person becomes insulin resistant is like if the locks were changed so the pancreas keeps making more and more keys (insulin) in order to find the one that open the...
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