...Advocacy – Childhood Diabetes Type 1 Cynthia Letter addressed to: Barack Obama 44th President of the U. S. Healthcare Dear Mr. President, I am a concerned aunt addressing recent decisions that may or may not affect people in the U. S… I am upset with the idea of not giving Medicaid coverage to children with type 1 diabetes, “based on their income” my niece has been struggling for years with it. She did not receive Medicaid because of her step mother’s income, but that should not have anything to do with it. Her medication is expensive and they won’t pay for it; we applied for assistance and was turned down. As a concerned aunt I’m asking you to look into the matter and let me know something. If there’s a way around the system to help my niece I would really appreciate it. In saying that Medicaid should be for anyone in need of medicine or that have medical problems that medicine will keep them living longer. Thank you for your consideration; Sincerely, Debbie Townsman 1356 Ralph Ave North, Carolina 27909 Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes in Children Dr. David Hill Diabetes is more common in children The signs and symptoms are; excessive thirst, constant urination, sudden onset of weight lost Yeast infections, thrust – white film in the mouth of young children under one year of age Unexplained fatigue. Diabetes type 1 the pancreas stops making enough insulin for the body to process sugar or glucose. Cause of Diabetes type 1 The body’s immune...
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...Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Thesis: Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are two diseases that can be compared and contrasted according to the type. Diabetes Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the pancreas no longer produces insulin. Diabetes can be classified according to two types; * Type 1 * Type 2 Compare and contrast Type 1 and Type 2 * Similarities * Differences Preventative Measures * Prevention * Causes * Treatment Type 1 and 2 diabetes are two diseases that can be compared and contrasted according to the type. A. Type 1 The pancreas no longer makes insulin or an extremely amount of insulin. B. Type 2 The body neither uses its insulin effectively, nor does it produce enough insulin. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are two diseases that can be compared and contrasted according to their similarities and differences. A. Similarities Both are genetic diseases Both have similar complications Treatment B. Differences Symptoms Complications Risks Preventive Management A. Type 1 Balanced Healthy Diet Exercise Medication B. Type 2 Insulin management Balanced Healthy Diet Exercise Conclusion A. Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by a high level of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion and insulin action. B. Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes can be compared and contrasted in; Type of diabetes,...
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...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 to control blood glucose levels. Because the insulin...
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...Diabetes Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors and Treatments Diabetes is a disease in which the patient suffers from high level of sugar in the blood. It is a chronic disease which can be a lifelong disease. Diabetes is of two types viz. Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. People from any age can get affected with type 1 diabetes. It is more diagnosed in children, teenagers and young adults. Cause of type 1 diabetes is not known yet. In type 1 diabetes, body makes no or little insulin. In this medical condition, daily injections of insulin are required by the patients. It occurs for a shorter period of time. In contrast to type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes mostly occurs in adulthood. In this condition, patients are not aware that they are affected...
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...symptoms of diabetes and what is diabetes are the two most frequently asked questions especially by the people who are at an increased risk of suffering from diabetes. Most of us already know that consumed food is converted to the glucose. In the body, this glucose is utilized for the production of energy. The pancreas is a vital body organ. It lies near the stomach. It produces a hormone that is termed insulin for helping the glucose get into the cells of the body. When a person is suffering from diabetes, either the body does not make insulin or is unable to utilize the provided insulin. The result is the piling up of sugar in the bloodstream. Diabetes results in serious health related complications. These complications...
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...When diabetes is diagnosed, more is needed than just the knowledge that blood sugar is abnormally high, which is the basic definition of diabetes. If you asked the average man on the street: 'What is diabetes?', the most common answer would be: 'A lack of insulin.' In fact, less than 10% of diabetics are what is known as insulin dependent, and this is usually diabetes of childhood, what is referred to these days as Type 1 diabetes. The most common form of diabetes, however, which is becoming a world-wide epidemic, is Type 2 diabetes which is caused by an entirely different underlying pathology. Usually, insulin is not given on a regular basis to treat this type of diabetes. As you can see, it is important to know which type of diabetes it is to know which treatment is...
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...Type 1 Diabetes, once known as insulin-dependent diabetes, is an unending condition in which the pancreas delivers practically some or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone needed to permit sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy. It is also sometimes known as juvenile diabetes, because it usually developed in children and teenagers, but now found to be developed at any age. ORGAN SYSTEMS/ORGANS AFFECTED The organ systems/organs affected are: • The cardiovascular system: Organs: The heart and Blood vessels • Nervous system: Nerve damage (neuropathy) • Urinary system: Kidney damage (nephropathy) • Eye damage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM In the cardiovascular system, the organs affected are, the heart and blood vessels. Those diagnosed with type...
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...cancer, or diabetes. In IIT we had to make a PowerPoint saying if we could make the world a better place, what would we do? We chose to research Type 1 diabetes, also known as Juvenile diabetes. Juvenile diabetes is often found in kids to young adults between the ages of 1 -20, but they can often be found in older people also. According to diabetes.org , about 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year, and only about 5% of the diabetic population have type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death, with a total of 234,015 death certificates listing diabetes as the under laying or contributing cause of death in the United States in 2010. Along with the death rate, about 208,000 people under the age of 20 acquired diabetes. During our...
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...Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system is activated to destroy the cells in the pancreas, which produce insulin. This hormone allows your body to use the glucose from carbohydrates, found in food consumption as an energy source, as well as the storage of glucose in the body for future usage. Studies suggest that childhood diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes will develop an overly more aggressive form of the disease, than seen in teenagers, or beyond. This newly found study indicates that those who are diagnosed before the age of seven, will experience a large number of genetic disturbances such as cell loss, resulting in an outstandingly sizeable amount of insulin injections, and finger-prick blood tests needing to be had before adulthood....
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...Diabetes is a chronic metabolic condition associated with abnormally high levels of glucose in the blood resulting from the body's inability to produce insulin or resistance to insulin action, or both.[1] Out of all cases of diabetes, Type 1 diabetes represents 5% to 10%. Its risk factors include autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors. To be honest, there are no known approaches to prevent type 1 diabetes. The other 90% to 95% of all diagnosed diabetes cases is represented by Type 2 diabetes. This form of diabetes usually happens when the body is unable to produce enough insulin to address the resistance. The pancreas may reduce the production of insulin or eventually stop producing it.[2] In spite of the fact that the pathogenesis...
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...Diabetes is a disease that occurs when the body cannot use insulin properly. Another reason that diabetes may occur is because the body doesn’t make enough of the hormone insulin. 23.6 million People in the United States have diabetes. When diagnosed with diabetes, people can live a normal life if they manage it correctly (Family Doctor). Diabetes is a complex disease which is categorized into a few different types and requires a variety of treatments. There are two types of diabetes as well as Pre-diabetes. Prediabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are high, but not so high that the doctor can say that its diabetes. Pre-diabetes is becoming more common in the United States. This type of diabetes greatly increases the risk of getting type...
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...challenges type 1 diabetes patient’s face during adolescence and the transition whilst seeking how the nurse's role helps. It is noticed that type 1 diabetes is the second leading chronic problem found among teenagers. The major source of suffering is premature mortality and morbidity that is connected with the problem of diabetes. Different therapies are available for this problem but it needs balancing doses of insulin, exercise, and diet with frequent feedback from the blood glucose monitoring results. Younger people suffering from type 1 diabetes possess increased chance of creating psychological problems during the stage of adolescence, which includes depression, adjustment difficulties,...
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...Abstract Diabetes is a word that is used for a group of metabolic diseases, where a person has high blood glucose (less formally known as blood sugar), either because the body doesn't make enough insulin or the body doesn't act properly around insulin or both. "People that have high blood sugar will usually experience polyuria (frequent urination), they will become increasingly thirsty (polydipsia) and hungry (polyphagia)" (Medical News Today). There are three different types of diabetes; type-1, type-2, and gestational. Each of the three types of diabetes has different causes, symptoms, and treatments. Gestational Diabetes This type of diabetes only affects females during pregnancy. So needless to say gestational diabetes is only diagnosed...
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...Type 1 Diabetes has many negative effects some of the major ones include pregnancy complications, nephropathy, heart and blood vessel diseases, and neuropathy. All of these complications can be prevented and most cured or treated. Pregnancy complications are one of the negative effects of Type 1 Diabetes. Maternal death is recorded as such if it happens during the pregnancy or up to forty two days after delivery. In 1980, of all the diabetic pregnant women one half a percent of them died from maternal death. Although since 1980 there have been developments in treatment and obstetric management; this meaning that the percentage has decreased. Between 1975 and 1997 at the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, 972 women mean to deliver but they all died. All these deaths were caused by something. Hypoglycemia is an abnormal decrease of sugar in the blood which can and has caused the death of many diabetic women. Ketoacidosis is another disease that causes death. ketoacidosis is when...
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...In this article I will be talking about diabetes. I have chosen diabetes because my grandmother has it and I would like to know what it is and what diabetes does. I have always wondered why diabetics have to take insulin. I will be talking about the disease and its symptoms, possible treatments if possible, and healthful behaviors that can help prevent a person from getting the disease if possible. There are two type of diabetes, type one diabetes and type two diabetes. Type one diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Type two diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way the body processes blood sugar. The symptoms of diabetes are frequent urination, thirst, weight gain, blurred...
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