Module 6: Hormones Question 1: Alice is a 70 year old woman with low vitamin D levels who recently broke a hip. She has osteoporosis. She was given several medications to try to improve bone density, however, they were unsuccessful as she could not tolerate the medications. What hormone might she be given to treat the osteoporosis? How does this medication help? How would this be effected by a low TSH? Osteoporosis is a disease in which excessive loss of calcium from the bones occur without adequate
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pero a largo plazo afecta hasta la productividad del individuo y por ende de todo un país, ya que son enfermedades discapacitantes. Las enfermedades más relacionadas a la obesidad son: aumento de la presión arterial (hipertensión arterial), diabetes mellitus tipo 2, enfermedades del corazón como infartos, niveles de grasas de la sangre alteradas (dislipidemias), y en su conjunto forman lo que se ha denominado el síndrome metabólico. La obesidad se ha convertido en un grave problema de salud pública
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Many people do not truly understand what Diabetes is. The more people understand this disease, the easier it will be to prevent it. Knowledge about how the body digests its food and how it uses glucose would benefit most people who are high risk for developing Diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic illness that involves the balance of glucose and insulin in the body. Glucose is vital to the body because muscles and tissues depend on it for energy. Insulin is a chemical that prompts the cells to absorb
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is the national diabetes pathway from the National Institution for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which was published in February 2015 (NICE, 2015). I will also exploring local agendas and guidelines that are available from a local trust. I will be exploring one patient in particular, who cannot be named for confidentiality reasons, in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Councils (NMC, 2008) the code of conduct governing patient confidentiality, (NMC, 2008). Diabetes is growing in the
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preceptorship at the Veterans Administration at White River Junction takes place at the Green Mountain Clinic, one of the several clinics at WRJ. This week I was up there twice. The first visit this week was to meet with a multidisciplinary team that runs a “Diabetes Shared Medical Appointment.” The meeting is the first of a series of three meetings that take place in a conference room with about 10 diabetic or pre diabetic patients that have been screened with high A1C results. The multidisciplinary team consists
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Intra and Extra cellular concentrations of sodium and potassium as related to osmotic balance. Know the physical signs/symptoms of electrolyte imbalances including hyper and hypo natremia, kalemia, and calcemia. SIADH lab and imaging findings Diabetes insipidus lab and imaging findings Week 4 Topic 4 Acidosis and Alkalosis Know your acid-bases! Week 5 Topic 5 Cardiovascular Causes of Fatigue Cor-pulmonale, cardiomyopathies Week 6 Topic 6 Thyroid, Adrenal, Liver Fatigue Hashimoto’s
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Managing the Needs of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus LO1 Type 2 diabetes is a serious chronic condition affecting the body’s ability to regulate blood glucose levels. According to Diabetes UK (2012), there were 2.9 million people in the UK diagnosed with diabetes in 2012, and this is estimated to increase to 5 million by 2025. Up to 90% of people with diabetes are thought to be type 2. According to Diabetes UK (2006), many are unaware they have the condition
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The Current and Future Burden of Diabetes in Malaysia * * * Dr. Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, discusses the alarming rates at hand. Data on the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) risk factors for Malaysia are obtained primarily through the National Health and Morbidity Surveys (NHMS), conducted by the Ministry of Health (MOH). This population-based survey was first conducted in 1986, and was then repeated
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Wrong Treatment, Bad Outcome: Why Sliding Scale Insulin Should not be Prescribed to College-Age Students For a patient with newly-diagnosed, type one Diabetes Mellitus (DM1) who is new to managing her insulin and diet, a diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) would not be unusual. For a 19 year-old college student who went from suddenly losing weight (after a life of being overweight) to gaining weight (after trying to follow a rigid insulin and dietary regimen), a diagnosis of DKA is all but
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with. Out of the two of them, Balko is the one I have sided with. In his essay DZ states “Before 1994, only about 5 percent of childhood cases were obesity-related, or Type 2 diabetes. In 2002, "according to the National Institutes of Health, Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country"(Zinczenko) This number has grown according to most health studies. Though, Zinczenko states this fact firmly. He does not provide a strong connection to this
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