World Health Day 2016: Beat diabetes 7 April 2016 - World Health Day Background In 2008, an estimated 347 million people in the world had diabetes and the prevalence is growing, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In 2012, the disease was the direct cause of some 1.5 million deaths, with more than 80% of those occurring in low- and middle-income countries. WHO projects that diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death by 2030. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either
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Malfunctions of Homeostasis – The endocrine and nervous system work together to maintain homeostatic control in the body and communicate to regulate the body’s functions. They rely on chemical messages in order to function – the nervous system uses electrical impulses and the endocrine system uses hormones. They rely on the hypothalamus to coordinate these bodily functions. The endocrine system - Regulates any fluctuations in the body such as temperature levels, blood glucose levels and ADH
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Comorbidity Linkage: Many studies indicate that there is a relationship between obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. These conditions are well documented risk factors to coronary artery disease. Insulin resistance and arterial hypertension has been shown to be more evident in patients with obesity. Obesity has been linked to an increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which results in elevated plasma levels of the vasoconstrictor endothelin-1, and decreased
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psychosocial factors that influence her diabetes. She is an child of a single parent and is an adolescent female with the responsibility for caring for her younger sibling. who is overweight. She questions her own self image and confidence and feels left out at school and rejected by her peers. She is hurt by her mother who suggests to her to exercise and lose weight and thereby copes by binge eating, She is beginning to exhibit signs and symptoms of diabetes with frequent urination, noticeable fatigue
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Type 1 Diabetes HS 200 Unit 8 Capstone Project: Type 1 Diabetes Kaplan University July 8, 2014 An abundant amount of research throughout the years of the disease, Type 1 diabetes, has been completed leading physicians and patients to a pathway of a better understanding of the disease, the diagnostic approaches as well as the management skills needed to control the disease and its effects on the body. As Type 1 diabetes is thought to be an autoimmune response
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associated with poor health, working in a government run facility we encounter multiple patients with this socioeconomic status. Working with the homeless population presents challenges that alone could be managed if in a more stable environment. Diabetes becomes difficult to manage when a patient has no means to handle such a complicated disease. Along with common barriers the homeless deal with stereotypes and prejudice when trying to seek out help for their health care management. Workplace
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of insulin. • regulates glucose metabolism • stimulates lipogenesis • stimulates growth 4. Describe the major pathophysiologic difference between type 1 and type 2 DM. • Type 1 diabetes, the body produces insufficient insulin to regulate blood glucose levels, known as ‘insulin dependent’. • Type 2 diabetes, the body produces sufficient insulin, but the body’s cells do not respond effectively to insulin, thus ‘insulin resistant’. 5. What are the risk factors for type 2 DM? Place a star
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Revive Lemonade was created as a new way to introduce raw foods in to one of the highest rated obesity community in the City Chicago. In the past several month this community along has been the rated number one area for high blood pressure and diabetes disease case in the whole City of Chicago. Mission Revive Lemonade has the ability to change life for the better for a longer lasting future. Our mission is to bring healthier food in this community. First, a mission statement is a brief expression
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“Ma'am, your daughter has diabetes,”the doctor explained somberly. I was shocked; I thought this meant she had a terminal illness, such as cancer. The doctor told me that she would be fine as long as we acted promptly and followed certain guidelines, but this would change almost every aspect of our lives. Finding out that my daughter has diabetes was traumatic for our entire family, but dealing with all the dietary and medical demands has shown me that a mother's love does not stop at a feeling—it
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which leads Jenna to using her friend’s blood to register in her accu check machine all in the name wanting to please her dietician and mum. Peer support and personal model is very important point to look into for management of teen and adolescent diabetes management. Recent study on self-management in teenager has mainly focused on the relationship between teenagers and their families. However, the study commends that “greater attention be paid to the social context” in which the teenagers live which
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