children alike. Today’s children are living with an epidemic that will surely shorten their lives. Obesity in children can affect virtually every organ system in the child’s body causing many medical conditions from high blood pressure to diabetes. Obesity varies across the United States touching each and every culture. Recent increases in obesity likely result from the interaction of biological, social, and cultural factors within an environment char¬acterized by limited opportunities
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children eat at home also affect their weight. Research shows that being obese or overweight is linked to risks of chronic disease, disability, death, and decreased productivity and quality of life. These individuals have high risk of hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, etc. And that Child obesity increases the risk of having heart disease and stroke before they turn 30. Studies have also found that more children are eating away from home, snacking in between meals
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Your Nursing Class # Instructor’s Name November 18, 2011 R.C. is a 42 year old Native-American male that presents to the ER today generally looking ill and, appears to be 10 years older than his stated age. He is dehydrated, and has had Type 1 diabetes, which was diagnosed ten years ago. He has been sick for the last 2 days; as stated by his wife, “I brought him in today (ER) because he is just not getting any better.” Mrs. C. also said that her husband has vomited, over the last 2 days. R.’s
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Penyakit dengan Manajemen-diri Penderita Diabetes yang Memiliki Riwayat Keturunan. Skripsi, Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Airlangga, 2012. ….+….halaman, …lampiran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara persepsi penyakit dengan manajemen-diri penderita diabetes yang memiliki riwayat keturunan. Manajemen-diri dalam penelitian adalah kumpulan perawatankesehatan yang harus dilakukan penderita diabetes untuk mengendalikan kadar glukosa. Perawatan
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eview Diabetes in the classroom: The unseen disability Efficiently managing the blood glucose levels of the diabetic child in the elementary classroom is essential in maintaining the overall health of the whole child. Today, there are many documented academic, behavioral, and health related consequences related to poor care of the diabetic child. In today’s education systems, it is imperative that teachers become aware of the nature of the disease and the elements of care in order to effectively
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Diabetes Management February 2015 A Word About Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus: Type 1 What Is It? Diabetes is a common disorder. It’s marked by high blood sugar. Insulin controls how much sugar stays in your blood. The pancreas makes the hormone insulin. People who have type 1 diabetes can no longer make this hormone. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. Most people with diabetes have type 2. Type 1 diabetes often starts in childhood. But, it can start
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diabetes Before you begin your teaching plan be sure to define the characteristics of the clinical site and patient population. The teaching plan should be customized to this population. This is a sample teaching plan that you can use and customize to your needs. You may want to design a pre-test and post-test to give your patients would are attending the teaching program. Based on statistics from the Centers for Disease Control website, 17.0 million people in the United States, approximately
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Diabetes in the Elderly Population Janet Houston Grand Canyon University NRS 427V November 08, 2015 Diabetes in the Elderly Population My goal was to make the people in the community center aware or the cost and aware of ways to help reduce the incidents of diabetes. My goal was not to have them expect I had some cure for diabetes, but information some new and some that I was sure they had heard in the past. Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the African American population
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Gestational Diabetes Gestational Diabetes Gestational Diabetes 3/8/11 Gestational Diabetes Pathophysiology Gestational diabetes occurs because there is an increase in hormones such as estrogen and that leads to lower levels of glucose as well as many other things that lead to side effects of pregnancy. As the women progresses through her pregnancy, the glucose levels increase steadily and increase as the sensitivity of insulin is decreasing. As the placenta grows, more insulin is needed
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Table 4. Platform Patient Cases Medical Terms Worksheet TERM | PREFIX(S) | ROOT(S) | SUFFIX(S) | LITERAL MEANING | DICTIONARY MEANING | Alcoholic | | AlcoholAlcohol | -icpertaining | Pertaining to alcohol | Relating to alcohol | Afebrile | a-without | Frebrilfever | | Without fever | Without fever | Angioma | | AngiBlood, lymp | -omatumor | Blood tumor | benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels or lymph vessels | Ascites | | AscBag | -itesPertaining
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