Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services HCA/240 December 1, 2013 Lorie Larson Diabetes is not only a disease, it is a deadly disease. Countless number of people has died from this disease worldwide, and many of which died right here in the United States of America. Learning about diabetes and getting tested early will definitely help with the number of expected cases and death. Being aware of this deadly disease and trends has definitely impacted our society in a good way
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Diabetes Pathophysiology * The underlying pathophysiologic defect in type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Following this destruction, the individual has an absolute insulin deficiency and no longer produces insulin. Autoimmune beta cell destruction is thought to be triggered by an environmental event, such as a viral infection. Genetically determined susceptibility factors increase the risk of such autoimmune phenomena. * About 90% of diabetic Americans have
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DIABETES Definition: Diabetes is a condition where the body fails to utilize ingested glucose. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood – it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies. It’s a metabolism disorderthat causes excessive thirst and production of large amounts of urine because the kidneys fail to conserve water. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. When our food is digested, the glucose makes
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PREGESTATIONAL CONDITIONS CARDIAC CONDITIONS INCIDENCE: 1% or 1 in every 100 pregnancies. Over 75% of heart disease in pregnancy is valvular, often Rheumatic Fever or RHD. Effects of pregnancy on heart disease: Increased blood volume and cardiac output Cardiac output and blood volume increase about 50% more during pregnancy (increase workload to the heart) During labor and delivery, cardiac workload increases even more (every time the uterus contracts about 1 or 2 units of blood
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Type 2 Diabetes Type (II) Diabetes Diabetes is a complex metabolic disease that is generally categorized by either relative or absolute insulin deficiency. In 1997 the ADA issued new diagnostic and classification criteria for this disease. The classification of diabetes mellitus includes four clinical classes. • Type I diabetes (results from beta cell destruction, usually leading to absolute insulin deficiency). • Type II diabetes (results from a progressive insulin secretory
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restrictions. Diabetes Is also called diabetes mellitus, what it does is describes a group of metabolic diseases in where you have high blood glucose, which is high blood sugar. You will experience frequent urination called polyuria, and become more thirsty and hungry. There are two types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. With type 1, your body doesn’t make enough insulin, which is a hormone. Type 2 is where your body doesn’t produce enough of the insulin to function properly. There is Gestational Diabetes
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Diabetes Case Study Diana Gallardo, Karen Joy, Brianna Herrera, Svetlana Knyazeva NUR/427 5/6/2013 Sara Gerrie RN, MSN, CPNP Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic illness affecting the metabolic and endocrine function of the body. Type 1 diabetes affects 5% to 10% of people with the disease, whereas type 2 diabetes affects nearly 90% to 95% of people with the disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2008). An overview of the incidence of diabetes in the United States, signs
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| Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus | | | | Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder that is rising at an alarming rate across all age groups in the United States and around the world. Because of the surge of new diagnoses of DM, medical journals are referring to this disorder as an epidemic and pandemic. According to Brass (2014), “diabetes kills one individual every six seconds across the globe, and it is expected to rise 55 percent in the next 20 years”
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) also known as simply diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.[2] This high blood sugar produces the symptoms of frequent urination, increased thirst, and increased hunger. Untreated, diabetes can cause many complications.[3] Acute complications include diabetic ketoacidosis and nonketotic hyperosmolar coma.[4] Serious long-term complications include heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, foot ulcers and damage
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United States (CDC). Chronic diseases and conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity and arthritis cause suffering and limitations to daily functioning. Many of the diseases are preventable and those that are not can be treated properly if patients are properly educated on how to help themselves. The program I will be working on is to help prevent, control and treat diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the body is either no longer making a hormone called insulin
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