CC Mary is a 70-year-old female here today with her friend Barbara‚ after receiving Phytel call regarding follow up of her diabetes and hyperlipidemia. HPI The patient tells me that she is doing reasonably well‚ since I have last seen her. She has been to see several specialists‚ including Dr. Kunz and Dr. Meattey. Dr. Kunz‚ rheumatology Dr. Meattey for endocrinology. She reports that there was some discussion as to a diagnoses‚ but she was finally diagnosed with PMR and was placed on steroids
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pressure‚ body mass index and waist circumference. Hemoglobin A1C lab values exposes the numbers relating to diabetes. Lab values of Hba1c are 5.6 and below are normal lab values‚ 5.7-6.4 are prediabetes‚ 6.5 or greater means the individual has diabetes. 13Diabetes mellitus affects an estimated 29.1 million people in the United States and is the 7th leading cause of death.14Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem. 14Prediabetes is defined as impaired glucose tolerance or impaired
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. What type of medication is prescribed to diabetics? Insulin. 2. What type of medication is prescribed to diabetics? For human insulin‚ it is consists of two polypeptide chains in which the chain A has 21 amino acids and chain B has 30 amino acids (Beta Cell Biology Consortium‚ 2014). Other than that‚ the two polypeptide chains are connected by two inter-chain disulfide bridges (Beta Cell Biology Consortium‚ 2014). For insulin from other animals‚ the structure is almost the same as human insulin
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the hospital‚ you’ll be okay”. One of the nurses then explained to me that I have been diagnosed with type I diabetes. I could not have imagined that my life would make a complete turn at such a young age.
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PROJECT PROPOSAL AIM :- Effective management of diabetes through periodic monitoring of Blood Gulcose and Diabetes education – A community initiative. OBJECTIVE :- To reduce the incidence of Diabetes complication‚ improving the productivity and the quality of life. LOCATION / AREA :- SIRIPURAM‚ GUNTUR (DT)‚ ANDRAPRADESH (ST). METHODOLOGY :- Diabetes mellitus is the silent disease in India. The decreased physical exercise‚ changing life styles & food
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Last October had been one of the most eye opening moments for me. I had been diagnosed with a life altering disease‚ which is closely related to diabetes. I found out that my body creates over twice the amount of insulin I need‚ working my pancreas too hard creating an abundance of problems. I have had to learn so much‚ and change so many aspects of my life because of this disease and the problems it creates. A lot of things lead up to my diagnosis‚ but it wasn’t an easy road to take. At first I
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Amber L. Ross Panola College Professor Kevin Rutherford How would you like to know that eating the chocolate cake on your birthday or having that big bowl of pasta could literally kill you? For the more than 220 million people worldwide who have diabetes this is the reality they live with daily. (World Health Organization 2009) This paper will inform you on the genetic and metabolic components of type 2 diabetes‚ as well as symptoms‚ diagnosis‚ treatments and economic
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Research Article Critique-Childhood Type II diabetes and Obesity University of Phoenix Research Article Critique Research critique enables nurses as a research consumer to evaluate the scientific merit of the study and decide how the results may be useful in practice. Critiquing involves intensive scrutiny of a study‚ including its strengths and weaknesses‚ statistical and clinical significance and the generalizability of the results. This paper will critique a medical quantitative study
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Case Study on Type2 Diabetes Mellitus This paper will look at the physiology of normal blood glucose. The pathophysiology of Diabetes mellitus type 2 with a description of some of the common presenting symptoms of polyuria‚ polydipsia and polyphagia. Explore the importance of incorporating the 5 components of managing the disease and discuss why the Indigenous population are more than 3.4 times more likely to be affected than non-indigenous Australians (AIHW 2006‚ Brown & Edwards 2008). The
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Roe V Wade: Pro-life The debate on abortion is one that still to this day has been constantly argued. This argument can be historically dated back to 1973‚ where a popular case was brought into the Supreme Court. This was the Roe V Wade case‚ which legalized abortions in “abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restrictions and with restrictions in later months” (Lewis). Jane Roe was the alias for Norma McCorvery. She was the one arguing that in Texas there should be abortions allowed
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