Ever wondered about Diabetes? You may never have known that it is one of the most commonly misunderstood diseases in our world today. One of the reasons for this is because a lot of people think that Diabetes is affected by sugar intake. Well that is definitely wrong because Diabetes is all about the control and regulation of Insulin; a growth hormone produced in the pancreas. Insulin’s primary role is to control the level of blood glucose or blood sugar in the body in order to keep it from getting
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The Ins and Outs of Diabetes Mellitus Type One and Two Ana P. Pesqueira Lonestar College Montgomery Abstract This paper will discuss and inform readers on the disease diabetes. There are two types of diabetes that affect human beings‚ Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus‚ in this paper the term diabetes will refer to diabetes mellitus. It will touch down on what causes diabetes and the symptoms that those with diabetes possess. The two type of diabetes‚ type 1 and type 2 will be explained thoroughly
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Guidelines for Type II Diabetes Type II diabetes is a severe form of diabetes caused by inadequate production of insulin and resulting in anomalous metabolism of carbohydrates‚ fats‚ and proteins. Diabetes usually appears in children and slowly progresses by the increase of sugar levels in the blood stream and urine. Facts show that 90%-95% of people with diabetes have type II diabetes (ADA‚ 2006). This is usually caused by lack of nutrition or inactivity. Type II diabetes is usually found in
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Munyah Zaqan Clinical Biochemistry Dec-2016 Diabetes Mellitus is a heterogeneous disorder‚ in which IDDM‚ and NIDDM are the major types. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM‚ type 1) is frequently arisen when the immune system recognizes β-cells of pancreatic islet and destroys them. As a result‚ the body is not able to metabolize glucose properly due to lack of insulin production. It is usually affected young adults who are less than forty years old‚ and characterized by polyuria‚ polydipsia
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Type 2 diabetes is a disease where people’s bodies cannot properly use the insulin that is produced in the pancreas. Historically‚ type 2 diabetes was only diagnosed in older adults‚ generally after the age of 45. It was previously believed that diabetes would only affect the older population as the disease was called “Adult Onset Diabetes”. However‚ in the modern world‚ there are a growing number of cases of younger people and children being diagnosed daily. Type 2 diabetes typically goes unnoticed
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conditions that women find themselves faced with during pregnancy such as gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a conditions which develops during pregnancy. It occurs when the body is incapable of producing enough insulin to for the mother and fetus. If not properly managed it can cause adverse complications to the mother and the baby. Bassaw et al (2012) states “the main purpose of diagnosing gestational diabetes is to identify women at high risk of adverse perinatal outcomes including macrosomia
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Diabetes Type 1 This type of diabetes is more rare than type 2 and occurs when the body cannot produce insulin. Insulin must get replaced with injections to control blood sugar level. The imbalance is mostly caused by autoimmune problems that make the body turn against itself and damages the pancreas‚ which in turn make the diabetic insulin dependent. It normally develops in people under 40. Though it is possible to develop at any age‚ it is common to start with people who are younger than 20 –
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Nursing Research Article Danielle Diatte Loyola University Chicago Summary This article‚ “Relationship between call light use and response time and inpatient falls in acute care settings”‚ focused on three main points of interest. The first was the use of call lights from inpatients and their families. The second was the nurses’ response time to the call light. Finally‚ the third was the amount of inpatient falls that occurred. The goal of the study was to determine whether the call
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Kytela Medearis Biology I 13 March 2013 Diabetes Mellitus: Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia. Most of us love sugar‚ right? We love coming home and just snacking on the yummiest foods we can find‚ foods that are not particularly good for us. When Halloween comes around we cannot wait to fill our pillowcases with candy‚ and go home and stuff our faces with all of the goodies. But did you know that people who are diabetic aren’t able to do that? Before eating anything; they have to check their blood
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Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar levels that result from defects in insulin secretion‚ or its action‚ or both. Diabetes mellitus‚ commonly referred to as diabetes which was first identified as a disease associated with "sweet urine‚" and excessive muscle loss in the ancient world. Elevated levels of blood glucose lead to spillage of glucose into the urine‚ hence the term sweet urine. The most common form of diabetes is Type II‚ It
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