Diabetes Mellitus is a condition in which the amount of glucose or sugar in the blood is too high. Glucose comes from the digestion of starchy foods such as sweets‚ rice‚ potatoes and bread. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the destruction of pancreatic beta cells‚ the cells in the body that make the hormone insulin. Insulin is required for people to get energy from food‚ therefore‚ people with type 1 diabetes must take multiple injections of insulin each day
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Currently‚ there are many different medications that treat diabetes. Most people who are diagnosed with Type II diabetes are given medication instead of insulin. In most cases‚ a combination of drugs are used. These drugs work with the body to increase insulin production and make it easier for the body to eliminate glucose. Sulfonylureas are one of the most popular drugs used to treat diabetes. There are several different types of this drug on the market‚ the most popular being Glucotrol. These
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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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Type 1 Diabetes: Causes: Autoimmune Response Type 1 diabetes is usually a progressive autoimmune disease‚ in which the beta cells that produce insulin are slowly destroyed by the body’s own immune system. It is unknown what first starts this cascade of immune events‚ but evidence suggests that both a genetic predisposition and environmental factors‚ such as a viral infection‚ are involved. Islets of Langerhans contain beta cells and are located within the pancreas. Beta cells produce
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Material Appendix F Type I and Type II Diabetes What are the differences between Type I and Type II diabetes? By completing this chart‚ you will create an easy-to-read reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Use Ch. 13 of the text in addition to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Web site at http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp to find details about the two types of diabetes. Diabetes Mellitus Matrix |Form of Diabetes
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Informative Speech Outline: Diabetes Name: Man Shu Date: May 27‚ 2013 Lab Section # 4 and Lab Instructor ’s name: Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of three types of diabetes‚ the way to determine whether you have diabetes‚ pre-diabetes or neither‚ and the effective way to control diabetes. Central Idea: We can possibly stop this disease from growing so rapidly by understanding what diabetes is and finding out if we could be at risk Pattern of Organization: Topical Attention: If
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• Type 1 Type 1 often affects people under 30 years of age but can develop at any time. In Type 1 diabetes‚ your pancreas stops making insulin or only makes a very small amount. Without insulin‚ glucose cannot enter into your cells which need to burn glucose for energy. Some people are born with the genes‚ but only some will develop it. While there is no such thing as a good or bad diabetic‚ some individuals have very wide‚ unsteady swings in blood sugars. This happens when their bodies have extreme
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1. What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes? Be specific. The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes are Type 1 diabetes‚ the body’s immune system is destroying cells that release insulin. Which leads to eliminating insulin from the body. While type 2 diabetes the body can’t produce insulin the right way. 2. What predisposes someone to developing Type 2 Diabetes What causes someone to develop type 2 diabetes are genetics‚ unhealthy meal planning‚ and being overweight.
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Informative Speech Diabetes Specific Purpose: To give information about diabetes and the types. Introduction: There is something in the world that people are crazy for. It’s something that they just couldn’t live without and they always want more of it. That is the sweet taste of sugar. Although that sweet taste that everyone loves can’t be devoured by every person. The people that I am talking about is the people that are diabetics. Some diabetics can’t have any sugar or if they can have some
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Goal: At the end of the speech‚ the audience will know more about diabetes. Introduction: When I was a little girl I remember going to my mother to tattletale on my grandmother. I told my mother that I seen my grandmother poking her finger to make herself bleed just so that she could get a cool band aid. At that time‚ I thought band aids were pretty awesome. Little did I know‚ my grandmother had other reasons for poking her finger. I now know that reason is diabetes. Today I will help inform
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