Chronic Diseases: A Case Study

In accordance with the American Diabetes Association guidelines (ADA), a systematic and comprehensive evaluation must be conducted to determine which therapy or medical intervention has not been successful in managing the patient’s primary chief complaints. Furthermore, the medical evaluation must address whether the patient is currently receiving the most effect drug regimen available to minimize adverse drug-drug interactions. Once treatment problems are identified, proper resolutions must be discussed with the patient and his family prior to their implementation to facilitate the discontinuation of current treatment methods or to complement their use. More importantly, medical alterations to the current treatment strategy must first be clinically approved to alleviate his condition and reduce his overall dependency on drugs. To achieve
In the case of chronic diseases, it is hypothesized that the abundance of food and our relative access to it has greatly contributed to the prevalence of many of the diseases we see today. Stated differently, our social transition from a hunter-gatherer based lifestyle to a more sedentary and consumer approach has removed certain biological pressures throughout subsequent generations that have resulted in significant changes to our metabolic and development process as a species making us more predisposed to develop a chronic disease during our lifetime. In the case of the patient (P.E), the clinical and therapeutic outcome should be determined by considering both medical urgency and his preferences or needs. Furthermore, the patient and family should be considered as primary candidates for referral with a licensed diabetes educator that can facilitate the continuity of care and reinforce nutritional concepts to improve the patient’s overall wellbeing and help with his blood glucose