Approximately two and a half years ago I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. That day single handedly changed my entire life. To this day I am not completely set on there this was a progression or a setback in my life. When I look at that day‚ It just astonishes me on how everything happened so fast. Everything about my life was changed in some way. While I told you my procedures‚ and how my diabetes works‚ I have yet to tell you of my diagnosis. All the signs to diagnose me ere present‚ but
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Introduction Diabetes the silent killer. Doesn’t sound very scary does it but don’t be fooled. This disease is very deadly. Could you see yourself engaging in any normal everyday activity‚ then all the sudden a major organ or organs began to fail and shutdown without any warning sign? And the cause is because you have high blood sugars that go unchecked and unregulated for so long it was silently putting stress and damaging your insides. Well today I’ll show you how a person with type one diabetes keeps
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DO NOT delegate what you can EAT! E - evaluate A - assess T - teach addisons= down‚ down down up down cushings= up up up down up addisons= hyponatremia‚ hypotension‚ decreased blood vol‚ hyperkalemia‚ hypoglycemia cushings= hypernatremia‚ hypertension‚ incrased blood vol‚ hypokalemia‚ hyperglycemia No Pee‚ no K (do not give potassium without adequate urine output) EleVate Veins; dAngle Arteries for better perfusion A= appearance (color all pink‚ pink and blue‚ blue [pale]) P= pulse (>100‚ < 100‚
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Diabetes in Relation with Depression in Women Have you ever wondered how diabetes has affected millions of women in the U.S.? Diabetes has been around for many years and is a chronic physical health problem and can lead to death and many‚ many more chronic illnesses over a woman’s lifetime. One of the major problem of having diabetes is that it can lead to depression. Depression had been diagnosed in many women and will continue to be diagnosed. Diabetes was discovered in 1910 by Sir Edward Albert
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and the goal is to return the individual to the best possible level of functioning (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). According to American Diabetes Association website‚ the 2011 diabetes statistics in America is 25.8 million of the population has diabetes. This paper focuses on the health promotion in primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary levels of patients diagnosed with diabetes. Health promotion can affect many factors of a patient’s life from progression of a disease to loss of school or work days therefore
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Charley Horse‚ otherwise known as muscle spasm or cramp‚ is a painful involuntary muscle contraction that don’t relax for several seconds or more. In other words‚ the muscles become hard‚ stiff‚ and sore.I think almost everyone experiences muscle spasm‚ at any age‚ and occurring any time of the day. It can occur in any muscles‚ but they are most common in the calf and foot. Muscle spasm also occur in the thigh‚ the hands‚ arms‚ abdomen‚ and on muscles on the rib cage area. Normally‚ spasm is not
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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME IBS is a common disorder that affects the large intestine. Other names for this disease are spastic colon‚ nervous colon‚ and colitis. Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea is sometimes referred to as ISB-D and the patient would experience loose watery stools at least 25% of the time and hard or lumpy stools less than 25% of the time. Diarrhea is one of the most associated with IBS. There are also other types of IBS but to be diagnosed it would determine on the types of
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Diabetic people are advised to avoid sugary merchandise as a result of they will trigger the blood sugar ranges to surge up. That is dangerous within the brief term as a result of the particular person may feel unwell and have to make use of insulin substitute therapy to reduce the blood sugar. It is unhealthy in the long run because blood sugar control is vital in preventing further diabetic problems‚ like neuropathy‚ retinopathy and cardiovascular diseases. However this poses an issue for a diabetic
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Freak suffers from the disease known as Morquio Syndrome‚ which affects his metabolism. The disease presents when the body is missing or doesn’t have enough of a substance needed to break down long chains of sugar molecules called glycosaminoglycans. Morquio Syndrome is a rare inherited birth defect that is estimated to occur in one of every 200‚000 birth. The disease may not be visible at birth but symptoms usually begin between ages 1 and 3. Morquio syndrome is an inherited condition‚ which means
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JA’s Weight Bearing Intervention Session by Jeanese Murdock‚ OTAS Care Team Home Health-Keely Peel‚ COTA Overview of Patients Occupational Profile JA is a 14 year old male with severe spastic Cerebral palsy and scoliosis. JA is on a trach and requires 24 hour assistance. He is seen two times a week by OT and the treatment sessions are mainly focused on range of motion and taylor sitting to decrease the contractures. When starting a session he is very tight‚ by the end on a thirty minute session you
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