Category: Diabetes

  • Type 2 Diabetes Management in Primary School Children

    Goal: To prevent and minimize health risks for primary school children with diabetes in the Playford Council Area. Objectives Strategies Process Indicators Data Collection Methods To promote the awareness of the target group about the risks of type 2 diabetes and their management when at school Advertise the program in local schools and their newsletters…

  • Diabetes: Community Teaching

    Table of Contents Secondary Prevention of Diabetes Complications Identified Population and Community Setting Individual Education to Diverse Patient Populations Options for Delivery References Secondary Prevention of Diabetes Complications Diabetes is one of the most widespread diseases in the United States. A high number of risk factors and potential complications make this illness especially dangerous. Secondary…

  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Etiology

    Table of Contents Epidemiology Pathophysiology Clinical Manifestations Workup Nonpharmacological and Pharmacological Management Education Follow-Up Second-Line and Third-Line Treatment References Decreased insulin sensitivity in the muscle, tissue, and liver leads to increased insulin production by beta cells of the pancreas. When beta cells can no longer secrete enough insulin to maintain blood sugar levels, hyperglycemia occurs.…

  • Supporting Patients With Diabetes in U.S.

    The central problem that this essay raises describes the characteristics of the U.S. health care system in the context of supporting patients with diabetes. More specifically, the essay examines the scientific necessity of patent law and the resulting lack of competition in the industry market as the leading causes of the dramatic rise in drug…

  • Evidence-Based Practices to Reduce the Risks of Diabetes

    A persons lifestyle can directly affect their health in various ways. An unhealthy lifestyle can lead to a diverse range of diseases later in life, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, and others. Lifestyle choices that can cause these adverse outcomes include eating habits, physical activity habits, sleeping habits, etc. According to scholars, an unhealthy…

  • Type 2 Diabetes: Study Purpose, Design and Results

    Table of Contents Purpose Design Results Conclusion Reference Purpose Maintaining glucose levels in the blood has proven to help type two diabetic patients control their situational conditions. This investigation, which went for two weeks, was to test if patients who would exercise at moderate intensities ten hours a day could reduce hyperglycemia, which also proved…

  • Diabetes Mellitus: Information Collection

    Table of Contents Legal Considerations Information Collection Information Lifecycle References Currently, diabetes mellitus is one of the most common non-communicable diseases in the world. This factor threatens the entire population of the planet. Diabetes is characterized by a long duration and slow progression. This is a chronic disease that affects how the body converts food…

  • Type 1 Diabetes and Appropriate Therapeutic Diet

    Food and Nutrient Intake and Assessment In type 1 diabetes therapy, nurses monitor the quantity and quality of food that patients consume in their diet. Health workers also analyze the drinks consumed and the diet in general. To record the results of the assessment, the nurses make entries in the food diary, indicating the quantity,…

  • Symptoms of Type I Diabetes

    The patient provides information about chest pain, polyuria, and sweating. The patient also notes recurrent symptoms such as blurred vision and numbness of the limbs. The possible symptoms inherent to diabetes, which the patient also mentions, are unmotivated weakness, drowsiness, persistent thirst, and dry mouth. Pain in the limbs worsens during the physical activities. Sharp…

  • Type 2 Diabetes: Diabetes in Canada

    Type 2 diabetes is a disease that presents a great danger to the life of a human being, and there is currently no cure for it. It has an array of symptoms and signs that help identify this ailment, and, in turn, ease its consequences through treatment. The specific causes for it might differ, but…