A Brief Note On Diabetes And Its Effects

Diabetes can be defined as a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism. This disorder usually occurs in a person’s genes. This means that many people may have diabetes because someone in their family has had it in the past. Diabetes is characterized by the minimal production and usage of insulin. This results in an excess amount of sugar in the blood and urine. Some other side effects that may occur in a patient with diabetes is, excessive thirst, weight loss, and in some. In much more serious cases of diabetes, small blood vessels are destroyed leading to infections and gangrene, which results in amputation of limbs, and blindness. Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood sugar. Blood sugar is also known

Diabetes Mellitus is not a new disease. It was first recognized in ancient Egypt around 1500 B.C.E. It was considered a rare condition in comparison to present times. In 1812, diabetes was acknowledged as a clinical disorder. However, its prevalence at the time was not well documented. During those time periods, diabetes was considered fatal (Polonsky, 2014). The most significant progress came with the discovery of insulin. In 1921, Frederick G. Banting, MD and then student assistant, Charles H. Best, made the discovery of insulin. This discovery led Dr. Banting to being

Insulin. Needles. Syringes. Test strips. Glucose. Ketones. Insulin Pump. Endocrinologist. These are all things that go hand in hand with diabetes. Everyone who has diabetes goes through different events or problems each and every day. However, there is more than just one type of diabetes that corresponds with these things; there are two distinct types. It is unsure how Diabetes was discovered but now there are much simpler ways to detect if someone is diabetic. As time has gone on, it is greatly apparent that the technology and all that scientists know about diabetes has changed.

That is usually due to a complication of blood vessels in tissue and organs. There are ways to identify if you are prone to type I diabetes. If someone in your family already has this disease you can be more prone to getting it. Illnesses can also lead to type I diabetes by the decreasing of the immune system. Parents that are tested positive for the autoantibodies will put someone in a higher risk for getting type I diabetes. There are also dietary needs like lack of vitamin D that can put someone at risk. Newborn babies that are exposed to cow milk or anything that includes cow milk can develop the disease. “Certain countries, such as Finland and Sweden, have higher rates of type 1 diabetes” (Castro, 2014). Even though, some people have high risk, doesn’t mean they will for sure get this disease. For type 2 diabetes, there are more risk factors to look out for. Weight is a risk factor by the inability of insulin to be absorbed by the cell due to the fat tissue being in the way. By that being said if someone has a sedentary lifestyle then that will increase fat tissue. What is similar to type I diabetes is that for type II diabetes it can also be a risk if any family member has the disease. “People of certain races- including blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asian-Americans- are at higher risk” (Castro, 2014). The more the age increases the most prone the person is to get type II diabetes due

Diabetes is a chronic illness that impacts 371 million people in the world, but about another 187 people are not diagnosed. It is the 7th leading cause of death in the united states, and 8th cause world wide. Many people are uneducated about diabetes, and are only familiar with Type 2. There are two main types of diabetes, Type 2, and Type 1 or juvenile diabetes. A third form of diabetes is called Gestational diabetes, but it only affects about 4% of pregnant women. Diabetes was first mentioned in 1552 B.C in Egypt. Hesy-Ra, an Egyptian physician was the first known to document the 'mysterious disease. Many centuries after this first documentation, people had better understandings of this disease. Diabetes was diagnosed by "water tasters"

Looking at the risk factors for Type 1 and Type 2 there are really no risk factors that are the same for both, except the metabolic part of the disease. You may be predisposed for Diabetes due to heredity, environmental, metabolic issues, age, obesity, immobility and lack of proper nutrition. In most diabetic patients with Type 1 its more of an autoimmune like disorder, due to the beta cell being destroyed or damaged. The body is not being able to produce enough insulin which will make the patient hyperglycemic and this will effect major organs. Caucasians are at the highest risk and onset is in childhood. In Type 2 African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians are more at risk due to strong genetics

Diabetes is a disease of the body is unreceptive to the hormone insulin that is secreted by the pancreas or in some cases the body doesn’t produce any insulin at all. This causes high blood sugar levels in the urine and the blood that can pose detrimental effect on someone if left untreated. The role of the pancreas in this disorder was discovered by Joseph Von Mering and Oskar

Diabetes at one point in time was a disease that was known to only affect older adults. But in today’s time it has become something that not only affects the older population but every age group. Diabetes has become an economic amount of weight on individuals in today’s society due to the increase in size of the population. What is Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus is a common Metabolic Disorder it passes large amounts of urine that has been described by Greek and by Roman Physician as Diabetes. The term Mellitus refers and means a sweet taste (Barrett, Biotanio, and Brooks 2012). The name of the Disease reveals one of the most important Clinical manifestations, which are passing sweet- tasted urine and in other words means the presence of sugar in person urine.

For over one century nurses around the world have dedicatedly provided care for patients at the bedside. However, once discharged to home an increasing number of these patients still require nursing care and are unable to afford so. These patients are parishioners; we attend church with on Sundays mornings. The parishioners are experiencing several health issues they face daily. Therefore, establishing a parish nursing to help parishioners address their health issues is paramount to improving these individuals’ quality of life. This chapter contains an overview of parish nursing and their impact they have in health care.

The term "diabetes" was first coined by Araetus of Cappodocia in Ancient Greece (81-133AD). The horrific disease was described by Araetus as “ A wonderful affection being a melting down of the flesh and limbs into urine. The patient never stops drinking water but the 373). During the time of Araetus, there was nothing that could be done to help the patient with flow is incessant as if from the opening of the aqueducts. The patient is short lived.” (Ahmed, this disease. As noted by Araetus, life lasts “only for a time, but not very long.”

Diabetes was first described by a first century A.D. Greek man named Atetaeus. He described the disease as a “painful death because when the patients urinate they were practically

In 1522 B.C. the earliest known record of diabetes symptoms was when Hesy-Ra, an ancient Egyptian physician recognized that frequent urination was considered a symptom of a mysterious disease. For many centuries, individuals known as water tasters diagnosed diabetes by tasting the urine of people imagined to have diabetes. In 1675, the word mellitus meaning honey, was conjoined to the name diabetes, which means siphon. It wasn't until the 1800’s that scientists developed chemical tests to detect the existence of sugar in urine. As time progressed on, in 1959 the two major types of diabetes were recognized as type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent)

Diabetes is a chronic illness that effects a large number of the population, 243,125 New Zealanders were diagnosed according to the 2013 census (Diabetes New Zealand, 2014a). Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease that causes unstable hyperglycaemia resulting from a defect in insulin secretion or action within the body (Belonwu, Obimba, Ozougwu & Unakalamba, 2013). Diabetes is a condition that can have detrimental effects on the lives of people suffering from diabetes, diabetes is a condition that has long term side effects that can be life-threatening. The purpose of this literature review is to explore what is best evidence based nursing practice to improve wound healing of diabetic foot ulcers. Foot ulcers account for 60% of lower limb amputations, causes of lower limb amputations include peripheral vascular disease (any disorder that involves the circulatory system outside the brain or heart). (Emedical Health, 2014), and the presence of ischemia due to neuropathy (reduced circulation to the tissue causing the skin cells to die (Chadwick & Haycocks, 2012). For this reason, the literature review will examine the question ‘what is the best evidence-based nursing practice to improve the outcome of diabetic foot ulcers’ this literature review will critically analyse three themes within the current international literature. Best evidence based practice will be identified, to improve diabetic foot ulcer outcomes.

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder resulting in hyperglycemia (high blood glucose level), and its characteristic signs and symptoms are polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria. In most cases, the contributory factors include pancreatic disorder or destruction of the beta cells of the Langerhans affecting insulin production. However, globally 592 million people are expected to be diagnosed with DM by 2035 which is about 53% increase (Bone, 2015). Actually, the four different types of DM are Type 1 DM (formally known as insulin dependent), Type 2 DM (formally known as non-insulin dependent), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and secondary DM caused by hormonal abnormalities and pancreatic diseases (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). Proper management of the diabetes include early detection, understanding the signs and symptoms and treat the patient accordingly to control the blood glucose level, since there is no cure for the disease. In addition, complications such as amputation and organ damage are prevented, as well as preventing untimely death.

Diabetes has been portrayed as an epidemic affecting an expected 104 million individuals around the world. Diabetes is not only a typical chronic ailment as well as it meets all 3 criteria for a public health disease (Cockram, 2000). The objective of the clinical administration of all types of diabetes is to control metabolic disorders related to diabetes without adversely affecting the quality of life (Renders, et al. 2000). The research study is focused on management of diabetes mellitus in Asian population by balancing nutrition in a way to achieve diabetic control. The research is a primary research which is carried out using primary data and the results have been tabulated using descriptive statistics (graphs and frequency table). The results of the study suggest that diabetes can be managed through lifestyle interventions.