A Study On Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Bckground While modern lifestyles and medical care have certainly improved the longevity of humans in the developed world, and contributed to a greater quality of life scenario, those same lifestyles have engendered a number of issues that contribute to disease. Lack of proper diet, fast food, high fat and carbohydrate diets without adequate fruits and vegetables, lack of exercise, smoking and alcohol contribute to an epidemic of obesity which, in turn, contributes to a serious metabolic disorder called Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. While not managed by insulin injections, it is nevertheless quite serious and has a number of progressing symptoms that, if not treated properly, can result in cardiovascular, renal and neurological problems, as well as amputation, ocular issues, and even cognitive dysfunction.

Diabetes Mellitus type 1 or type 2 can have short term and long-term complications, symptoms can appear between days to weeks. Throughout, you will gain more information about diabetes, what organs it can affect, symptoms, complications a diabetes patient with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes may come across. There are tests such as glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test, fasting blood sugar test, and oral glucose tolerance test (Mayo Clinic, n.d) that show what type of diabetes you have. There are treatments, such as insulin injections or an insulin pump that can be used to treat diabetes (WebMD, n.d).There are new research studies that can possibly cure diabetes but, are very complex, they are still being developed and trying to find

This essay will focus on type 2 diabetes, which is becoming one of the fast growing chronic health conditions in the United Kingdom (UK). Approximately 700 people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes each day in the UK (Diabetes Uk, (2014)a). It is costing the NHS about £10billion pounds each year to treat diabetes along with its complication and it is expected to rise in the next couple of years (Diabetes UK, (2014)b).

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In the US type 2 diabetes is a major medical problem affecting all ethnic backgrounds and needs to be addressed. The pre-diabetic and diabetic population is steadily increasing every year despite medical advancements. Unfortunately, the African American population is at a disadvantage when it comes to diabetes. Preventing medical complications related to diabetes, initiating health promotion programs, increasing healthy lifestyle behaviors will essentially lead to a decrease risk of complications secondary to diabetes and overall improve patient

When you think of diseases, you think of tragic illnesses you can not help. Type 2 diabetes, however, has different circumstances; you inflict this disease upon yourself through lack of proper diet and the results are shocking. You might want to think twice about the health effects that pack of doughnuts has to offer than just all the calories. The effects of being unhealthy go deeper down than just how you look.

The effects of diabetes are nothing less than devastating. It is a disease that is affected by interdependent genetic, social, economic, cultural, and historic factors (CDC, 2011a). In the United States, nearly 26 million Americans are living with diabetes, and another 79 million Americans have prediabetes (CDC, 2011a). Diabetes has been associated with reducing the quality of life of people with the disease, and it also has a tremendous economic burden on our health care system. In 2007, diabetes and its complication accounted for $218 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2007 alone (Dall, et al., 2010).

Diabetes type two is a disease that affects millions of Americans every year. [Diabetes is a chronic disease. Alternate names for type two diabetes are, Noninsulin-dependent diabetes and Adult-onset diabetes (Wisse, 2014).]

Glucose regulation is determined through a loop feedback system where the production of insulin is based off the reaction of B-cell to insulin sensitive tissue. B-cell reaction determines the level of insulin that is produce in the body. Normal regulation is dependent on the b-cell response and when the b-cell response is inadequate and is unable to produce enough insulin in the body, insulin resistance diabetes (diabetes type 2) is present. There are a number of causes for diabetes including genetics, obesity, low or no level of physical activity, unhealthy diet (high in fat and sugar), smoking, and alcohol consumption; with obesity being the greatest factor. With diabetes type 2 comes many risk factors such as, increase

Diabetes can be an obstacle in one's life because diabetes is a chronic disease. Moreover, it is not like a disease that can be treated and eliminated easily.The only purpose of diabetes treatment is maintaining the level of glucose in blood. In addition, people who are diagnosed with diabetes type 2 should be careful about their lifestyle and make any necessary changes to avoid any side effects of diabetes type 2. The level of glucose in diabetes type 2 can be controlled by three ways which are physical activity, nutrition and medical treatment.

The purpose of the paper was looking at the quality of life of diabetic patients. Type two diabetics that have a support system compared to those that don’t have a support system have an improved quality of life after being diagnosed. The level of evidence of this study was a cross sectional study. Researching the article was done by going to the Clarkson College website, then going to the student life tab and choosing library. Clicking on the “C” on the article database and clicking on the CINAHL Complete link. Typed in diabetes mellitus in the first box, then where it has the first and changed selection to not, then in the second box typed out systematic review. Then scrolled down to where

Type 2 diabetes is a very well known disease throughout the US. There are about 27 million people in the US with the disease and 86 million others have prediabetes which means their blood glucose is not right but also not high enough to be diabetes yet. 208,000 people under the age of twenty have been diagnosed with either Type 1 or 2 Diabetes.

As I began my doctoral education, I will defend my choice of pursuing my doctorate of nurse practitioner (DNP) degree by explaining the characteristics and traits a DNP must possess as well as the need for this profession within the community. There is a need for doctorarlly prepared nurses not only in the clinical setting but also within education as it is estimated that between 200-300 doctorarlly prepared nurses will retire annually therefore there is a demand for DNP nurses (Postal, 2013). Additionally the DNP program will help with the shortage of doctorial prepared nurses and will also help with the increasing complexity of healthcare and the need for more knowledge (White & Zaccagnini, 2017).

Type two diabetes mellitus has become the largest and is the most rapidly increasing health issue in New Zealand (NZ) and around the world. The epidemic matches the increasing obesity trend which accompanies an increase in sedentary lifestyles. This essay will be exploring the inequality which has arisen between socioeconomic status (SES) and the prevalence of type two diabetes as well as looking at the explanations originating from the Black Report.

While diabetes is fast becoming an epidemic and is life-threatning it is also important to know that it is largely preventable. While there are pharmacological ways in which to prevent diabetes, Lifestyle prevention is by far the best and cost-effective way to prevent type 2 diabetes. There have been various attempts to establish health systems and public health programs initiative such as, The Diabetes Prevention and Management (DPM) program which aims to increase awareness using a community-based approach. There have also been large-scale national policies such as National Programme on Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke (NPCDS), used in order to contain the burden of non-communicable disease (NCD), especially