Case Study Of Diabetes

Diabetes is a disease where the body is unable to produce or use insulin effectively. Insulin is needed for proper storage and use of carbohydrates. Without it, blood sugar levels can become too high or too low, resulting in a diabetic emergency. It affects about 7.8% of the population. The incidence of diabetes is known to increase with age. It’s the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the US, and is the primary cause of blindness and foot and leg amputation. It is known to cause neuropathy in up to 70% of diabetic patients. Individuals with diabetes are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease. There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.

The most significant difference between the regular insulin and the rapid acting insulin is the onset. The onset for rapid-acting or lispro is 10-15 minutes, and for the regular it is ½-1 hour.

This article goes in detail about the complications of Type 2 Diabetes, on how hyperglycemia damages the vascular system leading to microvascular disease and macrovascular disease. The complications of microvascular disease are diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, and diabetic neuropathy. On the other hand, with macrovascular disease includes Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD), such as Atherosclerosis. Furthermore, the article gives recommendations of treating Type 2 Diabetes and the prevention of its health related complications with medication, screening, diet, and exercise.

Saturday, November 13, 2015 The American Diabetes Association will be sponsoring the Bridge to Wellness Expo at the David L. Lawrence convention center. This event is free to the public and will provide them with a number of different events to help promote a healthy lifestyle. I believe that this event will be target towards a large range of different people such as uninsured, underinsured, or people who just want to live a longer healthier life. I think that many people will come out to this event because there is a lot that is going to be offered. Personally, if I was not participating in this event I would consider going to it just to see the different stations that will be set up there. I think that it is important to stress the importance of prevention because once something happens the damage is already done. I believe in living a healthy lifestyle and getting a handle on my health early. The expo will be offering a wide variety of different focus areas including but not limited to: active lifestyle, diabetes, cancer prevention, stress management, tobacco cessation, and heart health.

Cardiovascular disease- Diabetes drastically increases the risk of different cardiovascular manifestations, such as coronary artery disease and affiliated chest pain (angina), stroke, tightening of arteries (atherosclerosis), and heart attack. Having diabetes mellitus, raises the likely hood of having heart disease or stroke.

People are consuming large amounts of soda in the United states. This increase of soda consumption was significant enough that in 2010 the state of New York proposed to tax soda. The one cent per ounce in taxes was intended to help generate government revenue and to discourage soda consumption but the proposal did not pass (Desantis 2012). The average individual in America consumes 44.7 gallons of carbonated soft drinks in one year (Desantis 2012). If the proposal would have passed the state would have made $5, 721.60 in revenue per soda drinker. The increase of soda consumption continuing to rise, there has also been an increase of type two diabetes diagnosis in America. It is projected that 552 million people will be diagnosed with diabetes by 2030 (Harris, Oldmeadow, Hure, Luu, Loxton, & Attia 2017).

Benjamin Stuart, 59-year-old male, is the full-time owner and manager of the Cornerstone Pub and Bar. Previously a smoker, quit 6 months ago due to breathlessness from catching the flu. Is drinking alcohol daily in the Pub, categorised as overweight by his GP and has recently been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes due to his unhealthy lifestyle habits. After winning $23,000 on the pokies, Benjamin wants to holiday in Thailand. It will be his first time out of Australia and he is taking his two 25-year-old sons as well.

Diabetes has become one of the most prominent public health challenges of our generation. Approximately, 26 million adults in the United States have diabetes, with almost 2 million new cases per annum. In 1990, the rates of diabetes have virtually tripled; in comparable with the high increases in obesity, which is one of the main risk factor for type 2 diabetes among youth, and U.S. adults (R. Bell 2013). Consequently, the financial costs of diabetes are astounding. In 2012, diabetes contributed to an appraised $176 billion in direct medical contribution to a $69 billion in reduced productivity (R. A. Bell, 2013). Unfortunately, the burden of diabetes is not equally shared across populations. Most racial/ethnic minority groups

American Diabetes Association websites provides information regarding events and available resources. Centers for Disease Control partnership with YMCA and United Health Group deliver National Diabetes Prevention Program. Moreover, community outreach, home care agencies, county clinics, school clinics, primary care physicians, health fair, and many offer physical assessment, diabetes education and support in every county in every states in United States. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases currently has been working on the campaign “Small Step, Big Rewards, Prevent type 2 Diabetes” all across United States to promote and support community to be aware about this chronic illness. Nonetheless, family and friends

Magon M. Saunders, diabetes educator, health coach, and registered licensed dietitian presently serves as a Program Development Consultant in the Program Implementation Branch of the Division of Diabetes Translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At CDC, Magon works to provide technical assistance and support to state and national grantees. Magon also provides her expertise to various groups at CDC, including, the Center’s health equity, community health workers, and community clinical linkages workgroups. Nationally, Magon represents the agency as a member of both the American Diabetes Association’s Cultural Competency Workgroup as well as its African American Diabetes Action Council.

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In the year 2008-2009, the annual incidence of the diagnosed diabetes was at 18436 of type 1 diabetes and 5089 was type 2 diabetes. It is type 1 diabetes that is more commonly found in children, although experts have estimated that type 2 diabetes has also grown from like less that 5 percent in 1994 to about 20 percent of any newly diagnosed case among the youth recently. Young ones are more obese and hence are likely to become more diabetic when they grow older and they predict that one in three children who are born in the United States are likely to develop type 2 diabetes sometime in their lifetime. ( Estimates of Diabetes and Its Burden in the United

Some risk factors of developing type 2 diabetes include being overweight, having a family history, older age, and more (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). With this in mind, the woman had an initially high contingency of developing the disease. For example, the possibility of type 2 diabetes increases drastically after approximately 45 years of age, where as this patient is 48 years old. Also, her physical exam concluded she has a BMI of 34, which is an indicator of obesity. Lastly, her mother and sister have previously been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Though above eighty five percentages of patients with T1DM deficit positive family history for the disorder, there is highly familial clustering with a mean prevalence of six percen in siblings compared to 0.4% in the US white people. The familial clustering can be calculated as the ratio of the risk to siblings over the disorder prevalence in the people (Hyttinen 2003).

wo of the most prevalent conditions that healthcare providers encounter is Diabetes (DM) and Hypertension (HTN).  Further, it is common for the two diseases to present as co-morbidities.  In my experience as a nurse for nearly 20 years, I have come across a multitude of patients that appear complacent when it involves their diagnosis of Hypertension and Diabetes.  With both diseases being so widespread, I often wonder if patients are impervious to the reality of complications that inevitably will occur without proper treatment and compliance.  A myriad of issues can occur when blood sugar and blood pressure are chronically uncontrolled.  One of the complications that regularly develops in patients with DM is a microvascular condition