Type 2 Diabetes Case Study

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).

Over this last week, I have received a patient named Sherman “Red” Yoder. He is an 80-year-old male farmer, who lives alone in the farmhouse that he had grown up in. Red was married for 50 years and has been a widow now for 10 years. Red has one son, Jon, who takes care of the farmhouse and the land. He has one daughter-in-law, Judy, who is in involved with his care. Red was diagnosed with diabetes six months ago. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition that affects your body 's ability to use the energy found in food. As of only a few weeks ago, Red has been managing his diabetes with insulin. Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar. Before he began using insulin, he managed his diabetes with oral medication. After carefully assessing Red’s chronic illness, diabetes, many red flags were presented that could interfere with his management. In turn, this would cause further complications.

Subjective ED is a 71 y/o African American female, who came to the hospital complaining of blurry vision, non-healing wounds, frequent bladder infections, tingling and numbness in her feet. Her sister is a known type II diabetes patient. She is of low socioeconomic status. She denies smoking and any food allergies. She is currently diagnosed with Cellulites and T2DM.

Mrs T.R., a family member was just recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type II and she is required to take insulin. She is a thirty-five year old black female, married and has a four year

Marital status: The patient is divorced. He is currently engaged and lives his with his fiancé for the last 14 years.

Type 2 diabetes is a condition that develops when your body begins to become tolerant to the insulin in your body. Insulin is used to break down the sugar in the blood, and when this process is slowed down, the result is high levels of glucose in the bloodstream. This condition will damage your body. The problem is that many people develop type 2 diabetes and are not aware of ti. There are, however, symptoms to look for. The following are only four of the most common symptoms.

The only way to cure diabetes is a pancreas transplant but diabetes can be monitored and controlled. People with diabetes have to have proper nutrition. People with type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus have to change their diets. Type 1 diabetics have to time when to eat meals and snacks along with taking insulin. Type 2 diabetics use a diet modifications and use medication when needed to maintain the glucose levels. Pregnant women with gestational diabetes should also follow a proper meal plan that is safe for herself and the baby. It’s best for diabetics to eat every 4 or 5 hours so their sugar levels will be in the normal range. The type of meal a diabetic should eat is half the plate should consist of vegetables that are not high in starch like jalapenos, cooked carrots, cooked cabbage, cooked eggplant, cooked broccoli, tomatoes, cooked spinach, and cooked peppers.

Diabetes is an increasingly common disease that takes many lives each year. “In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes.” (Statistics…) 29.1 MILLION Americans had this terrible disease in 2012. That is a lot. But, you may be wondering, what exactly is diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic, deadly disease which is quickly spreading across the United States, and it is a large problem in our country and community.

Diabetes is one of the major health issues with which the America is battling today. Increasing incidents of diabetes have are reported in the United States in the past decade. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the body does not use insulin properly. At first, the pancreas makes extra insulin to make up for it. However, over time the pancreas is not able to keep up and cannot make enough insulin to keep the blood glucose levels normal.

Living with diabetes poses many challenges for patients in areas like nutrition, glycemic monitoring and medication adherence. In fact, patients with diabetes

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P. Bissel et al (2004) conducted a qualitative study to evaluate the health care interactions and consultation model for chronic illness specifically diabetes type 2. The data sampling were carried out initially in two primary practices and one secondary care diabetes centre in England with additional participants recruited later through snowballing process. The total participants were 21, met the inclusion criteria; Pakistani origin with type 2 diabetes and able to communicate in English. A grounded theory approach was applied to analyse the data collected from the audio-taped interview. The topic discussed in the interview covers the individual experiences living with diabetes, challenges encountered to manage the illness and their feedbacks

According to Johnson and Raterink (2009), Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a major global chronic health issue. Though, it is found that the condition is largely preventable as many of the risk factors for developing the disease such as excess weight, poor diet, inactivity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, are modifiable behaviours (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). A client newly diagnosed with Type 2 DM may be unaware that the illness can be effectively self-managed with changes to diet, lifestyle and if necessary the inclusion of oral hypoglycemic agents (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 2008). Therefore, the aim of the education plan is to assist the client to make educated lifestyle

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.

Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic disorder affecting almost 29 million Americans and about 86 million Americans are pre-diabetic. Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is marked by a gradual increase in the blood glucose levels due to decrease in the insulin levels or due to insulin resistance in the adipose tissue and muscles. Strategies to control T2DM include oral agents like biguanides, using insulin hormone to control glucose levels apart from lifestyle changes such as exercise and diet changes. However, medicines can be expensive and can have adverse side effects because of which there is an increasing interest in using natural herbs and extracts to treat T2DM. Cinnamon is one such spice that has generated a lot of interest to control