personal experience as a newly diagnosed patient with type II Diabetes. The author's assignment was to pretend to have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. As part of this exercise, the author was to maintain a record of exercise, food, and a regular blood sugar monitoring regime on daily basis. This reflection seeks to highlight the impact, experience and changes that occurred in the author's 'lived lifestyle of a patient with type II diabetes' and will include reference to current literature, research
Words: 3514 - Pages: 15
managing patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, health care facilities are being driven to create disease specific management programs. The goal of disease management-specific programs are to improve patient’s health and prevent disease complications while reducing health care costs. Programs that manage specific illness such as diabetes mellitus employ systems to provide expert care , provide patient disease-centered patient education, provide support to ensure the delivery of effective
Words: 412 - Pages: 2
Diabetes Mellitus The term "diabetes mellitus" refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood glucose, commonly called blood sugar. Glucose is vital to your health because it's an important source of energy for the cells that make up your muscles and tissues. It's your brain's main source of fuel. (Turner, 2010, p.18) of you have diabetes, no matter what type, it means you have too much glucose in your blood, although the reasons may differ. Too much glucose can lead to serious
Words: 1509 - Pages: 7
Malfunctions of Homeostasis – The endocrine and nervous system work together to maintain homeostatic control in the body and communicate to regulate the body’s functions. They rely on chemical messages in order to function – the nervous system uses electrical impulses and the endocrine system uses hormones. They rely on the hypothalamus to coordinate these bodily functions. The endocrine system - Regulates any fluctuations in the body such as temperature levels, blood glucose levels and ADH
Words: 2265 - Pages: 10
Type 1 Diabetes HS 200 Unit 8 Capstone Project: Type 1 Diabetes Kaplan University July 8, 2014 An abundant amount of research throughout the years of the disease, Type 1 diabetes, has been completed leading physicians and patients to a pathway of a better understanding of the disease, the diagnostic approaches as well as the management skills needed to control the disease and its effects on the body. As Type 1 diabetes is thought to be an autoimmune response
Words: 1441 - Pages: 6
which leads Jenna to using her friend’s blood to register in her accu check machine all in the name wanting to please her dietician and mum. Peer support and personal model is very important point to look into for management of teen and adolescent diabetes management. Recent study on self-management in teenager has mainly focused on the relationship between teenagers and their families. However, the study commends that “greater attention be paid to the social context” in which the teenagers live which
Words: 331 - Pages: 2
Short Essay on Diabetes Essay on diabetes: Diabetes mellitus, commonly called as diabetes is a disease of metabolic disorder where the blood sugar levels tend to remain high either because insufficient insulin is produced in pancreas or because the cells not responding to the insulin produced. Frequent urination, increased thirst and increased hunger are most common early symptoms of this disease. There are three major forms of diabetes namely Type1, Type 2 and third form is known as gestational
Words: 547 - Pages: 3
Diabetes is a very serious disease that attacks millions of people around the world. It can strike at any age and it can happen to anyone. Diabetes is a disease where the body does not produce enough insulin or properly use insulin causing the body’s own immune system attacking and destroying insulin producing cells in the pancreas. In 2011, statistics show that in United States 25.8 million of children and adults has diabetes (ADA, 2012). Without the use of insulin, the glucose that we need to live
Words: 1325 - Pages: 6
This weeks recitation activity opened up my eyes to how difficult it can be to live with diabetes. It is a disease that requires much more than just taking a pill. It requires a complete lifestyle modification. It is important that as a pharmacist I am able to relate to patients, and I believe that this activity really provided me with the experience necessary to do so. Being a type 2 diabetic was somewhat difficult for me. The blood glucose monitor was easy to use, but each time I had to prick
Words: 556 - Pages: 3
How to Diagnose and Treat Type 2 Diabetes How type 2 diabetes can be diagnosed? Does the lifestyle affect blood glucose level? Is insulin the only treatment? Generally, type 2 diabetes is one of the most common diseases, so people need to be aware of how can it be diagnosed. Regarding type 2 diabetes, there are variety of tests which can be used. (1-3-4) For example, glucose tolerance test and Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) are the main two diagnostic tests. (1-3-4) In addition, the patients also need
Words: 546 - Pages: 3
