Category: Diabetes
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Social Epidemiology: Diabetes Mellitus in Australian Indigenous People
Introduction and Significance of the Study Definition of Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes type 2 is a chronic disease that is characterised by high or low levels of sugar in the blood. The symptoms of this disease are frequent urination, excess thirst, constant hunger, and weight loss. The disease is mainly caused by genetic factors and…
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Nursing Practice
Table of Contents Overview of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Relevance to Nursing Patient Education and Nursing Interventions Impact on the Health of Pregnant Women and Newborns Ethical and Legal Implications References Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is widely debated as one of the controversial and less-researched medical conditions. The prevalence of GDM is at an all-time high…
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Obesity, Diabetes and Self-Care
Introduction We posit two research questions: Being overweight or obese is a high-risk factor for diabetes mellitus. Self-care among middle-aged diabetics is a function of education and income, irrespective of insurance coverage. Intergenerational obesity rates are worrisome and continue to rise in both North America and Europe. As of 2006, the Centers for Disease Control…
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Diabetes: Types, Causes, and Complications
Diabetes is a serious and dangerous disease that, if untreated, can cause severe health problems or lead to death. There are several types of diabetes, with type one diabetes being caused by the body’s inability to produce insulin. The second type stems from the body’s developed resistance to insulin. Gestational diabetes is developed due to…
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Diabetes Mellitus Self-Management
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference Introduction The chosen article Patients’ perspective on self-management: Type 2 diabetes in daily Life was written by Van Smoorenburg and colleagues, illuminating the issue of diabetes, focusing on keywords of diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes, and self-management. Managing diabetes mellitus is becoming more difficult for patients of all…
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Diabetes Mellitus of Type I vs. Type II
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common diseases and causes of death in the world. Much attention is paid to this disease in the public and healthcare as there are measures for its prevention; however, drawing attention to these measures leads to misconception. Most often, people perceive diabetes as a consequence of unhealthy eating…
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Metformin for Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Metformin is an oral biguanide antihyperglycemic agent prescribed to patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), which rates among the first-line medications across the globe and can be used both as a monotherapy or combined with several other drugs used for treating diabetes. The medication can also assist in treating metabolic and…
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Homeostatic Imbalance and Diabetes Symptoms
Table of Contents Scenario Diseases That Should Be Ruled Out in This Patient Symptoms of Diabetes Diagnostic Methods Treatment and Prognosis References Scenario J.S. is an 8-year-old male who is short in stature. His parents have become concerned as J.S. has been wetting his bed, drinking a lot of water, and appears sluggish. The doctor…
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Digital Health Interventions for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Description of the study “Digital health interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes” written by Pal et al. (2018), is qualitative research that involved the data collected from four focus groups of twenty patients. This study aimed to determine the patients’ perceptions about the diabetes self-management education (DSME) limitation in meeting the needs of the…
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A Diabetes-Related PICOT (Research) Question
The study of the PICOT question involves the search and systematization of sources to find the most relevant evidence. The Evaluation Table includes the date of creation, the conceptual framework, the design and method of the study, the sample and setting, the main variables studied, the way the data were measured and analyzed, and the…