I. Introduction A. According to the American Diabetes Association statistics show that 1 out of every 400 children and adolescents are diagnosed with diabetes under the age of 20. 1. statistics show that in the year 2010 the national institutes of health state that around 1.9 million people over the age of 20 were newly diagnosed with diabetes B. Throughout my speech I will inform my audience of : 1. the history of diabetes and how they have developed over the years 2. the different types 3. and also how you can change your diet in order to avoid diabetes later on down the road.
It starts off talking about the basics of diabetes and how it’s diagnosed. It gets into how people should change their habits to become healthier all around; diet, exercise, etc. It then gets into how diabetes affects different parts of your system including the eyes and kidneys. The book then talks about diabetes in childhood and adolescence and how it’s becoming more common. The information from this book has exactly what I need to address in my next writing assignment.
Individuals can also reduce health care costs and doctors visits by making sure they take their blood sugar levels regularly to help prevent any more problems with their health (American Diabetes Association 2010). Individuals with diabetes can also make a health care plan up for them that is for diabetics and also make lifestyle changes. Individuals with diabetes need to take their medications as their physician prescribes, eat healthier, quit smoking, exercise, watch alcohol intake, and limit or stop drinking
She is on sliding scale insulin and required thickened fluids and a diabetic diet due to dysphagia. Her past medical history states that she was diagnosed with type two diabetes 25 years ago, Peripheral Vascular disease and Congestive Cardiac Failure. Mrs. Robinson has a right below knee amputation (in the year 2001) and right-sided Hemiplegia due to a left sided CVA. Mrs. Robinson also has dysphasia and dysphagia. Mrs. Robinson will require ongoing Insulin to manage her diabetes when she is discharged.
Rosetta Vaughn Community Awareness of Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Outline II: I. Statistics on Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 A. Nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes B. Another 79 million Americans have pre diabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes C. The American Diabetes Association estimates that the total national cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States is $ 174 billion D. American Diabetes Month takes place each November and is a time to come, together as a community to stop diabetes II. What We Know
According to American Diabetes Association (n.d.), there are 23.6 million children and adults in the United States who have diabetes and most of them have diabetes type 2. Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a condition in which “either the body does not respond to insulin’s action or there is just not enough insulin to go around or both” (Touchette, 2005, p. 21). Insulin is a hormone necessary to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life (American Diabetes Association [ADA], n.d.). Having diabetes increases the risk for serious complications such as heart disease, blindness, nerve damage, and kidney damage (The Patient Education Institute, Inc., 2008). Therefore, teaching newly diagnosed clients about the preventive
The ADA states, “Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women - about 135,000 cases of Gestational Diabetes in the United States each year” (2). Women who are pregnant who have a poor diet and high blood sugar (glucose) are at higher risk of getting gestational Diabetes. The fourth type of Diabetes is Pre-Diabetes. Pre-diabetes happens before a person gets Type 2 Diabetes. It is when the blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be considered Diabetes.
In the beginning of our interview, I asked A.J. how she would describe her physical health at her current age and how it affects her daily life. In response, she rated her overall health as mediocre because she has issues with diabetes, arthritis, and sarcoidosis; an inflammatory disease that affects the respiratory system. In the case of her diabetes, she explained that she has to check her blood sugar daily to make sure it is not too low or too high. She has had this condition for several years but still feels that she misses out on the many foods that she enjoys.
With Type I diabetes, the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Consequently, anyone with Type I diabetes must receive daily insulin injections. The insulin must be injected into the body because if it is taken orally, stomach acids will make the insulin ineffective to the body. The primary targets for this type of diabetes are children and young adults, but it can affect people of any age. The destruction of beta cells cause Type I diabetes.
All through school I was at least a B student, until my sophomore year. My mom had found some lumps and the doctor just told her they were caffeine lumps. Come to find out, she had breast cancer, and had already had it for many years. A simple misdiagnoses led her into Stage 4 Breast Cancer. To me this was worse than hearing I would be deaf in my right ear for the rest of my life.