Category Archives: Diabetes

The Importance of Diabetic Medical Supplies

кухненски масиDiabetic medical supplies are an important part of managing diabetes, because maintaining healthy blood glucose levels is necessary to avoid serious complications and even death. Without knowing what your sugar levels are, you are unable to regulate them if … Continue reading

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Diagnostic Tests of Diabetic Retinopathy

To diagnose diabetic retinopathy, an ophthalmologist uses an ophthalmoscopic examination or fluorescein angiography. During an ophthalmoscopic examination, the ophthalmologist dilates the patient’s eyes with a mydriatic drug, such as atropine. This dilation permits viewing of the retina, retinal blood vessels, … Continue reading

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How to Cope up with Sight Problems for Diabetic Patients

Before being diagnosed and eventually treated for their diabetes, some diabetics experience sight problems due to their disease. These problems may be blurry vision, difficulties to focus and sudden near- or farsightedness. These problems may also be present during the … Continue reading

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Review of Body System of Diabetes Patient

Begin the review of body systems by asking your patient about her general well-being. Commonly, a patient with diabetes will say that she doesn’t feel as well as she used to, and she’ll attribute her fatigue and weakness to growing … Continue reading

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Overview on Diabetes

Assessment You can use a health history and physical examination in two distinct ways to investigate diabetes. When you suspect that a patient has the disorder, you can perform a health history and physical examination to discover the characteristic signs … Continue reading

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Causes of Type 1 Diabetes

A chronic disorder, Type 1 diabetes results from a complete or partial lack of insulin. Without insulin, glucose can’t enter the cells. Thus, the cells starve while high levels of glucose remain in the bloodstream. The body, sensing a lack … Continue reading

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Diabetes Regimen

If your patient has already been diagnosed with diabetes, you’ll need to ask some additional questions about her regimen. Specifically, you should ask about her medication, diet, exercise, and monitoring techniques. Insulin and other drugs used to control diabetes lower … Continue reading

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Biography of Diabetes

Begin the health history by gathering biographical information about your patient. If you suspect she has diabetes, make sure you note her age, ethnic group, and living arrangements. Your patient’s age at the time of diagnosis provides a clue to … Continue reading

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Progression of Type 2 Diabetes

Progression of Type 2 Diabetes In a patient with Type 2 diabetes, insulin loses its ability to inhibit glucose production, and beta cells are exposed to elevated blood glucose levels. This constant exposure to insulin leaves the beta cells unable … Continue reading

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