Diabetes Case Study

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THE CARE OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION TO DIABETES
This essay will discuss how to deliver and enhance the life of people living with diabetes. It is not just about treating diabetes but delivering a personalised, responsive and holistic care in the way individual have chosen to live their lives. The focus of this essay will be the care and management of diabetes mellitus. I will also consider how diabetes is diagnosed, its causes and symptoms and its complications in this write up.
Diabetes is one of the common long term conditions in many countries (Singh, 2005; Diabetes UK, 2015) and it requires careful management in other to prevent a severe medical emergencies and dreadful complications in the long run (Smith, 2014). Diabetes is classified in two main categories; Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is same as diabetes and it is an abnormal chemical reaction in which carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism is disturbed due to resistance of insulin (Type 2 diabetes) or the absence of insulin (Type 1 diabetes) (Dunning, 2005; WHO, 2011). Diabetes is as a result of high blood sugar and it usually arises when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin in the body or the body cells do not …show more content…

When people are given a blood glucose meter at the surgery, they should be educated on how to use it in other to ensure they know what they need to do with the test results and be sure they do the test correctly. Many people test their blood sugar regularly but unfortunately do not use the result to improve their condition due to lack of adequate support (SK120 Diabetes care, 2005). This applies mostly to people who just buy the blood glucose meter at a pharmacy as they may not receive an intensive training on how to use it properly and this result in poor usage and lack of understanding how it

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