Diabetic a big word for kids. An even bigger disease for them, it changes them mentally and physically. Kids feeling embarrassed, the effects of the side effects. It is hard for them to understand what they are going through. Even harder to explain to third person. They are afraid to tell their friends and family about their condition. Kids need to know there is no shame of having diabetes. They are scared of future complications, not communicating with their parents for better treatment and lack of motivation. Kids need an injection to give their body insulin three times a day. (Overcoming) The diet is changed to a non-sugar and healthy diet, to their daily life. Parents need to take a good care of their kids to make their daily life easier. They need to teach their kids to self-manage their diabetes. In school they have to check their blood sugar before they …show more content…
eat and after. Kids should not feel differently in school and around their friends if they have diabetes. According to Fred Whitehouse It has been, “50 years of diabetes” and still no cure. A lot has (Boston). changed in the past decades, doctors first discovered type 1 diabetes. (Mandal)The only treatment that was tested was animal insulin. They would take pig or cow’s insulin and injected them in people, which would give a variety of reactions. Today insulin is created by microorganisms because there are negative reactions, long lasting and it’s more active.(Mandal)But the pain from treatment, injection and medication still active during the treatment. The doctors discovered there is a huge difference between in kids treatment and adult. Kids have lots of trouble adapting to these symptoms because these symptoms don’t go away for a diabetic person. An adult and kids faces, thirst, tiredness, Weight loss and Frequent urination.(Diabetes) Symptoms only a child faces, Stomach aches, headaches and behavioral problems (Diabetes). Changing diet and exercising every day is part of a diabetic kid. A diabetic kid can’t eat school lunch. They need a portion healthy food that can manage their blood sugar. Their whole meal is planned, what they can eat and what they can’t (Clinic). A regular kid exercise is different than a diabetic kid. For a diabetic kid a proper meal and taking medication are a key to healthy life. They need to stay active during their treatment. When they exercise the cell becomes sensitive to insulin so they can work properly. ( American Diabetes Association). How much the kids can exercise in a day. Also, they need to check before and during their diabetics during the exercise. To make sure their blood sugar level is maintained. There is one more thing kids need to live and support their diabetes. If the levels are uneven they need an injection to give their body insulin. Three times a day (American Diabetes Association). they are in pain, and scared. Imagine poking needles every day. You feel irritated and your arm hurts. A pain the child goes through every day. Kids lie all the time they are scared to tell their parents or their teacher of what they are feeling, which makes thing worse. They lie about eating certain food. When the kids start to lie, If they eat a chocolate there blood sugar level will go up which will result to talking insulin. If they don’t eat blood sugar level will go down which results in eating too much sugar. Then the kids will be embarrassed in front of the whole class. The fear of diabetes in kids are getting worse, they are scared of future complications, not communicating with their parents for better treatment and lack of motivation (Overcoming). According to sugar rush documentary all the people who has diabetes that their community is there to help them. how a person feels when they are diagnosed with diabetes. What the early stage of diabetes feels like.(Sugar Rush ) Learning more about what is type 1, includes how it is produced, symptoms of having a low or high blood sugar level. The people need to know they are not alone, there are other people who struggle to adapt the diabetic lifestyle. There are some kids who are active than a regular kid. They have a pump with them all the time. They eat according to their meal plan and hang out with their friends. Some kids have lack of motivation and there are some kids who fight through and their friends help them. Some schools make sure the kids are feeling comfortable, and are not being bullied everyday. They also go to concerts, parties, and attend fight diabetics pride. Parents see their kids struggle every day in school. They are being bullied in school and the only thing they have is hope which is lost for ever. In school they feel uncomfortable and feel different due to the treatment. The kids parents trust the treatment, medication. But what happens when parents have no expectation on experimental drugs, or recover hope. The drugs want to experiment on kids and adult but some drugs work with adults that can be harmful to kids. The experimental drugs are failing for kids. The disease is taking a lot from kids. Their friends, being able to fit in school. Their childhood is surrounded by this disease and they to overcome their fear and make diabetics their best friend. So they can adopt to certain environment and not feel different. According to university of Maryland Stephen Alston Diabetes specialist and Sandra Brassard Diabetes Nutritionist who talks about What organs in your body makes the insulin.
They also talk about what type one means, when your pancreas does not produce any sugar(Sugar Rush ). That's when you need an injection to give your body insulin. Type 2 is different from type in type 2 the pancreas is producing insulin but not enough. There were a lot of symptoms related to diabetes. One of them is obesity, which can lead to type 2 diabetics. This documentary states eating too much sugar does not cause diabetes(Mandal). “All the signs were there but I ignored them I wished I hadn’t simply brushed them off until it is too late”. People believe diabetes is a disease that will not affect their daily lifestyle. But they don’t realize diabetes takes a lot from like changing your diet to exercise. Later, when their diabetes gets worse, they realized they should have a paid attention in the beginning and made some cautions. “I just really didn’t understand all those medical responsibilities so I sort of neglected my
diabetes”. People believe they don’t need to know a lot about diabetes. They ignored what the doctors are trying to explain when they are first diagnosed. Diabetes is a huge part of your daily life you need to make some changes in order to live healthy. When a person is first diagnosed they are upset, confused about what is going on. They try to find a different meaning of why they got diabetes. They need to understand the doctors are there to help them through the process.
Glucose is a sugar that plays a big part in a human’s health and well-being. This sugar is a major source of energy for the body’s brain and cells. The Cells that receive energy from glucose help in the building of the body’s muscle and tissue. Although glucose may be important to the body too much of this sugar can cause a chronic condition called Diabetes. Diabetes, also known as Diabetes mellitus, is a chronic condition that is caused by too much sugar in the blood. This condition can affect all age groups. In fact, in 2010 a survey was taken by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, on the number of newly diagnosed diabetes. Out of 1,907,000 people: 24.38% were ages 20-44, 55.17% were ages 45-64, and 20.45% were ages 65 and greater. Diabetes is a very serious condition, and it can be deadly if left untreated. This paper will help better educate the reader on the signs and symptoms, the testing process, and the management of diabetes.
Diabetes education is a structured education and self-management (at diagnosis and regularly reviewed and reinforced) to promote awareness. Diet and lifestyle, healthy diet, weight loss if the person is overweight, smoking cessation, regular physical exercise. Maximizing glucose control while minimizing adverse effects of treatment such as hypoglycemia. Reduction of other risk factors for complications of diabetes, including the early detection and management of hypertension, drug treatment to modify lipid levels and consideration of antiplatelet therapy with aspirin. Early intervention for complications of diabetes,, including cardiovascular disease, feet problems, eye problems, kidney problems and neuropathy.
There are two kinds of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, which have completely different meanings.
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce or respond to insulin, a hormone that allows blood glucose (blood sugar) to enter the cells of the body and be used for energy. Diabetes falls into two main categories: type 1, or juvenile diabetes, which usually occurs during childhood or adolescence, and type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, the most common form of the disease, usually occurring after age 40. Type 1 results from the body’s immune system attacking the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The onset of juvenile diabetes is much higher in the winter than in the summer. This association has been repeatedly confirmed in diabetes research. Type 2 is characterized by “insulin resistance,” or an inability of the cells to use insulin, sometimes accompanied by a deficiency in insulin production. There is also sometimes a third type of diabetes considered. It is gestational diabetes, which occurs when the body is not able to properly use insulin during pregnancy. Type 2 diabetes encompasses nine out of 10 diabetic cases. Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States, and it has no cure. The total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated to be $132 billion, or one out of every 10 health care dollars spent in the United States. Diabetes risk factors can fall into three major categories: family history, obesity, and impaired glucose tolerance. Minority groups and elderly are at the greatest risk of developing diabetes.
Diabetes is becoming an epidemic. In fact, in 10 years many experts believe that people who suffer from diabetic is going to double. Kids who are as young as 8 years old are now borderline type 2 diabetics.
Most common people will see that they are suffering from type 2 diabetes. Unlike type 1 diabetes, type 2 is not because your immune system is attacking the insulin but is because your body simply does not produce the required insulin. 90% of people who have diabetes are diagnosed with type 2 (Medical News...
Specific purpose: To inform my audience about what diabetes is, what causes this condition and its health effects.
Diabetes is one of the leading chronic causes of deaths in children and adolescent’s in the United States. Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases that is characterized by high levels of glucose in the bloodstream resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action or even both (Overview, 1). Diabetes is a serious health issue and can be associated with premature death or serious complications. Timely diagnosed treatment of diabetes can delay or prevent any onset of long-term complications, such as damage to blood vessels, kidneys, gums, skin, teeth, and many other complications (Overview, 1). Diabetes can be difficult to deal with during the time of adolescence. People with diabetes or those who have family members with diabetes should be very well informed (Cho, 1).
Diabetes is a very serious disease that takes many lives each year. It is a lifelong disease that can be fatal to both adults and children if it is uncontrolled. Diabetes does not have to be fatal if certain precautions are taken. If diabetics maintain a healthy diet and watch their carbohydrate intake they can keep their diabetes under control. Monitoring blood sugar is also necessary to live a healthy life. If diabetics know the right way of maintaining their diabetes, they can live a very normal and active life.
Now that we have a general idea of how our body regulates sugar intake we can discuss exactly what diabetes is. It is a disease in which your body is unable to use glucose for energy, resulting in elevated blood glucose levels. There are a few different types of diabetes. In some cases, a person’s body does not make insulin at all. Thus, there is no insulin to tell your cells to use the glucose for energy. This is called type 1 diabetes, or it was previously known as juvenile diabetes. Only 5 to 10% of diabetes cases are diagnosed as type 1 (Grosvenor & Smolin, 93). It is usually discovered before a pers...
Type 1 diabetes, is an incurable but treatable disease which can occur at any age but is mostly found in children due to the high levels of glucose in the blood (Eckman 2011). Juvenile diabetes affects about 1 in every 400-600 children and more than 13,000 are diagnosed yearly (Couch 2008). Type 1 Diabetes means your blood glucose, or blood sugar, is too high. With Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not make insulin. Insulin is a hormone, which helps glucose gets into your cells to provide energy. Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood. Over time, high blood glucose can lead to serious problems with your heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, gums and teeth (American Diabetes Association). Previous research has suggested proper insulin management, a balanced diet and exercise will help maintain glycemic control and lessen the chance of complications (Couch 2008).
The health problem I have chosen is Type 2 Diabetes. Research has shown that early detection of symptoms of diabetes is crucial and important as it may prevent further difficulties. It is difficult to always identify if symptoms are linked to Type 2 Diabetes because they are often less taxing on an individual’s day-to-day activities. Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes include but are not limited to frequent urination, extreme fatigue, blurred vision, numbness in hands or feet, and feeling either very thirsty or hungry (American Diabetes Association, 2014).Risk factors of this health issue include but again, are not limited to, weight (being overweight is a high risk factor), lack of movement during daily activities, family history and genetics, race, and age (Risk Factors of Diabetes, Mayo Clinic, 2014).
Diabetes is a common disease, which can be a serious, life-long illness caused by high levels of glucose in the blood. This condition is when the body cannot produce insulin or lack of insulin production from the beta cells in the islet of Langerhans in the pancreas. Diabetes can cause other health problems over time. Eye, kidneys, and nerves can get damaged and chances of stroke are always high. Because of the serious complications, the purposes of teaching a plan for diabetes patients are to optimize blood glucose control, optimize quality of life, and prevent chronic and potentially life-threatening complications.
In conclusion, diabetes is a serious disease and can be life threatening. With the right research and implementation of new studies diabetes can be reduced among the populations. We as a people need to realize this epidemic and all get together and beat it. Restaurants need to stop putting chemicals and unnecessary fats in their food. Not only diabetics but everyone should educate themselves on what is going in your body when you eat. Also, exercising and getting off the couch, in children, needs to be addressed and that alone would help reduce diabetes in the younger population. I can’t stress enough on education. If you know what you are eating or how you are exercising you protect yourself from poor health and live a great life. Type 2 diabetes can be dwindled down with a conscious individual and group effort.
Point blank, diabetes is a serious disease and causes major effects on people’s daily lives. In a society where food comes in such abundance, people are overeating. Compared to the beginning of the twenty first century when only about five percent of the population had diabetes (Nazarko, 2009), today that number is rising and continuing to do so. This is starting to affect the health of children by being diagnosed with diabetes at a young age. When a child has diabetes it becomes very serious since children are at such a young age to deal...