Hypoglycemia

Class Description Diabetic self-management group classes will be held each Monday from 6pm to 7pm at the Medical Plaza (room 234) on Archer Road in Gainesville, Florida. These are comprehensive sessions about diabetes that are idea for both newly diagnosed diabetics as well as long term diabetics that would like a refresher course. There will be a total of four classes that begin on the first Monday of the month and end on the last Monday of the month. Each class will have fifteen seats.…

• Anxiety. • Restless sleep. • A change in speech. • A change in coordination. • Confusion. • Treat hypoglycemia right away. If you are alert and able to swallow safely, follow the 15:15 rule: • Take 15–20 grams of a rapid-acting carbohydrate. Rapid-acting options include glucose gel, glucose pills, or 4 oz (120 mL) of fruit juice, regular soda, or low-fat…

medications should be warned to report symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, or diaphoresis if they occur.1 It should not be used in patients who have a history of syncopal migraine. Hypoglycemia may occur in about 4 percent of patients when used alone, and in about 9 percent of patients when combined with a sulfonylurea. Severe hypoglycemia requiring medical treatment is uncommon. It has not been studied in children or patients with hepatic or renal insufficiency. It is a U.S. Food and Drug…

Symptoms include headache, hunger, dizziness, sweating, irritability, trouble concentrating, rapid breathing, fast heart rate, fainting, or seizure (severe hypoglycemia can be fatal). Patients have to carry out a hard candy or glucose tablets in case of low blood sugar. Regarding to all other medications, patients must give inform to doctor about the use of (sometimes including in combination with glimepiride…

CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter contains a compilation of local and foreign literatures and studies about the topic researched and are provided as a guide for the hypothesis of this research and served as a basis for the methodology of the study. These provided studies were also used to support the study and compare the difference of the present. DIABETES According to the International Diabetes Federation (2013), diabetes is one of the most challenging health…

2) DKA usually occurs as a consequence of absolute or relative insulin deficiency that is accompanied by an increase in counter-regulatory hormones (ie, glucagon, cortisol, growth hormone, epinephrine). This type of hormonal imbalance enhances hepatic gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis, and lipolysis. Hepatic gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis secondary to insulin deficiency, and counter-regulatory hormone excess result in severe hyperglycemia, while lipolysis increases serum free fatty acids.…

A big concern with type 1 diabetes in young children is hypoglycemia. When your child is experiencing hypoglycemia, it is because there is too much insulin in the blood stream and not enough sugar. This is what makes the body have low blood sugar. This is a big concern in young children because the child’s food intake and activity variation…

Clinical Research Model of Nurse-Driven Protocol in Diabetes Care Throughout the process of becoming a nurse, men and women are taught to rely on well-researched protocols and an ability to provide a proper analysis of current health situations. Without an inherent thirst for knowledge and the mind of a true researcher, nursing school would likely prove impossible. The format for nursing research is derived from the standard scientific method that children are taught in grade-school, but…

A mother’s worst fear is receiving a life shattering call from her daughter’s teacher saying she wasn’t acting like herself. The first question brought into speculation was depression. Just as a mother would do, she watched for signs herself. A week or so later an accident happened. The daughter awoke her mother during the night and right away the mother knew something was wrong. The daughter told her mother that she wasn’t sure if she was sweating profusely while sleeping or if she had wet…

The four key points are “checking and judging blood glucose levels, taking diabetes medications correctly, dealing with hyper- or hypoglycemia, and following the diabetic diet plan” (JAANP, 2013, p. 499). A patient’s demographics, such as age is related to how their health literacy, self-efficacy, and self-care is developed, because being able to have some level of reading comprehension…