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Healthcare: Diabetes

In the past few years, diabetes mellitus has emerged as a common endemic in the Phoenix, Arizona population. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, produces a hormone called insulin to help glucose, or sugar that human bodies use for energy, get into the body's cells. Diabetes is a disease that occurs when the body either does not produce enough insulin or cannot use its own insulin as well as it should. Diabetes can cause serious health implications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. In Arizona, the Arizona Diabetes Prevention and Control Program has been established to assist with the prevention of diabetes, and provide education and other community resources to effectively combat and educate the public about the disease. This paper will discuss diabetes, how it is acquired, communicated and the primary effects to the individual. It will also discuss the effects diabetes has on the family and the community, as well the social and economic implications of the disease, focusing on the Phoenix, Arizona population. It will conclude with a discussion of the methods in which nurses in this setting can address diabetes, in addition to the use of other community resources.

Causes of Diabetes

There are different types of diabetes mellitus; Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and Gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes was previously called insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus or juvenile-onset diabetes. Type 1 diabetes may account for 5% to 10% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997). Type 1 diabetes follows exposure to an environmental trigger, such as an unidentified virus, stimulating an immune attack against the beta cells of the pancreas in some genetically predisposed people (Centers fro Disease Control and Prevention, 1997). Type 2 diabetes was previously called non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus or adult onset diabetes. Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90% to 95% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes (Centers fro Disease Control and Prevention, 1997). Risk factors for Type 2 diabetes include older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, prior history of glucose intolerance, physical inactivity, and race or ethnicity. African-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and some Asians and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for Type 2 diabetes.

Gestational diabetes develops in 2% to 5% of all pregnancies but usually disappears when a pregnancy is over (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997). Gestational diabetes occurs more frequently in African-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians and people with a family history of diabetes. Research indicates that nearly 40% of women with a history of gestational diabetes developed diabetes in the future (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Other types of diabetes result form specific genetic syndromes, surgery, drugs, malnutrition, infections, and other illnesses, accounting for 1% to 2% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997). Diabetes is usually treated by keeping blood sugar levels normal at all time, and training in self-management so that one knows how to maintain the disease. Self-management programs are planned by a qualified medical professional.

Primary Effects on the Individual and the Family

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