Nursing 3910A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Polydipsia, Polyuria, Prediabetes
7 Nov 2017
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Outline: paper/health care example, background, classification/types, complications, management, homework question. Word of the week: cachexia, extremely undernourished. Diabetes: diabetes (greek) to siphon, what is the most obvious sign, excessive urination, mellitus (latin) means sweet like honey, the urine of a person with diabetes contains extra sugar. In 1679, a physician tasted the urine of a person with diabetes and described it as sweet like honey: body cannot produce insulin or cannot effectively use insulin. Glycogen: helps store glucose in the liver. Initiates glycogen: get glucose out of the liver, can take if extremely hypoglycemic. Diabetes epidemic: 2013: 3 million cdns by 2020 (cda, 2011: global estimates 346 million people, 2014: the number of adults with diabetes in the world increased from 108 million in 1980, to 422 million (who) Juvenile: usually get it as a child, usually before the age of 30, it is very sudden, sudden signs of hypoglycemia.
