NURS 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Diabetes Insipidus, Insulin Receptor
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Normal physiology: part of the digestive system, food passes through the stomach, enters the duodenum, pancreas and duodenum communicate via the papilla and pancreatic ducts. Criteria of metabolic syndrome: 3 of following: )ncreased waist circumference (cid:523)men > (cid:886)0 women > (cid:885)(cid:887) (cid:524: plasma triglycerides >150mg/dl (high) Indication of glucose intake: plasma hdl < 40 (men) <50 (women, good to be high, healthy, want to be around 100, bp > 130/85, hypertension, fpg > 100, fasting blood glucose. Diabetes mellitus: diabetes mellitus is a group of disorders characterized by: Insulin receptors on the cell: glucose can"t get into the cells. Types of diabetes: type i diabetes mellitus, genetics as well as stimulation of the antibodies (environmental, epigenetic, autoimmune, beta cells are destroyed, lack of insulin, excess glucagon. Islets of langerhans: type ii diabetes mellitus. Insulin resistence: gestational, when pregnant, can be serious, watch diet, exercise, can become dependent on insulin and keep diabetes, diabetes insipidus, results in polyuria.
