Sunday, March 6, 2016
Documentation
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Sources of Help (Biomedical Professionals)
There are many types of Biomedical Professionals that take care of Diabetic Patients. These people are very important because they assist the Diabetic patients and make sure they are nice and healthy. The jobs or people that we will be discussing in the post are Nurse Educators, Dietitian, and a Podiatrist.
A Nurse Educator is a Diabetes Educator or Diabetes Nurse with special training and background in caring for and teaching people with diabetes. If you have Diabetes, it can be pretty challenging to manage it. With the help of the Diabetes Educator you will be able to learn a lot of new things about the illness. For example, the Diabetes Educator will tell you how to check your blood sugar, how to inject insulin, how to live a healthy lifestyle and more! These people are very important and help Diabetics in a very good way.
A Nurse Educator is a Diabetes Educator or Diabetes Nurse with special training and background in caring for and teaching people with diabetes. If you have Diabetes, it can be pretty challenging to manage it. With the help of the Diabetes Educator you will be able to learn a lot of new things about the illness. For example, the Diabetes Educator will tell you how to check your blood sugar, how to inject insulin, how to live a healthy lifestyle and more! These people are very important and help Diabetics in a very good way.
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| A Diabetes Educator with a Diabetic Patient. |
A Dietitian is a registered Dietitian who's is trained in the field of nutrition. This person will help you figure out your food needs based on your weight, lifestyle, and medications. These people will often tell you how many carbohydrates are in certain foods, what foods are good and what foods are bad, give you tips on how to eat better, and much more. Dietitians are essential if you are new to Diabetes and have no clue on how to manage what you eat. You will gain knowledge and know what's going into your body and you will live a very healthy life.
Lastly, a Podiatrist is a person who takes care of your foot and lower leg problems. They are needed because Diabetes can cause nerve damage. Podiatrists will provide care to your foot and lower leg problems by giving you massages, medications, surgeries, and more. Podiatrists are often needed because as I've said before, Diabetes can cause Nerve Damage and this can lead to many life threatening problems and that's why Podiatrists are so important.
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| Dietitian's at work. |
Lastly, a Podiatrist is a person who takes care of your foot and lower leg problems. They are needed because Diabetes can cause nerve damage. Podiatrists will provide care to your foot and lower leg problems by giving you massages, medications, surgeries, and more. Podiatrists are often needed because as I've said before, Diabetes can cause Nerve Damage and this can lead to many life threatening problems and that's why Podiatrists are so important.
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| Podiatrist at work helping a patient with their foot. |
Role of Blood Sugar Monitoring
In Type 1 Diabetes, checking your Blood Sugar is very important. For the new diabetics, they might be wondering how they check their blood sugar, what medications they have to take, and much more. In this post, I will be showing you guys what medications Diabetics take, how to check your Blood Sugar, and more.
How to check your blood sugar:
Medications: Diabetics in general take a pretty good amount of medication. Some of these medications include the Glucagon, a medication used to treat low blood sugar, Insulin or Humalog, a medication used to control your blood sugar to cover your meal and make sure you're healthy. Lastly, Lantus or a similar medication used to control your blood sugar throughout the night or the day. I'm pretty sure there are TONS more of medications used for Diabetics but these are the main ones or the more general ones.
How to check your blood sugar:
1.) After washing your hands, insert a test strip into your meter.
2.) Using your poker, poke your finger to get a drop of blood. (Make sure you get enough blood so the meter will be able to read it.)
3.) Put your lancet test strip near the finger you just poked and direct it to the blood so it can obtain it, and wait for the result.
4.) Your blood glucose level will appear on the meter's display.
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| A visual on how to manage your blood sugar readings and how to actually test your blood sugar. |
Medications: Diabetics in general take a pretty good amount of medication. Some of these medications include the Glucagon, a medication used to treat low blood sugar, Insulin or Humalog, a medication used to control your blood sugar to cover your meal and make sure you're healthy. Lastly, Lantus or a similar medication used to control your blood sugar throughout the night or the day. I'm pretty sure there are TONS more of medications used for Diabetics but these are the main ones or the more general ones.
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| A person actually injecting their insulin. |
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| Locations of where Insulin Injection should take place. |
Friday, March 4, 2016
Recommendations for Exercise and Lifestyle
Type 1 Diabetics are capable and can live a nice and healthy life. In this post, I will be talking about some Exercises that are appropriate for Diabetics and some connections between exercise and insulin levels.
Caution: When a Type 1 Diabetic is exercising it is likely for their blood sugar to run low over a period of time. Now you might be wondering, "How will they know their Blood Sugar is running low?" The answer to that question is they will feel a symptom or varieties of symptoms. Some of these Symptoms include feeling Shaky, Sweaty, Hungry, Dizzy, Weak or Tired, and more.
What to do when low: The proper thing to do when you're feeling that you have Low Blood sugar is that you should STOP EXERCISING, Check your blood sugar, eat a snack (Amount varies on Blood Sugar Reading), Rest, and then continue to exercise if you'd like when you're feeling better.
Recommended Exercises: The exercises you perform are pretty much up to you. Limit yourself to what your body can actually handle but also do certain exercises like Yoga, Cardio Exercise, Strength and Development exercises, and more.
Caution: When a Type 1 Diabetic is exercising it is likely for their blood sugar to run low over a period of time. Now you might be wondering, "How will they know their Blood Sugar is running low?" The answer to that question is they will feel a symptom or varieties of symptoms. Some of these Symptoms include feeling Shaky, Sweaty, Hungry, Dizzy, Weak or Tired, and more.
What to do when low: The proper thing to do when you're feeling that you have Low Blood sugar is that you should STOP EXERCISING, Check your blood sugar, eat a snack (Amount varies on Blood Sugar Reading), Rest, and then continue to exercise if you'd like when you're feeling better.
Recommended Exercises: The exercises you perform are pretty much up to you. Limit yourself to what your body can actually handle but also do certain exercises like Yoga, Cardio Exercise, Strength and Development exercises, and more.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Basic Food Recommendations
In Type 1 Diabetes, managing what you eat and how you live is crucial into living a nice and healthy life. You hear people saying that Type 1 Diabetes can't eat a lot of things but that's not true, Type 1 Diabetics can pretty much eat everything but it has it's limitations.
In the world, there are many good foods and many bad foods that the Food Heavens have brought to us. Now, some of the good foods that can go into a daily meal would be having Non-Starchy Vegetable's like Broccoli, you can also have some Grains like Rice, get your Protein from Beef, a little pineapple on the side, and finish your meal with a healthy beverage like Crystal Light or something with low calories and carbs.
Now, don't forget about the bad foods! These foods aren't like life threating terrible, but they are foods that you should stay away from and not consume them on a daily basis. Some of these foods would be Desserts, Simple Carbs, Sugar and Salt, Bread, Soda, Candy and things heavy with Carbohydrates and Sugar.
Like I said in the previous paragraphs, Type 1 Diabetics can eat everything but there is limitations and things that we should watch out for.
In the world, there are many good foods and many bad foods that the Food Heavens have brought to us. Now, some of the good foods that can go into a daily meal would be having Non-Starchy Vegetable's like Broccoli, you can also have some Grains like Rice, get your Protein from Beef, a little pineapple on the side, and finish your meal with a healthy beverage like Crystal Light or something with low calories and carbs.
Now, don't forget about the bad foods! These foods aren't like life threating terrible, but they are foods that you should stay away from and not consume them on a daily basis. Some of these foods would be Desserts, Simple Carbs, Sugar and Salt, Bread, Soda, Candy and things heavy with Carbohydrates and Sugar.
Like I said in the previous paragraphs, Type 1 Diabetics can eat everything but there is limitations and things that we should watch out for.
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| An example of what your plate should look like! |
General Background
The question everyone asks is what is Type 1 Diabetes? Well, the proper answer to that is Type 1 Diabetes, also known as Juvenile Diabetes even though Type 1 can occur at any age. It is also known as Insulin Dependent Diabetes. In this illness, the pancreas produces produce little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow sugar to enter cells to produce energy.
A main thing needed to know about Type 1 Diabetes is that since the pancreas produces no insulin, you have to inject the insulin manually or with a machine in order for Sugar (Glucose) to enter the cells.
Now if you have Type 1 Diabetes, and you just leave the illness untreated then it can have many life threating outcomes. These things can affect your life in many different ways. Some of these things would be an Eye Disease, Nerve Damage, Heart and Kidney Damage, Sugar problems, and much more. I know I wouldn't want to live through having these things, so I would get checked at least once or twice a year just to be sure.
A main thing needed to know about Type 1 Diabetes is that since the pancreas produces no insulin, you have to inject the insulin manually or with a machine in order for Sugar (Glucose) to enter the cells.
Now if you have Type 1 Diabetes, and you just leave the illness untreated then it can have many life threating outcomes. These things can affect your life in many different ways. Some of these things would be an Eye Disease, Nerve Damage, Heart and Kidney Damage, Sugar problems, and much more. I know I wouldn't want to live through having these things, so I would get checked at least once or twice a year just to be sure.
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| This is Type 1 Diabetes in one picture. |
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