Hyperglycemia

occurs through high blood concentrations as a byproduct of issues concerning insulin mechanisms. Individuals with this disease produce an inadequate amount of insulin. The primary defect is the pancreatic beta-cell destruction; usually leading to hyperglycemia, polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, dehydration, electrolyte disturbance, and ketoacidosis (Mahan et al., 2012, p. 676). This type of diabetes only occurs in a small percentage compared to the other glucose intolerance diseases. T1DM has…

Strong evidence suggests an association between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and insulin resistance [95]. De la Monte is one of the leaders who proposed the concept of Type 3 Diabetes Mellitus (T3DM) or brain insulin resistance based on experimental studies which demonstrated that brain insulin resistance in Alzheimer patients can be identified as type 3 diabetes (T3DM) [95, 96]. T3DM (brain insulin resistance) has molecular and biochemical features that overlap with both type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and…

Many diabetics count their carbs so that they know the amount of glucose that will be in their bloodstream after they eat. Just like earlier mentioned, there are normal blood sugar levels, hyperglycemia, and hypoglycemia (USNLM, 2016). Hyperglycemia, is when there is a lot of glucose in the blood, and hypoglycemia is when there is little glucose in the blood. Ideally, a person would want to stay in between these two as often as possible. The way that diabetics regulate…

Enteral tube-feeding is a nutritional support method administered to a patient when his or her gastrointestinal tract is operational but unable or reluctant to take enough oral diet. However, this method is cost-effective, but it’s not as simple as it appears. Enteral tube-feeding encounters a number of complications that occur in the process, which ranges from metabolic, gastrointestinal and mechanical problems. The gastrointestinal complications may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,…

(Insel et. al, 2016). The fat cell’s response to the insulin decreases, leading to a high amount of fatty acids in the bloodstream. American Diabetes Association found, the higher levels of fatty acid lead to hyperglycemia, stimulating the production of insulin inside of the pancreas. Hyperglycemia injures the insulin manufacturing cells in the pancreas, making it progressively difficult for low blood glucose levels (ADA, 2014). The bodies, based off of research by Stephen Guyenet, MD, who…

Without insulin the sugars (glucose) can’t get to the cells of the body so it builds up in the bloodstream causing high blood sugar. Signs, Symptoms and complications of type 2 diabetes When your blood sugar is high from diabetes it is called hyperglycemia. Excessive thirst, fatigue, blurry vision, wounds that are slow to heal and frequent urination are common…

Introduction Diabetes is an illness in which blood glucose levels are elevated because the body has not enough insulin to keep the blood sugar level (CDC, 2016). If not properly controlled diabetes can increase the risk for other chronic health conditions like heart disease and stroke (NIDDK, 2014). Managing blood glucose level within the normal levels are very important in patients with diabetes (Kim et al., 2012). Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), is a new evidence based diagnostic tool…

According to The American Diabetes Association, “Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Chronic hyperglycemia found in patients with diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dysfunction, and failure of various organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels” (p.1). There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Insulin management is needed for…

large portion of the patient population in Grady’s stroke center present with elevated blood sugar. There is a clinical trial currently being performed at Grady called the SHINE study. This study aims to prove that with better treatment of hyperglycemia in acute stroke…

food into tissue cells. The tissue cells use the sugars for energy. The lack of insulin or the lack of normal response to insulin causes excess sugars to build up in the blood instead of going into the tissue cells. As a result, high blood sugar (hyperglycemia)…