Polydipsia Essays

  • Drinking Water Persuasive Speech

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    Drinking Water Is the Way to Go Specific Purpose: To show to my audience the importance of water to our body and to encourage them to drink water more often. Central Idea: Many people may take drinking water for granted, but keeping hydrated can have a huge impact on overall health. Despite how crucial it is that people drink enough water, a significant amount of people may be failing to drink recommended levels of fluids each day. I. The Attention Step Water is virtually everywhere, from soil moisture

  • Hydronephrosis: Computed Tomography

    1948 Words  | 8 Pages

    Although the prevalence of polydipsia among ill patients remains uncertain, therefore, this study helps to find the answers. Event though, the radiology image are be attained from the gray scale, however, the diagnosis outcomes will show the best diagnosis. This is because; based what

  • Personal Narrative: My Clinical Attachment

    288 Words  | 2 Pages

    I followed CP’s case over the course of her week in hospital and I feel it is one that will shape my approach to patients and families dealing with chronic illness. Up until this point in my clinical attachment, the diabetic patients that I had met had all been diagnosed for a longer period of time and were familiar with their management routine. CP and her family were all understandably overwhelmed by the sudden turn of events. Her mother stated that “on Monday my little girl had never even been

  • Margaret Nursing Intervention Model

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    This essay will be focusing on Margret who has required nursing interventions for her Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). There will be a discussion of what the condition is and its effect on the patient holistically; how it has impaired and impacted Margret’s normal health and how the condition has affected her family. There will be a demonstration awareness of how public health policies has impacted the health of Margret. What nursing models are will be briefly explained and how it can be used to

  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Essay

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    First discovered in 1935 by Stein and Leventhal, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine and metabolic disorder that is characterized by menstrual irregularity, subfertility and infertility, clinically obvious hyperadrogenism, and metabolic dysfunction in women (Azziz, 2015). Although the etiology of this complex condition is unclear, the prevalence is about 20-40% in women who have mothers and sisters with PCOS, strongly suggesting a genetic association (Azziz, 2015). B.L. presented

  • Hyponatremia Case Study

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    fatality rate for sufferers with sodium levels below than 125 millimoles per liter is almost 30 %. Water intoxication, which can result in fatal hyponatremia, has been reported in endurance exercise, in the use of the drug MDMA, and in psychogenic polydipsia - a condition where the sufferer drinks large amount of water compulsively, generally as a outcome of a psychiatric

  • Type 1 Diabetes Affects Major Body System

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    Each step causes to the next, this mechanism starts with: 1. Hyperglycemia 2. Glycosuria 3. Polyuria 4. Polydipsia Type 1 diabetes affects major body systems like the liver. The liver’s low insulin stimulates the destruction of the accumulated reserves of glucose known as glycogenolysis (Joshi 2010.) New glucose is then synthesised gluconeogenesis (Peate 2011,) these actions add new glucose into the bloodstream. Unfortunately all this glucose cannot be used by the body’s cells and is deposited

  • Delusion Of Pregnancy (DP)

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    which could occur in schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, mood disorder, epilepsy, dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration or other organic brain disorders and may also present with drug induced lactation, hyponatremia, polydipsia and urinary tract infection . Although more common in the females, multiple cases of delusional pregnancy in men have also been reported . It is very important to distinguish DP from other conditions imitating pregnancy: 1. Pseudocyesis: Pseudocyesis

  • Essay On Diabetes Insipidus

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    urine is polyuria. Because you spend more, thus losing more fluids of the body, in an attempt to compensate for this, you become more thirsty and want to drink more. The medical term for this increased thirst and the desire to drink more than is polydipsia. If you have diabetes insipidus can become dehydrated easily. Can become levels of salts of sodium and potassium in the blood also unbalanced and too high. There are two different types of diabetes insipidus (shown below): Cranial Diabetes Insipidus

  • Diabetes Mellium Case Study

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    ABSTRACT The objective of this long term study was to evaluate anti- diabetic activity of Artemisia absinthium( methanolic leaf extract of Artemisia absinthium - MLEAA) in Streptozotocin induced experimental diabetes mellitus in normal adult male Wistar rats via comparison of changes in body weight , levels of plasma glucose and insulin , among the empirical groups. About 32 experimental rats male were divided into four groups, eight in each group; Normal (N), Normal treated (NT) with MLEAA

  • Type 2 Diabetes Case Study Essay

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    In this essay I will utilise information given about a patient Zahoor. This is a fictitious patient so consent is not required. I will explain the risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes, demonstrate an awareness of the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes and explain the tests used to diagnose diabetes. Zahoor is a 72 year old Pakistani male who has previously had a stroke and has a blood pressure of 160/92 mmhg. He weighs 94 kg and his BMI (body mass index) is 32.5 which indicate

  • Menopausal Health Nursing Care Plan

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    Introduction : My name is Tina Carbone Nurse Practioner student, I am interested in helping women maintain health during the perimenopausal and menopausal periods of their lives. Managing menopausal health requires a continuous effort to keep with the new medical management of menopausal symptoms and treatments designed to prevent some disabling conditions associated with menopause and aging, such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and breast cancer. Objectives: 1. Individualizing patients

  • Type 1 Diabetes Case Study

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    Disease Detection on the Basis of Multiple Symptoms by Expert System The aim of this paper is to develop a system for making the interface between the doctors and patients for immediately diagnose disease using tools which was usually done through manual processes. The novelty of the paper is to rapidly find out the disease on the basis of multiple symptoms. It checks generated reports about the patient status, which will be useful for further understanding to deal with the case. This system does

  • Essay On Grooming Dogs

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    Breeds you should be expected to groom during your training During your course, you will have a wide variety of dogs that you groom. The dogs differ from each other because they are different breeds and different coat types. But don’t allow this to boggle the mind. If you learn to groom the following breeds and coat types correctly, you can pretty much manage to groom all dogs – it’s really just a slight variation on a theme. West Highland Terrier Border Terrier (for hand-strip) Cocker Spaniel

  • Type 1 Diabetes: A Case Study

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    Diabetes Education Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic diseases in which either insulin is not produced or the body does not respond. This causes extreme changes in blood glucose and can negatively affect multiple body systems. Statistics of 2014 state, an estimated 387 million people worldwide have diabetes, with type 2 DM making up approximately 90% of the cases. This represents 8.3% of the adult population. The term "type 1 diabetes" has come to represent several commonly used terms, including childhood-onset

  • Patient-Centred Communication In Nursing

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    Nurses have a high level of responsibility when it comes to patient assessment, communication, accurate data collection and interpretation (Considine & Currey, 2014). The primary survey and collection of medical history require the nurse to have a patient-centred approach and apply communication strategies that aid accurate diagnosis. Assessment of a patient's airway, breathing, circulation, disability and exposure (ABCDE approach) make up the essential steps of the primary survey. This approach

  • Summary: Childhood Illness Case

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    RK is a 26 year old married Caucasian female working as a waitress while attending nursing school. Source: RK, reliable. Chief Complaint: “My right shoulder hurts” HPI: Noticed shoulder pain while working 3 days ago, lifts heavy trays, pain hasn’t resolved with rest. Doesn’t recall a specific injury/incident. Describes anterolateral shoulder pain and burning sensation that worsens when lifting arm over head or lifting trays at work. Past Health: Depression Childhood Illnesses: Pt

  • Symptomatic Hypomagnesaemia Research Paper

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    Calcium (Ca++) The total amount of calcium circulating in the blood is small (9.0-10.5 mg/dl) and half of the total amount is bound to albumin a plasma protein. In humans, calcium ranks fifth after oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. Intracellular calcium is located primarily in the mitochondria. Approximately 99% of calcium is contained in bones and teeth as calcium hydroxyapatite an inorganic compound that contributes to bone rigidity (McCance, K. L., & Huether, S. E. 2013). Calcium

  • The Intermittent Diet Analysis

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    Many people choose to follow this particular eating regimen because they want to lose weight organically. Yes, that is one of the best and most noticeable advantages of the Intermittent Diet. But when done correctly, this can also help you: • Organically increase your muscle mass, even if you do not exercise a lot. If you eat a lot during certain times of the year (e.g. holidays, celebrations, etc.), your body tries its best to keep up with the sheer volume of food and drinks you consume. Often

  • Case Study: Acid Base Syndrome Case Study

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    Alistair Adams 213091062 Diagnostics BEMC 2 Case Study: Acid/Base disturbance Mr B de Waal Abstract The following case shows a good example of an acid-base disorder and also an acute renal failure due to a UTI. This case shows how these two disorders co-exist and compound each other’s affect as they are connected in terms of function. This is not the first report of this kind in literature. The patient is a 67 year old female with Known poorly managed type 2 diabetes. She also has chronic hypertension