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Understanding Diabetes Care : Assignment Brief

   

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Understanding Diabetes Care

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................31.1 Discuss the reasons for increase in Type 2 Diabetes in the population................................31.2 Explain the signs and symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes...........................................................5TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................62.1 Compare and contrast the clinical investigations associated with diagnosis of Type 2Diabetes.......................................................................................................................................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................83.1 Explain the Treatment and support available for service users when initially diagnosedwith Type 2 Diabetes..................................................................................................................83.2 Discuss the common complications associated with Type 2 Diabetes delivery in the healthand social care sector..................................................................................................................93.3 Explain the treatment and support available for service users with long term complicationsof Type 2 Diabetes....................................................................................................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTIONDiabetes refers to a health problem that affects capability of human body to produce oruse of insulin which is a hormone. Insulin is helpful to transport generated energy (sugar orglucose) by food to the cells. However, diabetes occurs when blood glucose levels too high inbody of an individual. It is necessary for people to focus on their health and take balanced diet toavoid disease like Diabetes Type 2 (Tiktin, Celik and Berard, 2016). The given report is based onNational Health Service (NHS) that is known as publicly funded national healthcare system forEngland. It can be considered as one of the four national health services to every constituentcountry of the United Kingdom largest single payer healthcare system in the world. Thisassignment will focus on reasons for increase in Type diabetes on the population and signs &symptoms of it. It will also include comparison and contrast the clinical clinical investigationsassociated with diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. The treatment and related complications alongwith their treatment or support available for services users diagnosed with diabetes is givenbelow. TASK 1 1.1 Discuss the reasons for increase in Type 2 Diabetes in the populationDiabetes can be described as a type of disease when human body loses the ability togenerate or utilise insulin hormone for transporting energy (sugar or glucose) to the cells.Reduced amount of insulin secretion is responsible for generating problem of diabetes for anindividual. However, diabetes can be classified into several categorise in which Diabetes Type 2is mostly observed in people in current scenario. Meanwhile, Diabetes Type 2 refers to acondition that begin as insulin resistance which reflects about situation of human body of notusing insulin efficiently (Noor, Khan and Ahmad, 2017). Moreover, it will stimulate pancreas toproduce more insulin due to no longer demand which results into reduction in secretion of thishormone that leads to high sugar levels in body. It has been analysed that Diabetes Type 2 isobserved as common health issue among population that ha number of reasons which areexplained further – Intake of Junk food – This can be described as an important factor which is responsiblefor developing health problem of Diabetes Type 2 in population more frequently. It is observedthat people has habit of excess intake of junk food items which are less nutritious buts impacts

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