NR 601 Week 8 Final Study Guide Content Week 5-8

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NR 601 Week 8 Final Study Guide Content Week 5-8 Week 5: Glucose metabolism disorders Types of DM Type 1- severe insulin deficiency resulting in reduction or absence of functioning beta cells i... n the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. Autoimmune disorder which immune system attacks beta cells of the pancreas. This leads to hyperglycemia due to altered metabolism of lipids, carbs, and proteins. Initial s/s of hyperglycemia. Subjective findings- polyuria, polydipsia, nocturnal enuresis and polyphagia with paradoxical weight loss, visual changes and fatigue. Objective-dehydration (poor skin turgor and dry mucous), wt loss despite normal/increase appetite, reduction in muscle mass. DKA-fatigue, cramping, abnormal breathing **3 main ways someone with diabetes will present before diagnosed: Acute, subacute, and asymptomatic. --Acute- This is the most severe presenting situation and can be life threatening for both type I and type II diabetes. This individual becomes very sick over a relatively short period of time, usually only a couple of days. Now symptoms will include things like nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain and this often results in severe dehydration, and as such the individual may even become confused or unconscious as a result. In type I diabetes, this is known as diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA for short. And it is how about 30% of individuals with type I diabetes will initially present before diagnosis. In type II diabetes, the acute presentation has a much longer name. It's known as hyperosmolar nonketotic state, or HHNS for short, and it's much less common than DKA as it's the initial presentation for only about 2% of individuals with type II diabetes. Now the difference between DKA and HHNS has to do with the difference between the underlying mechanisms of type I diabetes and type II diabetes. Now the most important difference is that in DKA the individual will become acidotic due to the production of ketoacids, hence the na [Show More]

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