CLINICAL CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES

Clinical Care for patients with Diabetes

Clinical Care for patients with Diabetes

Introduction

Diabetes is the sixth most crucial reason behind increasing mortality rates in the United Kingdom. This disease is incurred due to persistent increase in blood glucose levels. If this disease is not medicated effectively then it also has capability to adversely affect human body's nervous system, eyes, kidney etc. Its intervention is considered as complicated one as proven by biomedical research. The government has formed research centre named as Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in order to conduct a detailed research and determine advance and effective interventions and medications for patients with diabetes.

Diabetes is one of the growing diseases in America. As per estimates, 16 million of American population was affected by diabetes in 1999, which resulted into an additional cost of $100 billion to the overall society inclusive of both medical and non medical expenses. This disease is observed to be found more in elder people and minority groups (Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, 2001, n.d.).

As per NHS, diabetes Type 1 is common amongst children and adults and is accounted for 5% to 15% of diabetes amongst all patients. Type 2 diabetes is more than commonly found in patients of diabetes and usually more incurs as an outcome of over weightiness in UK. The very first step taken by the England Authorities to apply a patient oriented approach is designed by diabetes national service framework NSF (NHS Choice, 2011, n.d.).

The diabetes has also researched to be treated via diabetes self management education program at community level as an effective and significant element of clinical treatment. Joslin formed this methodology in 1930s. As per an estimate, there are about greater than 2 and half million people suffering from diabetes in UK and its is highly recommended by NHS Next Stage Review in 2008 that increasing information about the disease and enhancing self management skills with respect to the disease along with continuous education in this regard proves to be an effective way to deal with the issue clinically in community settings (Diabetes UK, 2009, p.3-22).

Discussion

The sugar in blood varies on the basis of food intake, workout, and other variables that are suppose to remain in a safe range via intervention named as insulin. Insulin assists body in absorbing additional sugar from blood level. However, a patient of diabetes may not have controlled level of sugar in blood even by using insulin. Clinicians observe the Haemoglobin level regularly to monitor sugar level. Normally it should lie within the range from 4 to 6 percept as per American Diabetes Association. There are two types of diabetic diseases, Type 1 and 2. Type 1 is a diabetic disease in which insulin are not formed due to damaged ability of pancreas. It is normally found in children or adult people of age below 30. Type 2 is a disease in which insulin is formed but not up to required quantity so that body reacts ...