Chronic Kidney Disease
Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical July 15, 2013
Diabetic Retinopothy
Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical March 4, 2013
Diabetes Mellitus is a significant medical problem worldwide and can cause a wide range of long term health issues throughout your body. These long term effects also have a significant impact on society as well as the patient because not only is diabetes increasing in prevalence it also tends to strike people when they are in their most productive years…
Read moreThe Viciousness of Visceral Fat
Kimberly Allen R.N. February 14, 2013
Most people don’t realize that not all fat is created equal, one is definitely more dangerous than the other. Yes, there is more than one type of fat. There’s the fat you can pinch around your waist line, that’s called subcutaneous fat. And while it may make you cringe to look at, it’s the fat that’s underneath the muscles surrounding your organs that you don’t see that should really give you pause…
Read moreGangrene
Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical November 28, 2012
Gangrene is considered a serious and has the potential to be a life-threatening condition that develops when a mass of body tissue dies. There are numerous conditions that can cause gangrene to develop including infection, injury, even frostbite. Anything that affects the circulation of blood to any area of the body can lead to gangrene…
Read moreHypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia
Medical November 13, 2012
The most common condition associated with hypoglycemia is insulin dependent diabetes. However, there are several other conditions that can cause hypoglycemia including …
Read moreLiving with Type 1 Diabetes
Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical September 17, 2012
Type I Diabetes has gone by other names in the past – insulin dependent diabetes and juvenile diabetes. Type I Diabetes is much less common than type II and it differs from Type II in many ways. First of all, it is an autoimmune disorder. Also, in Type I Diabetes, your pancreas simply does not produce insulin where as in type II your pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin and what it does produce doesn’t work to open the cells…
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