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Non Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II: NURSING ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

B. Potential effects of Type II diabetes mellitus.

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DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II: NURSING ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

Diabetes is a disease that develops as a result of the body's inability to make appropriate use of food consumed, which in turn is the result of an insufficiency of insulin (Robertson, 1995, p. 35). Type I diabetes is defined as insulin-dependent diabetes, while Type II diabetes is defined as non insulin-dependent diabetes. A wide variety of complications may result from this chronic disease (Betts, Betts, & Betts, 1995, p. 415). This research examines Type II diabetes mellitus from a nursing perspective with emphasis on assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and risk factors.

Genetic defects in insulin secretion rather than insulin resistance appear to be the critical factor that predisposes people to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus--NIDDM (Robertson, 1995, p. 35). Between 35 and 55 percent of NIDDM patients exhibit faulty response of insulin secretion when their blood sugar was raised. Only five-to-15 percent of these patients are characterized by insulin resistance, which contradicts the widely held belief that faulty insulin secretion follows insulin resistance. NIDDM is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by impaired insulin secretion and impaired tissue sensitivity to insulin. It is well established that genetic and environmental factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of this condition. Hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, both of which occur in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance and NIDDM, can adversely affect insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity. Thus, it is necessary to avoid these confounding situations in assessing the hereditary components of NIDDM.

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