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Lifestyle Issues of Diabetes Mellitus

The purpose of this research is to examine change-of-lifestyle issues surrounding the onset of severe diabetes mellitus. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which physical and psychological symptoms of the disease would emerge, as well as behavioral patterns that contribute to the severity of problems associated with it and then to discuss primary treatment options available for people with this problem, along with short-term and long-term changes that would be necessary to accommodate the disease. Throughout, it will be assumed that the disease has affected home and professional life, including the shape of personal relationships and the effect that the disease might have on the relationship between the individual and his social environment.

Diabetes is a chronic condition that reflects the fact that the body does not produce of the hormone insulin to break down the body's blood sugar from being excessively high (Squires, 1997; Novitt-Moreno, 1996), but one of the most striking features about diabetes is the estimate that nearly one-half of those who have the disease are not aware of it (Type II, 1996; Squires, 1997). There are two types of diabetes, one congenital and the more common other type, known as diabetes mellitus or sugar diabetes, which mainly affects persons over 40 years of age. Symptoms include frequent urination, thirst, high blood pressure, and fatigue, and the condition is aggravated by overweight (Gomez & Gersh, 1968). Severe cases can cause heart disease, blindness, and arterial "furring," which cut off blood supply to extremities (Susman & Helseth, 1997). This explains amputation of limbs in many diabetics (Dancer & Others, 1997; Needham & Others, 1993).

In part, psychological symptoms can be expected to proceed from physical ones and to connect in turn to an individual's social experience. For example, the need to urinate frequently could prove to be a social embarrassment, as could ...

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