including damage eyes retinopathy which can lead blindness damage nerves neuropathy
Instructed patient about factors that can affect BS such as foods, exercises, illness, stress, quantity of insulin, and when and where insulin is administered.
Instructed patient about foods that can be used freely, such as tea or decaffeinated coffee, lime juice, spices, sour or dill pickles, raw vegetables, sugar free soft drinks, sugarless gum and others.
Instructed patient on how after a pacemaker is implanted the patient should see the doctor every 6 to 12 months to have the device checked with a special radio transmitter. Changes in the pacemaker programming can be made at the same time.
Instructed patient about how strongly electromagnetic fields, metal detectors or another electronical devices can interfere with pacemaker functioning.
Instructed patient about Osteoarthritis. This is a degenerative non-inflammatory joint disease and it can affect all mobile joints, especially weight-bearing joints.
Instructed patient about how in many cases this condition produces some amount of short-lived discomfort that disappears within a year. Limited and minor pain of osteoarthritis may occur at intervals of a few months or a year and can be treated putting the joint to rest, applying heat and taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications such as Aspirin, Ibuprofen or Naproxen.
Instructed patient on how the severe and persistent pain caused by osteoarthritis may be treated with prescription painkillers. Corticosteriod medications can be injected into a painful joint to relieve discomfort, but this procedure carries the risk of damaging the joint cartilage if performed too frequently.
Instructed patient on how sometimes blood flows with enough force to weaken a vessel wall. If the vessel is small or damaged, the wall can break. When this happens blood leaks into nearby tissue and kills cells. Other cells may die because blood cannot reach them.
Instructed patient that if the infection persists and spreads it can progress to an acute or chronic disease.
Instructed patient about infections are commonly produced by bacterias or viruses. Once diagnosed most infections can be treated with antibiotics.