respiratory infection
Diseases Process
Patient was instructed on diabetes with illness. Managing diabetes on a daily basis can be a challenge, but experiencing illness or an injury can add additional stress to the maintenance. When people with diabetes are sick with a cold, flu, or other infection, it can cause blood glucose levels to climb.
Patient was instructed on Hyperglycemia. High blood sugar develops when there is too little insulin or when the body fails to respond properly to the insulin in the blood. High blood sugar emergencies often develop because of some underlying condition that may not be obvious, such as a heart attack, infection, or surgery.
Patient was instructed on Hyperglycemia. The blood sugar can rise to an unsafe level if: Skipping a dose of pills for diabetes, or skipping a dose of insulin Eating too much food. Feeling a lot of stress. Being sick (such as a severe case of the flu) or having an infection, even if not eating a lot of food.
Patient was instructed on Hyperglycemia why blood sugar rise: The most common culprits flu or infection, emotional stress, such include, eating too much, exercising less that planned to, physical stress, such as a cold, the as family conflict, forgetting to take the medication.
Taught that during times of stress, such as fever, infection, injury or surgery, it may be more difficult to control the blood sugar levels.
Taught that infection, stress and/or fever may lead to high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia).
Taught that stress, infection and a defective autoimmune system are factors that may increase the risk of developing/exacerbating Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Instructed on some potential factors of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), such as not using enough insulin or oral diabetes medication, not injecting insulin properly or using expired insulin, not following your diabetes eating plan, being inactive, having an illness or infection and using certain medications, such as steroids.
SN explained to patient/caregiver that cellulitis is a common skin infection caused by bacterias. Patient/caregiver verbalized understanding of instructions given.
Instructed in possible cause of hyperglycemia such as too little insulin, too much or wrong kind of food, infection, injury, illness, decreased activity.