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Osteoporosis Teaching 519

Patient was instructed on Osteoporosis. Exercises that improve balance and coordination that can also reduce your risk of falling. You can also make changes in your home to prevent falls.

Blood Sugar Teaching 682

Patient was instructed on how lifestyle and daily routine can affect blood sugar levels Type of food: food is made up of carbohydrates, protein and fat. Although all three can increase blood sugar, carbohydrates have the biggest impact.

Blood Sugar Teaching 684

Patient was instructed on how lifestyle and daily routine can affect blood sugar levels. Coordinating the meals with the medications can be a fine balance. Too little insulin in comparison to the medication may result in very low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Too much food may cause the blood sugar to climb too high (hyperglycemia).

Stress Teaching 686

Patient was instructed on how stress can affect blood sugar. One way stress affect blood sugar and having a direct effect on it, is as with the stress of a physical illness, prolonged or excessive stress can cause the body to produce hormones that prevent insulin from working properly. That, in turn, increases the blood sugar levels.

Stress Teaching 687

Patient was instructed on stress. Stress results when something causes the body to behave as if it were under attack. Sources of stress can be physical like injury or illness or they can be mental, like finances problems, health problems.

Hyperglycemia Teaching 750

Patient was instructed on Hyperglycemia. The classic symptom of being frequently hungry stems from the fact that the diabetic can not utilize glucose well as an energy source within cells. The sugar is circulating but the cells can

Hyperglycemia Teaching 762

Patient was instructed on Hyperglycemia. Blood sugar can rise well above normal for significant periods without producing permanent effects or symptoms. Howeverchronic hyperglycemia at levels more slightly above normal can produce a very wide variety of serious complications over a period of years.

Stress Teaching 780

Patient was instructed on how stress can affect blood sugar. Stress can affect blood sugar in two ways: when under heavy stress, it is easy to abandon the usual routine, eating fewer healthy foods, in that sense, stress indirectly causes the blood sugar to rise.

Diabetes Teaching 800

Patient was instructed on type II diabetes. Some people with type II diabetes can get blood sugar control through diabetes pills. These people do produce some insulin. But it is not enough to keep their blood sugar under control. Type II diabetes can often be controlled by weight loss, sensitive eating, and pills that improve the insulin supply or help it work better.

Parkinson Teaching 1678

Patient instructed on how Levodopa and Carbidopa are used in combination to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Carbidopa prevents the breakdown of Levodopa in the bloodstream so more Levodopa can enter the brain. This can reduce some of Levodopa's side effects such as nausea and vomiting, and it may also allow your doctor to increase your Levodopa dose more quickly to find the best dose.