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Duration : 0:1:5
Dec 04
Diabetes, Type 1, Type 2, Glucose, Insulin
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Nov 30
Foot Care in Diabetes
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Please rate this video and share it with your friends and family. Millions of diabetics may end up losing their feet and become wheelchair bound if they do not take proper care of their feet.
Poor foot care is a ‘Gap in One’s Medical Care’ that may lead to disability. Learn how to take care of your feet and about other gaps in your medical care.
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Duration : 0:6:3
Nov 06
PostCare™ Diabetes Center: Mixing Insulin
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Your doctor or diabetes educator may ask you to mix a short-acting or clear insulin
with an intermediate or long acting cloudy insulin in the same syringe so that both can be given at the same time.
* The only insulin that cannot be mixed is insulin glargine.
* In this example, the doctor has asked you to mix 10 units of regular, clear, insulin with 15 units of NPH cloudy insulin, to a total combined dose of 25 units.
* Always, draw “clear before cloudy” insulin into the syringe. This is to prevent cloudy insulin from entering the clear insulin bottle.
* Always do this procedure in the correct order, as shown in the following sequence.
Roll the bottle of the cloudy insulin between your hands to mix it.
Clean both bottle tops with an alcohol wipe.
Pull back the plunger of the syringe to the dose of the long-acting (cloudy) insulin in this example 15 units. You now have 15 units of air in the syringe.
Check the insulin bottle to ensure you have the correct cloudy type of insulin.
With the insulin bottle held firmly on a counter or tabletop, insert the needle through the rubber cap into the bottle.
Push the plunger down so that the air goes from the syringe into the bottle. Remove the needle and syringe. This primes the bottle for when you withdraw the insulin later.
Pull back the plunger of the syringe to the dose of the shorter acting clear insulin in this example 10 units. You now have 10 units of air in the syringe.
Check the insulin bottle to ensure you have the correct clear type of insulin.
With the insulin bottle held firmly on a counter or tabletop, insert the needle through the rubber cap into the bottle.
Push the plunger down so that the air goes from the syringe into the bottle.
Turn the bottle upside down so that the air in it goes to the top.
With the tip of the needle kept in the liquid, withdraw the dose of clear insulin, in this example, 10 units.
Remove the needle and syringe.
Go back to the longer-acting, cloudy insulin bottle.
Turn it upside down. Insert the needle into the liquid and slowly pull back the plunger to measure your total dose, in this example, 25 units. You are now ready to give your injection.
Duration : 0:4:5
Nov 04
PostCare™ Diabetes Center: Injecting Insulin
Archived in the category: Diabetes
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This program will demonstrate injecting insulin.
The goal is to inject the insulin into the subcutaneous tissue between the top layer of the skin, the dermis and the underlying muscle layer.
The only concentration of insulin available in the United States is 100 units per milliliter. A milliliter is equal to a cubic centimeter. All insulin syringes are graduated to match this concentration.
Insulin syringes are available in various volumes, for example: 3/10 cc, which would hold a maximum dose of 30 units, 1/2 cc to hold a maximum dose of 50 units and 1 cc to hold a maximum dose of 100 units.
Some insulins are cloudy suspensions. To ensure uniform dispersion of the insulin in the cloudy suspension, roll the vial gently between your hands. Avoid vigorous shaking, which will produce air bubbles or foam and interfere with obtaining the accurate dose.
Wipe off the top of the bottle with an alcohol swab. Discard the swab.
Pick up the syringe and remove the needle cap. With the syringe held upright, pull the plunger back until the end of the plunger is at the mark of your dose,which in this example is 20 units. There is now air in the syringe.
Check the insulin bottle to ensure you have the correct type of insulin.
With the insulin bottle held firmly on a counter or tabletop, insert the needle through the rubber cap into the bottle.
Push the plunger down so that the air goes from the syringe into the bottle.
Turn the bottle upside down so that the air in it is at the top.
With the tip of the needle kept in the liquid, pull the plunger back to your dose. If any air bubbles are in the syringe, push the plunger back in and draw up the dose again.
Remove the syringe and needle from the bottle. Do not let the needle touch anything else until it touches your skin for the injection.
Wipe the skin of the chosen injection site with an alcohol swab and let the skin dry.
Pinch up the skin and put the needle fully through the skin at an 80 to 90 degree angle and push the plunger down completely.
Discard the syringe and attached needle into a puncture-proof container and replace the container’s screw cap.
Instead of a puncture-proof container you can purchase a special “Sharps” container with a hinged lid to store your used syringes and needles.
* When your storage or “Sharps” container is 3/4 full, dispose of it according to the policies of your local authorities.
The recommended sites for insulin injections are shown. Change the place of each injection by moving a couple of inches from the previous site.
By doing this, you can stay in one general area for several days.
Duration : 0:4:54
Oct 29
Gestational Diabetes (Diabetes #7)
Archived in the category: Diabetes
If you’re pregnant, you may need to worry about gestational diabetes: 5% of expecting women have the condition. Watch this video to learn more.
Duration : 0:3:21
Oct 27
Nick Jonas, OmniPod user, reveals diabetes
Archived in the category: Diabetes
Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers reveals publicly he has type 1 diabetes and uses the OmniPod System to manage his daily intake of insulin.
Duration : 0:4:54
Oct 09
Dr Whiting on Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
Archived in the category: Diabetes
Glucose metabolism disorders such as obesity, hypoglycemia and type II diabetes can produce a cluster of symptoms associated with these problems. Syndrome X is a catchall term for a group of problems that share a common cardinal cause, namely excess insulin in the bloodstream. The problem usually begins in lesser stages and advances as months and years of dietary abuse continue. Carbohydrate intolerance, the first stage of syndrome X, manifests itself as obesity. In fact, over 75 percent of all overweight people have their weight problem due to excess insulin in the body. The next concern is low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia. Excess insulin production and over-active insulin receptor sites cause low blood sugar. Eventually, these problems, if left unchecked, can and do proceed to type II diabetes, a condition of excess insulin and under-active insulin receptor sites. Together, conditions of excess insulin such as obesity, hypoglycemia or low blood sugar and diabetes make up the fastest growing disease epidemic in all industrialized nations. The Institute of Nutritional Science has specialized in syndrome X and the related problems of obesity, hypoglycemia, low blood sugar and diabetes, and offers a three-phase program for both managing and preventing this devastating cycle of disease. Natural alternatives to controlling blood sugar have come a long way in recent years. Chromium, vanadium, alpha lipoic acid and select herbal extracts in key combinations, have shown to lower insulin and blood sugar levels both safely and effectively. Chromium naturally helps to lower blood sugar by sparing glucose usage. Vanadium has a direct effect on the insulin receptor sites of the body, making them much more effective. The end result is lowered insulin requirements. The key in managing conditions such as hypoglycemia and type II diabetes is lowering insulin levels. Chromium, vanadium alpha lipoic acid and key herbal extracts have proved very effective in lowering both insulin and blood sugar levels naturally. If you are significantly overweight and lower calorie diets have not worked well for you in the past, consider taking our Weight Management Test to help discover if your weight problem could be due to excess insulin production in response to carbohydrate ingestion.
Duration : 0:8:50
Sep 29
Diabetes: The hidden epidemic.
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Sian Welby discusses with Dr Chris Steele the symptoms of diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes is most prevalent in young people, whereas Type 2 is more likely to be found in older people.
Type 2 represents 90% of all cases.
Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes: Symptoms can come on very rapidly, and include intense thirst, need to pass urine frequently, weight loss, and recurrent infections.
For Type 2 Diabetes, on average a sufferer will ahve the disease for 7 years before it is diagnosed. Symptoms come on more slowly, and include thirst, tiredness, need to pass urine, disurbance to vision.
It is a serious disease that can lead to blindness, amputation, heart disease, kindey failure, erectile disfunction and other problems.
It is easy to be tested, and this can even be done yourself at home with a testing kit from your pharmacist.
Who should get tested
People over 40
The overweight
If you ahve family memebers who are diabetic.
People of Asian and afro-carribean origin should be tested in their twenties.
80% of diabetics are overweight.
Duration : 0:5:23
Sep 27
Type 1 Diabetes
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Video about type 1 diabetes.Sep 21
Diabetes Treatment
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Controlling blood sugar is a crucial part of managing diabetes, and a new insulin treatment is offering patients a simple and convenient way to keep those levels under control.
Duration : 0:1:49