Full Description
Diabetes mellitus is a global epidemic with severe complications that can be of great cost. This book focuses on the complications of hypertension, heart attack or heart failure, stroke, blindness, nephropathy, neuropathy, amputations, and death, along with the prevalence and prevention of disease development. It explains distribution of the disease by age and gender, such as the development of type II diabetes in relation to obesity, which is more prevalent in younger age groups. Global mortality and costs of complications are significant, as the disease affects all ages, races, and ethnicities, making this book an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals and students everywhere.
Key Features
A useful ready reference for students, physicians, and healthcare professionals detailing the latest diagnostic tests and treatments of diabetes and its complications
Explains how heart failure and stroke are deadly complications of diabetes along with kidney failure and life-threatening infections
Establishes how cancer is linked to diabetes - a fact many people are not aware of - this book details the six types of cancer that may result from the disease, along with an individualized focus on the different "areas" of issues that occur from diabetes
Discusses the effect of diabetes on the minds of patients, in relation to depression, anxiety, panic, PTSD, eating disorders, delirium, and dementia
Contents
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Pathophysiology of Diabetes
Chapter 2: Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 3: Prevalence, Mortality, and Risk Factors
Part II: Microvascular Complications of Diabetes
Chapter 4: Diabetic Neuropathy
Chapter 5: Diabetic Retinopathy
Chapter 6: Diabetic Nephropathy
Part III: Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes
Chapter 7: Hypertension
Chapter 8: Dyslipidemia
Chapter 9: Coronary Artery Disease
Chapter 10: Congestive Heart Failure
Chapter 11: Stroke
Chapter 12: Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes
Chapter 13: Other Complications of Diabetes
Chapter 14: Cancer
