Final Project Report – Third Term

Written report

1. Diabetes is a disease that affects the way the body uses glucose, the main type of sugar in
the blood. Glucose, from food, is the main source of energy to supply the body's functions. To use
glucose, the body needs the hormone insulin, produced in the pancreas. In diabetes, the body
does not make enough or not at all of insulin, or it does not work properly. This causes a high level
of glucose in the blood or hyperglycemia, which is the main characteristic of diabetes. The brain
uses 25% of the body's total glucose, yet it stores very little. Always has glucose must be available
to keep the brain working properly. It is vitally important that the blood glucose level is kept in a
range of 60 to 120 mg / dl, to prevent a lack of supply to the nervous system. If there is no insulin
or the receptors of the cells in the muscle and fat cells do not work, the glucose cannot penetrate
the cells, and the affected person will lack nutrients.

2. Hugo Adrian Mera Celis is a patient who is currently 35 years old. He is a Physician with a
specialization in anesthesiology. He lives in the city of Pasto. He has been married for 3 years and
has a daughter named Adriana Lucia Mera who is in elementary school. He has Type 2 Diabetes
goes 6 months. He likes to play soccer and volleyball at family gatherings.

3. Hugo has a very heavy day. To start Hugo wakes up at 05 +30 hours and gets up at 06 + 00 hours
from Monday to Saturday. After waking up he brushes his teeth at 06 + 30 hours. He often takes a
bath at 07 + 10 o'clock. He then goes to his kitchen to prepare something healthy to eat like
protein, fruits and hydartation for his breakfast at the clinic where he does his work. He then takes
his medications to reduce the symptoms of the disease. At 08 + 00 hours he got into his car to go
to his work. Then at 1:00 p.m. he eats his low-sugar lunch. He accompanies his lunch with 1 bottle
of water. Sometimes he goes to the gym for 1 hour. After his long exercise routine he goes out to
play soccer for 30 minutes with his friends. He returns home to stretch his muscles and rest from
his long day of exercises. Finally, he takes English classes at 20 + 00 hours to end his day.

4- Hugo has type 2 diabetes. His symptoms are not yet serious. Hugo's most common symptoms
are excessive sweating, dehydration, thirst, frequent urination, hunger, tiredness, and blurred
vision. His treatment is for life. Since the beginning of the treatment, he has felt improvement.
Every day that he passes he feels new slight symptoms. His treating physician recommends that all
of his meals be low in glucose, carbohydrates, and lipids. By not following its proper treatment,
the disease can become more complicated and the dose may be increased or its treatment
changed.