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Diabetes Mellitus (Key Features (Diabetes Mellitus Metabolic chronic…
Diabetes Mellitus
Key Features
Diabetes Mellitus Metabolic chronic condition that results
in the body not being able to utilise blood glucose correctly. Refers to a group of different conditions where the body cannot maintain normal blood glucose levels.
Type 1: Also known as Juvenile Diabetes, insulin dependent
(injections of insulin daily), Pancreas unable to produce sufficient insulin to allow glucose from blood to cells.
Type 2: Lifestyle related, Pancreas does not produce enough insulin and the body cannot use the insulin effectively.
Gestational diabetes: Occurs during pregnancy, Hormones can reduce insulin regulated between mother and baby = increase in glucose being passed onto baby than needed
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Costs
Direct
In 2008–09, approximately $1.5 billion (2.3 per cent of the total spent) was spent on the direct costs of diabetes. As there is no cure, many of the direct costs associated with diabetes are due to management of the condition. This includes doctors’ and specialists’ consultations and pharmaceuticals. Many of these costs are funded by the community through Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and private health insurance companies. Health promotion programs targeting diabetes also contribute to the direct costs associated with this NHPA.
Direct costs to the individual include co-payments for health services and medication. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to ‘diabetic coma’ and unconsciousness, which can require ambulance transport, another direct cost to the individual.
Indirect
According to Access Economics (2008) the indirect costs associated with diabetes amount to almost $3 billion. Indirect costs to the community include government social security payments, lost productivity and payment for carers. Individuals with diabetes also experience a range of indirect costs associated with their condition. These can include paying for carers and lost income if they are unable to work.
Intangible
Living with diabetes involves making lifestyle changes to diet and activity levels to manage the condition. These changes may have to be made by both the individual and those living with them. Some examples of intangible costs include: frustration over having to make changes to exercise and diet routines, loss of self-esteem from being diagnosed with diabetes, anxiety about the possibility that the condition could progress. Diabetes can have a number of long-term effects such as blindness and limb amputations. An 189individual living with diabetes may experience stress as a result of the possibility of these effects occurring. Intangible costs to the community include frustration experienced by family members about those with diabetes as they too may have to make lifestyle changes. Relatives and friends may also experience anxiety and stress if the condition progresses.
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