DIARRHEA

UNDERSTANDING  Diarrhea is a state of bowel movement frequency more than 4 times in infants and more than 3 times in children, watery stools, can be green or can also be mixed with mucus and blood. CAUSE DIARRHEA  1. Infection.  2. Impaired absorption of food, for example in infants and children who do not tolerate milk. 3. Spoiled food, poisonous.  4. The fear and anxiety. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS  a. Defecate more than 3 times a day.  b. Feces watery / liquid, mixed with mucus / blood.  c. Children maudlin, anxiety, nausea and vomiting.  d. Body temperature usually increases.  e. Poor appetite or...

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DIABETES MELLITUS

A. Definition Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by increased levels of glucose in the blood or hyperglycemia. (Brunner and Suddarth, 2002).Melllitus Diabetes is a collection of symptoms that arise in a person caused by an increase in blood sugar (glucose), blood due to insulin deficiency both absolute and relative terms. B. Classification  Classification of diabetes mellitus as follows: 1. Type I: insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)  2. Type II: Diabetes mellitus is independent of insulin (NIDDM)  3. Diabetes mellitus associated with other conditions or syndromes  4. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) C. Etiology  1. Diabetes Type I:  a. Genetic factorsPeople with diabetes do not inherit the type I diabetes itself,...

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Hypertension

I. UNDERSTANDING  Hypertension can be defined as persistent blood pressure where pressure sistoliknya above 140 mmHg and diastolic above 90 mmHg. In the elderly population, hypertension is defined as a systolic pressure of 160 mmHg and diastolic pressure of 90 mmHg. (Smeltzer, 2001)According to WHO (1978), blood pressure equal to or above 160/95 mmHg expressed as hypertension. II. CLASSIFICATION  Hypertension in the elderly be divided into: (Darmojo, 1999)a. Hypertension in which systolic pressure equal to or greater than 140 mmHg and / or diastolic pressure equal to or greater than 90 mmHgb. Isolated systolic hypertension in which...

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