Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), also known as type 1 diabetes, usually starts before 15 years of age, but can occur in adults also. Diabetes involves the pancreas gland, which is located behind the stomach (Picture 1).The special cells (beta cells) of the pancreas produce a hormone called insulin.ype 2 diabetes is more common than type 1. About 9 out of 10 people with diabetes have type 2. Type 2 DM used to occur mostly in adults, but is becoming increasingly more common in children. It is associated with obesity.
CLINICAL PRECEPTOR RESPONSIBILITIES. The preceptor plays a vital role in the educational process. The preceptor acts as a clinical resource. while students apply the medical knowledge obtained during the didactic training. It is not the. expectation that a preceptor act as an instructor for said didactic knowledge.
An abnormal smear test usually means that there may be precancerous cells on the cervix. Precancerous cells are curable, usually with a simple outpatient procedure called a colposcopy. Cancer is often not curable. The whole reason for having a smear is so that we can pick up and treat any precancerous cells, thereby ensuring that you never get cancer of the cervix. Cells do not usually go from âNormalâ to âCancerâ; they go through pre-cancerous changes. We usually classify precancerous change as Mild, Moderate or Severe. By examining the cells from your smear, we can spot precancerous cells, we can then treat them so you donât develop cancer. If you have very minor changes to the cells of your cervix you may be monitored with repeat colposcopies until the body returns the cells to normal.