HEALTH TEACHING PLAN

Subject Matter: Diabetes

Time Allotment: 30 minutes
Learning needs: The different types of diabetes, their risk factors, signs and symptoms and prevention.

Learning Contents: Time Strategies Evaluation:

Objectives: Allotment: used:

1. The audience 10 minutes Visual

will be able to aids
identify what is:
 Diabetes
 2 types of
Diabetes
 Risk Factors

2. Identify the 2. Knowing the signs and symptoms 5 minutes

signs and of diabetes is important because now
symptoms, in this generation not only older
diagnostic tests, people get diabetes but also the
and younger generations, because of
complications of sedentary lifestyle and having an
diabetes. unhealthy diet like processed foods or
take-out meals.

3 P’s of Diabetes
 Polyuria – the need to urinate
frequently.
 Polyphagia – Increase hunger.
 Polydipsia – Increased thirst and
fluid intake.

Other signs and symptoms of diabetes

include:

 Weight loss – this is because the

glucose cannot be metabolized by
the body into energy, instead the
body relies on stored fats and
muscles to break them down into
energy.
 Tiredness/Sleepiness/Extreme
Fatigue – this happens because the
body doesn’t have any energy.
 Blurred vison – the small veins
behind the eyes damages because
the blood is getting thick thus there
 is slow circulation.
 Wounds that won’t heal or heals
poorly – this happens because the
blood circulation is slow because
the blood is thick. Especially to the
distal part of the body like the
hands and feet.
 Tingling or numbness in the hands
or feet
 Trouble getting or maintaining an
erection – there is poor blood
circulation to the area.

Diagnostic Tests for Diabetes: 5 minutes

A. Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)

Test – A blood sample will be taken
after an overnight fast. A fasting
blood sugar level less than 100
mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L) is normal. A
fasting blood sugar level from 100 to
125 mg/dL (5.6 to 6.9 mmol/L) is
considered prediabetes. If it's 126
mg/dL (7 mmol/L) or higher on two
separate tests, you have diabetes.

B. Oral Glucose Tolerance (OGT)

Test – For this test, you fast
overnight, and the fasting blood
sugar level is measured. Then you
drink a sugary liquid, and blood
sugar levels are tested periodically
for the next two hours.

A blood sugar level less than 140

mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L) is normal. A
reading of more than 200 mg/dL
(11.1 mmol/L) after two hours
indicates diabetes. A reading
between 140 and 199 mg/dL (7.8
mmol/L and 11.0 mmol/L) indicates
prediabetes.

C. Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) Test

– this blood test, which doesn't
require fasting, indicates your
average blood sugar level for the past
two to three months. It measures the
percentage of blood sugar attached to
hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying
 protein in red blood cells.

The higher your blood sugar levels,

the more hemoglobin you'll have
with sugar attached. An A1C level of
6.5 percent or higher on two separate
tests indicates that you have diabetes.
An A1C between 5.7 and 6.4 percent
indicates prediabetes. Below 5.7 is
considered normal.

D. Random Blood Sugar Test – A

blood sample will be taken at a
random time. Regardless of when
you last ate, a random blood sugar
level of 200 milligrams per deciliter
(mg/dL) — 11.1 millimoles per liter
(mmol/L) — or higher suggests
diabetes.

Complications of Diabetes:

1. Diabetic Retinopathy – eye

damage
2. Diabetic Neuropathy (nerve
disease) – Excess sugar can
injure the walls of the tiny blood
vessels (capillaries) that nourish
your nerves, especially in your
legs. This can cause tingling,
numbness, burning or pain that
usually begins at the tips of the
toes or fingers and gradually
spreads upward.
3. Diabetic Nephropathy – kidney
damage
4. Cardiovascular Disease – Stroke,
Heart Attack
5. Alzheimer’s Disease
6. Hearing Impairement
10 minutes
3. How to prevent
diabetes and the
lifestyle
modification for
diabetes.
Submitted By: (BSN IV- C)
Irish Krisha Perez
Rasheeda Paraji
Zamiera T. Pamate
Submitted To:
Teresita D. Ong, RN, MN.