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In the US, there is and estimated 6.3 million people who are living each and every day without even knowing they had diabetes and that undiagnosed number accounts for $18 Billion dollar in health care expenses each and every year. This is the danger of diabetes which if left unmanaged, tends to get out of hand, late discovery is a sure way to get it beyond control and can even lead to death. The situation is critical enough for the government and private pharmaceutical groups to start investing money into the diagnostics industry where cheap and fast diagnostic tools can be developed for the general public. Most of these unknown’s are discovered after unscheduled visits such as in cases of emergency or through annual blood-work needed by companies. Late discovery is assured chances of having late stages where the liver is totally unable to cope with the needs for insulin often leading to death. continue reading »
March 13 2009 | Care and General and Information and Research | No Comments »
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Here are some ways to help your child stay healthy:
Parents can help their kids stay a healthy weight by limiting video games and television time to an hour or two a day. Creating opportunities to have fun without electronic diversions can be a family undertaking. Dancing to music or working with art supplies are all ways to fire a child’s imagination. Turning off the TV can help kids become more plugged in to the world around them. Let kids earn their TV time. For every minute they play outside, they can watch one minute of television. Thirty minutes of outdoor play will buy them a favorite half-hour television show later that day. Encouraging sports that the whole family can participate in can go a long way toward encouraging kids to be active. Some kids feel self-conscious when they are overweight and don’t want to participate in team sports. They might feel that they won’t be able to keep up, or that they’ll let the team down.
August 09 2008 | Camp and Care and Exercise and Fun Run and General and Information and Open Letter and Research and Tips | No Comments »
A study looked into the characteristics and care of people with diabetes from Muslim countries, and studied the features of diabetes during the period of fasting–Ramadan.
Sample of 12,243 people from 13 countries; 1,070 had type 1 diabetes while 11,173 had type 2 diabetes.
During Ramadan, 42.8% of those with type 1 diabetes and 78.7% of those with type 2 diabetes fasted for at least 15 days, however less than 50% of the whole group assessed changed their treatment dose.
Findings: Severe hypoglycaemic episodes were seen to be significantly more frequent during Ramadan compared with other months, more so, they were even more frequent in people who changed their dose of oral antidiabetic drugs or insulin or their level of physical activity.
Healthcare professionals are therefore challenged with the huge number of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who fast during Ramadan.
Recommendation: More intensive education, dissemination of guidelines should be given before people with diabetes fast. More studies should be conducted to assess the impact of fasting.
July 01 2008 | Care and Research | No Comments »
An annual eye check up should be done for those with diabetes. The doctor whould check the eye dilation every year. However, only very people follow this drill, and lesser and lesser people do so every year.
An analysis fo 48 studies was done, comprising 160,000 participants worldwide. The purpose was to look at efforts to increase the number of diabetic patients who would actually have their eyes tested.
The following interventions were able to help propel people to have their eye examined: by increasing patient and caregiver of diabetic retinopathy; improving access to healthcare; using computer-based reminder systems; augmenting collaboration among screening organizations; and developing a community-based healthcare system. Combining interventions together worked even better.
May 15 2008 | Care and Research | No Comments »
Lizette is an 11-year old camper, who has diabetes. She is small for her age, has cataracts, hearing problems and a troubled home life. At camp, when she arrived, her blood sugars were constantly in the rage of 300 to 400 range, one time, when it got her to 100s, she would come running up to the volunteer and tell them how much better she felt. She would then play with her friends.
All the volunteers could do was smile, sometimes so touched that they wanted to cry. By the end of camp, Lizette was already injecting herself and would draw her own insulin doses. She told me the organizers that she wanted to come back next year, and she was told that they would wait for her.
The volunteers are were passionately idealistic youth and health care professionals the world over. They raise money and give their time for the diabetes camp making it a a reality for children in developing countries. AYIDA has two full-time and one part-time staff members. All others, including the members of our Board of Directors and Advisory Board, are volunteers.
February 27 2008 | Camp and Care | No Comments »
“The higher your blood glucose is during pregnancy, the greater your child’s chances of growing up to be obese”, according to a recent study published in Diabetes Care.
Metabolic imprinting is the mechanism behind this outcome. It is presumed that when children in the womb are overfed by the high blood sugars of their mothers, they become pre-programmed for obesity, or imprinted.
It was noted however that given the proper treatment of the high blood sugars would help eliminate the risk. Mothers who received treatment had children who were not likely to get fat compared to other children. This includes mothers who initially had the highest blood sugars.
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February 08 2008 | Care and Research | No Comments »