Since the first diagnosis of diabetes researchers have been attempting to find easier methods of diagnosing the severity of a patient’s diabetes. The only way was to have a patient take his or her blood sugar several times everyday take those results and place them in a daily journal. They would then have to take the results presented by the patient and place them either into a computer program for results evaluation or they would have to do the more tedious results of breaking down the results using a calculator. These methods would give them blood glucose trends for these small sections of the day. This leaves a question as to what the patients’ blood glucose is doing the rest of the untested period of time. Scientists and researchers have now solved this dilemma with the discovery of the use of the hemoglobin A1C test. This discovery gives medical practioners the ability to find out their patients average blood glucose during the last two to three months. This is discussed in the article “International Expert Committee Report on the Role of the A1C Assay in the Diagnosis of Diabetes”. In this article the American Diabetes Society along with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) has made the determination that the A1C test should be used as the determining factor for the diagnosis of diabetes. “The committee examined data from three cross-sectional epidemiological studies that included an Egyptian population (n = 1,018), Pima Indians (n = 960), and the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) population (n=2,821)” (Nathan et al., 2009).The committee chairman stated in regards to diabetes care,” this is the first major departure in 30 year... ... middle of paper ... ...mportant asset to managing and diagnosing diabetes. Although it does not work with all populations it does work with the majority of cases and it is not as cost effective as other testing it does deliver a more accurate result as to what is going on with the patient. It has also more convenient for the patient as there is no fasting or drinking of sickly sweet drinks to get a determination of true diabetes. I believe that as doctor offices and insurances become more aware of its benefits it will become more widely used. This would help the diabetic patient to more properly control this disease and its associated complications. Works Cited Nathan, D. M., Balkau, B., Bonora, E., Borch-Johnson, K., Buse, J. B., & Colagiuri, S. et al. (2009). International Expert Committee Report on the Role of the A1C Assay in the Diagnosis of Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 32, 1327-1334.
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HbA1c has been suggested as a useful test for diabetes screening and diagnosis because it does not require fasting, it has less intraindividual variability, and it may better predict diabetes-related complications (Kramer, Araneta, & Barrett-Connor, 2010). Since fasting is not required for HbA1c testing the test can be done at any time, which makes diagnosing diabetes on the same day possib...
Needle-prick method was one of the earliest innovations in blood glucose monitoring and stayed the gold standard for a while. Right from the time, Ames Company released Dextrosix in 1965, this invasive method of blood glucose technology advanced rapidly. Even though the first glucose meter took six years to follow the Dextrostix blood strip, advancements followed rapidly. There were 2 companies in the market in 1971, but by 1987, there were 20 companies in market working on producing a better glucose meter. By 1987, as standard glucose monitoring technologies were hitting a plateau in terms of innovation, an effort to begin low-cost glucose monitoring started. This effort was directed at making the glucose monitors easily available at home, making patient use easier.
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Diabetes is a disease that is very common in the world. Early detection of diabetes can significantly decrease the risk of it getting worse throughout a person’s life. There are symptom...
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Diabetes and uncontrolled sugar levels is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and the number one cause of adult onset blindness, lower limb amputations and kidney failure (healthy people citation). Additionally, those diagnosed diabetes have an amplified risk of having a heart attack and an overall increased mortality rate, both of which are proportional to 1.8 times greater than those not afflicted with diabetes (Healthy people). Obviously, without proper glycemic control, these number can be a much higher ratio; consequently, it is imperative proper health promotion measures are
The figure also shows that one in every eleven adults suffers from diabetes under the Sun. The facts and figures researched in this report clearly shows that diabetes has become one of the most common diseases, and we need more doctors and scholars who can make continuous and serious efforts to come up with a better medicine or treatment for diabetes.
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Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic medical condition that affects millions of people. This chronic condition is associated with high levels of glucose in the blood. As a newly diagnosed patient it is crucial to be aware how our bodies react to food consumption in regards to how insulin is produced to fully understand the concept of insulin production by the pancreas.
Diabetes affects 18.2 million people in the United States. It is often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus and described as, “… a metabolic disease in which the person has high blood sugar …” (Collazo- Clavell et all. 2009), either because the insulin is inadequate or the body’s cells don’t respond well to the insulin. The health and economic consequences of diabetes are considerable. The majority of people that have diabetes live in low and middle income countries, where the prevalence of the disease is high. There are three types of diabetes that are called type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Although diabetes is a disorder, it can lead to other diseases such as heart attack, kidney failure or death. A person that has diabetes has to maintain a healthy lifestyle, by eating the right diet, controlling their blood sugar level, and be optimistic.
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Imagine not being able to have a snack or candy whenever you want to in a day. Many people have to watch what they eat, especially diabetics because of lack of insulin in their bodies. They have to watch their sugar intake daily and also keep up with insulin shots. Diabetes is a life long disease which isn’t easy to have without new technological advancements. The rapid growth of technology has made health care more successful, specifically in the advancements for the cure and treatments of diabetes.
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