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frankie7488

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Technology has helped so many with diabetics z people can now live better lives.
For example now people who suffer from diabetes can check their blood pressure independently, inject themselves with insulin.
Before all this i believe medication was given. Family experience quoted... Hospitals had perhaps more diabetes needing a lot of medical help.
What u think? Does technology help those with diabetics?
Anyone is welcome to write their opinion.
Thanks,
 
frankie7488 said:
Technology has helped so many with diabetics z people can now live better lives.
For example now people who suffer from diabetes can check their blood pressure independently, inject themselves with insulin.
Before all this i believe medication was given. Family experience quoted... Hospitals had perhaps more diabetes needing a lot of medical help.
What u think? Does technology help those with diabetics?
Anyone is welcome to write their opinion.
Thanks,
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@frankie7488 Do you mean blood sugar?? Why are you asking about technology?
 
frankie7488 said:
Technology has helped so many with diabetics z people can now live better lives.
For example now people who suffer from diabetes can check their blood pressure independently, inject themselves with insulin.
Before all this i believe medication was given. Family experience quoted... Hospitals had perhaps more diabetes needing a lot of medical help.
What u think? Does technology help those with diabetics?
Anyone is welcome to write their opinion.
Thanks,
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Well yes because of google
because say when your out at a restuarant going to have a meal and you don't know how much carb is in it you can easily google carbs in (name of meal) and then google should say roughly amount and then you would do what you need to do
 
frankie7488 said:
Technology has helped so many with diabetics z people can now live better lives.
For example now people who suffer from diabetes can check their blood pressure independently, inject themselves with insulin.
Before all this i believe medication was given. Family experience quoted... Hospitals had perhaps more diabetes needing a lot of medical help.
What u think? Does technology help those with diabetics?
Anyone is welcome to write their opinion.
Thanks,
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I think it's just natural progression as is technology, the more we Integrate teaching treatment the better for all conditions not just diabetes.
I just believe that we should be more prevention minded than waiting for it to develop and that'd where technology can help an awful lot.
If we had had a insulin monitor, that would be a huge step forward in preventing diabetes in a lot of cases.

Don't write all drugs off, there are some being trialled for diabetes that is showing great promise, there is talk of type 1 being found a cure!
We will see!

Best wishes
 
frankie7488 said:
I mean the needle you can prick your finger with; then put it in the machine they carry. Not dure whats it called.
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Glucometer!

There is a continuous glucose monitor as well!
 
I definitely have diabetes, but I don't allow it to make me suffer from it.
I think that you mean that we can check our blood glucose - but not every diabetic requires injections of insulin.
Yes, technology is helpful in controlling diabetes, it increases the knowledge of what is going on inside us, and how effective alterations in diet or medication proves to be.
 
Of course technology is helpful, but hopefully the future is a cure/prevention rather than just more tech.
 
Do you mean a blood sugar monitor? That is fantastic technology and much more practical than to dip a strip into urine samples which I think my Dad used to do.

For me having a blood sugar monitor that sends results to my phone is great. Having smart phone application that helped me understand the sugar and carbohydrates in my food has been great.

Technology that monitors my exercise and activity again fantastic.

So much more is being developed that will hopefully help me improve my management over previous generations in my family with diabetes.
 
Of course technology helps..as it does with all health issues. What did you expect us to say?
 
frankie7488 said:
Does technology help those with diabetics?
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Sounds like a question from some term assignment. :D

But here is my take.

Medical technology has been directed on the wrong target when it comes to Type 2 diabetes. There has been 50+ years and billions of dollars poured into drugs developement, for lowering glucose levels, but the statistics from WHO, IDF, ADA only shows ever increasing T2D numbers. Dismal percentage when it comes to T2D remission. No unfortunately...technology has done little to provide any real help...most remain clueless about how to effectively normalize the excessive insulin/glucose levels. The guidelines serves only to ensure that Levels remain elevated.

Yet it is in the availability of alternative/anecdotal information on low calorie, low carbs high fats and intermittent fasting, that has given rise to a growing number of T2D who have found that insulin/glucose normalization is rather easily achievable and maintainable.

Technology will truly help when platforms like this enable millions more T2D to understand that it is predominantly chronically excessive insulin response to high carbs meals that is continuing to fuel the current T2D/Obesity crisis. Removing and reducing the carbs and replacing it with alternative fuel will effectively put out the raging fire.
 
kokhongw said:
Sounds like a question from some term assignment. :D

But here is my take.

Medical technology has been directed on the wrong target when it comes to Type 2 diabetes. There has been 50+ years and billions of dollars poured into drugs developement, for lowering glucose levels, but the statistics from WHO, IDF, ADA only shows ever increasing T2D numbers. Dismal percentage when it comes to T2D remission. No unfortunately...technology has done little to provide any real help...most remain clueless about how to effectively normalize the excessive insulin/glucose levels. The guidelines serves only to ensure that Levels remain elevated.

Yet it is in the availability of alternative/anecdotal information on low calorie, low carbs high fats and intermittent fasting, that has given rise to a growing number of T2D who have found that insulin/glucose normalization is rather easily achievable and maintainable.

Technology will truly help when platforms like this enable millions more T2D to understand that it is predominantly chronically excessive insulin response to high carbs meals that is continuing to fuel the current T2D/Obesity crisis. Removing and reducing the carbs and replacing it with alternative fuel will effectively put out the raging fire.
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Billions? You really think so? I agree, however ... about the most remaining clueless part and the consequential lack of really effective use of technology and of the right kind of approaches. No argument there at all. Still, that's maybe more about the waste of technological advances and about failure to educate, train and legislate. At least the technology exists to allow for reasonably sound testing so that we can take some control..and undoubtedly with the potential of data referencing, the internet and the individual's ability to at least identify "problem foods" is progress. Misuse or failure to properly use technology is maybe the issue...besides better training of health professionals with regard specifically to carbohydrate content and impact.
 
pleinster said:
No argument there at all. Still, that's maybe more about the waste of technological advances and about failure to educate, train and legislate. At least the technology exists to allow for reasonably sound testing so that we can take some control..and undoubtedly with the potential of data referencing, the internet and the individual's ability to at least identify "problem foods" is progress.
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I've reading yesterday an article talking about the reasons that a lot of people are following the anti vaccine ideas or refusing medicine and instead follow quack remedies and snake oil sellers.

The fact is that the normal GP gives you a bunch of recipes for exams and medicines, refusing to talk to you when you're trying to explain the problems the patient have and doesn't give back enough information. When I was diagnosed I've done a "0.1" thing first, sensing that the informations I got from the specialist and the GP were not sufficient. I've gone to the public library and got all their books on diabetes.
I started to read these books (fount English original version)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diabetes-Practical-guide-managing-health/dp/1405344288/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diabetes-Cookbook-British-Diabetic-Association/dp/0751308269/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diabetes-Cooking-Book-Dk/dp/1405341785/

and others. Then I started to use internet and found really interesting websites both in English and French. Thins made me a bit more clear what diabetes meant.
Unfortunately I think that diabetes management, especially Type 2, but also type 1 if one likes to use less insulin and risk hypos is more a lifestyle and food management that a pill solves it all problem.

I think that if one isn't informed even the most technical and medic breakthrough will not work, if now what could be easily done and was easily doable in the past years isn't done.
 
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