Diabetes Frontier

16/01/2023

A report from IDF noted that "Type 2 diabetes disproportionately impacts indigenous populations worldwide."

IDF Diabetes Atlas latest report provides a summary of the latest data among both youth and adult populations. Learn more and download: https://bit.ly/IdfIndigenousPeoplesReport22

- Type 2 diabetes disproportionately impacts indigenous populations worldwide. Our new IDF Diabetes Atlas report provides a summary of the latest data among both youth and adult populations. Learn more and download: https://bit.ly/IdfIndigenousPeoplesReport22

14/11/2022

13/10/2022

Join The diaTribe Foundation d22 Lightning Talks on Diabetes Stigma and the need for disruption.

Get tickets to d22 Lightning Talks: Diabetes Stigma and the Need for Disruption, taking place 10/25/2022. Hopin is your source for engaging events and experiences.

15/09/2022

Awesome space for diabetes focused provisions🙏🏾CDE Healthcare

10/09/2022

It has been 100 years since the discovery of insulin but more remains to be done. (Diabetes Voice, 2021)

IDF is leading a three-year campaign to improve access to diabetes care and highlight the need for increased action.

18/08/2022

FACTORS AFFECTING BLOOD GLUCOSE (downloadable copy)

25/07/2022

TALKING ABOUT HYPOGLYCAEMIA

Hypos are periods of low blood sugar. Although common for diabetics, a hypo can be unnerving.

With appropriate treatment the effects and length of hypos can be reduced.

Noticing you’re having a hypo
Before you can treat the hypo, you need to notice that you are low on blood sugar.

The sooner you notice hypoglycemia, the less disruptive it’s likely to be.

Typical signs of hypoglycemia include:

Feeling suddenly tired or weak
Having difficulty concentrating
Exaggerated mood changes
Feeling dizzy
Hypos can occur at any time, pay close attention to your blood sugar levels when exercising, playing sports or during physical activity.

Check it is a hypo by blood glucose testing
Where possible, test your blood sugar to ensure it is low blood sugar as some of the signs of low blood sugar may also represent higher blood sugar (such as tiredness or mood changes).

If you cannot test and are unsure if you have low or high blood glucose, it may be best to treat it as a hypo as hypoglycemia can quickly become dangerous if left untreated.

Act quickly
It is important that as soon as you notice or confirm you are hypo you treat the hypo immediately.

Immediate hypo treatment helps by:

Preventing a severe hypo occurring
Speeding up recovery
Reducing the chances of losing hypo awareness
How to treat your hypo
To treat the hypo, you need to take about 15 to 20 grams of quick acting carbohydrate.

Take a quick acting source of sugar
Glucose tablets are ideal as they act very quickly and will take you out of the hypo quicker. They are also relatively easy to judge how much sugar you are taking.

Sugary drinks (Coke, Pepsi, etc)
Glucose tablets and glucose juice are ideal as they act very quickly and will take you out of the hypo as quickly as possible. They are also relatively easy to judge how much sugar you are taking.

You can also have five jelly baby sized sweets or four to five sugar lumps.

15-20g of sugar can be found in:

160ml (half a 330ml can) of sugary cola or lemonade
200ml (a small carton) of fruit juice
Sugary drinks can sometimes be a little more difficult to judge how much sugar you are taking but they’re still a good source of sugar in an emergency.
(from diabetes.co.uk)

28/06/2022

Positive results from a study of Weight Watchers’ diabetes-tailored program shows reductions in weight, A1C, diabetes distress. Read on to learn more.

10/06/2022

https://youtu.be/RzliKpAkUAU

16/05/2022

** DO YOU KNOW THE RISK FACTORS FOR DIABETES? **

Criteria for Screening for Diabetes or Prediabetes in Asymptomatic Adults

Testing should be considered in adults with overweight or obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m2 who have one or more of the following risk factors:

• First-degree relative with diabetes

• High-risk race/ethnicity (e.g., Black, Latino, Native American, Asian American, Pacific Islander)

• History of Cardio Vascular Disease (heart disease)

• Hypertension (high blood pressure) (≥140/90 mmHg or on therapy for hypertension

• HDL cholesterol level 250 mg/dL (2.82 mmol/L)

• Women with polycystic o***y syndrome

• Physical inactivity

• Other clinical conditions associated with insulin resistance (e.g., severe obesity, acanthosis nigricans)

° Patients with prediabetes (A1C ≥5.7% [39 mmol/mol], impaired glucose tolerance, or impaired fasting glucose]) should be tested yearly.

° Women who were diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (diabetes developing during pregnancy) should have lifelong testing at least every 3 years.

° For all other patients, testing should begin at age 35 years.

° If results are normal, testing should be repeated at a minimum of 3-year intervals, with consideration of more frequent testing depending on initial results and risk status.

° People with HIV

(From ADA; Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes Clin Diabetes 1 January 2022; 40 (1): 10–38.)

06/04/2022

Iconic South African actress, Sophie Lichaba speaks candidly about her experiences as a prominent diabetes patient and advocate at the Diabetes Frontier World Diabetes Day event, Johannesburg, 2018.

https://youtu.be/Zpj50LX9q4Y

22/03/2022

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