How Do You Diagnose Diabetes?

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In one sentence it is people with highlevels of glucose in their blood

1910 1970 1979 2007English physiologist Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer's discovery of the importance of insulin

The Ames Company produce the first glucose meter

The national diabetes data group develops a new diabetes classification system

Fish oil is found to reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes by 55%

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(FPG = above 126mg/dl and OGTT = above 200mg/dl).

Going way way back it was taken more from recognisable signs so diagnosis did not really exist;

Tests and data help highlight problems early;

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1. Blood tests are used as early signs may not be seen

1. There were no such things as blood tests!

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2. Samples get drawn from the body

2. The only samples available were urine and large amounts of it passed through the body.

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3. Samples get sent away for analysis

3. Nothing got sent away ..... testing consisted of seeing if the urine was sweet!

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4. Results get returned4. There were no conclusive results, just thoughts and opinions.

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5. No treatment was available, leading to eventual death!

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5. All tests are confirmed with a second test

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Undergo appropriate treatment and manage diabetic condition

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Some symptoms may include:Some symptoms included:

Fatigue

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Increased hunger

Sores that will not heal

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Boils on the skin

Lots of passing of Urine

Connections where also made to the wealthy being more prone to get it.It was also called “diarrhoea of the kidneys” as it was all thought to be linked to the kidneys.Credit: h�p://www.diapedia.org/introduction/history-to-1900

Sweet "honey-like" urine - ants loved it!

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