A handheld computer console game has been developed to help diabetic children monitor their condition.
The Didget system for the Nintendo DS is designed to encourage young people to test their blood sugar levels regularly.
Users download the results to their console and are rewarded with game points.
25,000 children in the UK have diabetes. Those with type 1 need to test their blood every few hours.
The regime can be tough, according to 11-year-old George Dove: “It is boring, but I am quite good at remembering to do it because I know if I don’t do it, I know that I could get really ill,” he said.
“When I am low I go really shaky, get blurred vision and can’t speak very well. After the first year or so you get used to it and I know when I am having a hypo.”
Hypoglycaemia, or low blood sugar, is one of the risks associated with diabetes.
However, if the condition isn’t managed properly it can lead to CLICK HERE TO Continue reading Computer device ‘helps’ diabetics
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Are you a diabetic? Do you smoke? Do people around you smoke? We all know smoking is a direct cause of cancer but if you have diabetes smoking – including passive smoking – leads to other health problems…
Here are 7 reasons why mixing diabetes with smoking is a very bad idea:
1) You are more likely to get nerve damage (neuropathy). This is because smoking affects your blood circulation and that in turn means your nerve endings are not getting the nutrients they need. If this happens to the nerves in your feet it could lead to sores and infections and, if not taken care of properly, even amputation.
2) There is an increased risk – double in fact -of you getting limited CLICK HERE TO Continue reading Smoking is Even More Dangerous for Diabetics
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One of my friend who got Diabetes Mellitus at a very young age told me a few ways how he manages his diet. It was really very impressing. Read what he told me in his own words…..
Since my diagnosis with diabetes at the age of eleven, my own diet has changed dramatically. I maintain my current healthy weight with a great diet/eating plan. If someone do plan on losing more than about a stone in weight then he/she must visit his/her doctor for more tips on how to do this without risk.
I’ve had diabetes for seven years now, but to tell you that how I maintain weight is perfect would be totally wrong of me. However, I can advise you to follow my steps because I know what works and what doesn’t. Before I really begin I must also say that I have been brought up by great parents who taught me to eat everything, and so I do! If there is something that you don’t like, there are loads of other diabetic recipes and ideas that you will eat and appreciate.
I am a university student and I like to buy fresh and organic produce from where I live. I believe that this is important because it can be the most good for your body and contain more nutrients and vitamins than most supermarket produce. I like to source food from my fortnightly farmers market in town, which sells amazing meat and dairy produce and fresh in season fruit and vegetables. This is another important thing to remember, that eating fruit and vegetables in their season means that they will taste better as well as doing you good. I have a lot of influence from Western European cuisine (mainly France and Italy) as you will tell, but I do not profess to be a chef and everything is easy to make and very convenient.
I have read countless diet books and diabetic recipe/diet books, and I came to a conclusion that I think really works. I fused all the good things from the diets (but not from every diet) and sort of put together my own one. I call this my Juvenile Diabetes Healthy Diet!
The “rules” that I would lay down are CLICK HERE TO Continue reading A Well Controlled Diabetic Patient’s Advice on How to Manage Your Diet
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