Category: What is Diabetes

SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES
What is Diabetes

UGONJWA WA KISUKARI

KISUKARI ni moja ya magonjwa yanayoathiri watu wengi siku hizi nchini Kenya na hata nje. Kati ya hao, wengi huishi na ugonjwa huo kwa muda

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How Glucose Meters Work
Management Tips

Blood Glucose Meter:

This is a small, portable machine used by people with diabetes to check their blood glucose levels. After pricking the skin with a lancet, one

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Diabetes Complications .
Diabetes Medication

IS THERE A CURE FOR DIABETES?

There is no cure for Diabetes. Neither Type 1 (insulin-requiring) Diabetes nor Type 2 (adult-onset) Diabetes ever goes away. If the patient were to gain

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Emergency Medical Identification.
DMRC

Service quality for Diabetics

Let us look at a service scenario for diabetics. Picture, for instance, a 42-year-old woman in a village in Botswana who was diagnosed with diabetes

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NEWLY DIAGNOSED ?
Management Tips

Denial

Denial is that voice inside repeating: “Not me.” Most people go through denial when they are first diagnosed with diabetes. “I don’t believe it. There

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DID YOU KNOW?
What is Diabetes

Diabetes “ABCs”

What can you do to stay as healthy as possible you have diabetes? — If you have diabetes the most important thing you can do

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Diabetes Regrets -
Management Tips

WHY GENDER MATTERS IN DIABETES

WHY GENDER MATTERS IN DIABETES While diabetes affects both gender, women have a higher prevalence and challenge in managing the disease. It has been found

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NEWLY DIAGNOSED ?
Management Tips

IGNORANCE CAN KILL YOU!

IGNORANCE CAN KILL YOU! Very few people know that #Diabetes is linked to heart attacks and it can trigger strokes! Very Few people know that being overweight

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#KetoneTesting :
What is Diabetes

#KetoneTesting :

#KetoneTesting : When your cells don’t get the glucose they need for energy, your body begins to burn fat for energy, which produces ketones. Ketones

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