1. How Do You Diagnose Diabetes?
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What is Diabetes?
In one sentence it is people with high
levels of glucose in their blood
1910 1970 1979 2007
English 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%
Find more at http://www.diabetes.org/research-and-practice/student-resources/history-of-diabetes.html
(FPG = above 126mg/dl and OGTT = above 200mg/dl).

2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 4. Results get returned4. There were no conclusive
results, just thoughts and
opinions.
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7. 5. No treatment was available,
leading to eventual death!
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8. 5. All tests are confirmed with
a second test
1 2
TEST
Undergo appropriate treatment
and manage diabetic condition
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9. Some symptoms may include:Some symptoms included:
Fatigue
z zz
Blurred vision
Increased
hunger
Sores that will not heal
Credit:
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/
pubs/diagnosis/
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: http://www.diapedia.org/
introduction/history-to-1900
Sweet "honey-like" urine - ants
loved it!

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