Diabetes Type 1!

Type 1 diabetes (t1dm) mainly affects children and if left uncontrolled can lead to serious complications affecting the major organ systems such as kidney, eye, nerves, heart, etc. Due to total lack of insulin secretion from the pancreas in t1dm individuals, blood glucose levels need to be controlled either by multiple injections of insulin or modern insulin pump therapy. Even though this is a disease that requires continuous attention and management, in india, t1dm still happens to be one of the largely ignored disease conditions.

In india most affected with t1dm have a limited lifespan often due to several factors such as the lack of awareness of the disease, popularity of unproven therapies, and lack of or unaffordability of devices and supplies for disease management. Therefore, we urgently require highly trained doctors, nurses, diabetes educators and psychologists throughout the country not only in speciality private diabetes hospitals but also in govt. Hospitals to serve the poor and unaffordable.