TOPEKA (KSNT) – Local endocrinologists and diabetes specialists are speaking out about how to get help combating diabetes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that over 38.4 million people are diagnosed with diabetes. That makes up about 11.6% of the U.S population that is impacted by it.
“Beyond just the glucometers and the CGM’S, technology with the insulin pumps evolves, has really evolved over time, it changes even just year to year, with any technology,” said diabetes educator Kyrstie Lindhorst. “It’s constantly updating and changing.”
Over one in three people in the nation have pre-diabetes. Some early signs of diabetes are fatigue, increased thirst and it’s more difficult to get better after being sick. With type one diabetes, you tend to lose weight, and with type two, you tend to gain more weight.
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“There is so many resources to help with diabetes, most insurance covers diabetes education, which we have an amazing diabetes education,” said M.D. Endocrinologist Susan Brian. “We have lots of diabetes research going on, and the type one and type two, the treatment has just grown in leaps and bounds, so that we have all kinds of options now, there are so many things available to treat. You can live a healthy, normal, long life.”
It is recommended that you get your blood sugar checked if you are feeling any of these symptoms or if you have a family history of it.
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