Diabetes and obesity are one of the major public health problems of the 21st century, but they are much more than that. It is a very personal, daily challenging condition for both patients and their family members, requiring a high level of self-management to maintain an optimal metabolic state and to prevent and delay the development of diabetes-related late complications.
For some people, this challenge can be demanding and burdensome, leading to burnout or despair, and sometimes depression. This challenge continues for a lifetime without a break, without, according to the current state of science, a complete recovery being achieved. Living life with diabetes is dramatically varied.
The outlook for diabetes care has never been better than it is today. In recent years, the technology has developed
we are seeing progress towards nuances of insulin treatment, combining pill and/or non-insulin injection forms of treatment. The use of self-monitoring of blood sugar at home and the use of continuous glucose monitoring systems are now indispensable in the development of individualized treatments. It is no longer difficult to solve previously problematic situations such as physical activity, sports, public participation, work, entertainment, sex life, traveling abroad - to name just a few, from which the fact that someone has diabetes no longer holds them back.
they can be prevented and significantly delayed, but only if the body's metabolic state is normalized in the early stages of the disease. For this, it is necessary to search for the disease and screen its pre-existing condition among both healthy people and family members of those already suffering from diabetes.