What Went Before Diabetes

The history of diabetes started about 2,500 years ago, that diabetes is recognized as
an upsetting and fatal disease. A disease that is incurable, hereditary and costly for the
victims to cope and fight for. A Greek, Arataeus of Cappodocia in the first century A.D.,
depicted this disease, the vicious character of the said burden as “diabetes” that came
from the Greek word for “siphon”.

Many physicians in the primordial times identified the signs and symptoms of diabetes
throughout its history but it is defenseless, found no way in treating the said disease.
Recommendations were given to the patients like oil of roses, raw quinces, dates and
gruel. In the late 17th century, doctors prescribed broken red corals, sweet almonds, and
fresh flowers of blind nettles.

Dr. Thomas Willis, a London physician in the 17th century, used and tested the urine
samples of his parents to know if they are infected by diabetes or not. If the urine
samples have a sweet taste Willis will diagnose it as a diabetes milletus, also called as
“honeyed diabetes”. This kind of method in detecting diabetes had grown largely and
rapidly unchanged until the 20th century. This made the history of diabetes became more
and more concrete on its details.

Based on the history of diabetes, food diets are recommended to various diabetes
patients. At first, this gave them positive effects by having weight loss and this prolonged
the life of the infected people but as successive routines pass, these made them weak,
over fatigue and suffer to near starvation. In result, what a person afflicted by diabetes
could most do is to get himself under a medical institution and pray himself for a cure
with full of hopes and intention of full and rapid recovery.

The history of diabetes was indeed miraculous in the year 1921 when Frederick G.
Banting and Charles H. Best, Canadian biochemists isolated the so called insulin. It was
tested on a young boy named Leonard Thompson who is dying of diabetes. After the
insertion within 24 hours, the high blood sugars of the young boy dropped down near to
its normal levels. Until the discovery of insulin, most cases wherein it is the children that
are infected with diabetes do not survive and cannot prolong their lives and they usually
die in less than a year. The young boy was saved and the astounding detection of insulin,
the miracle extract, spread rapidly around the world, making a great history of diabetes.

Tracing the history of diabetes, series of experiments and researches were done
searching for more possible and effective cure for diabetes. The first one is the Glucose
Meter, created in 1969 by Ames Diagnostics. This is designed to easily detect the blood
glucose (sugar) level of the patient and it is designed handy that it can be put in pockets
or purse. The Insulin Pump first emerged in the late 70’s, created by Linda Fredrickson,
RN in 1979 wherein the said apparatus dispenses a permanent flow of insulin dose
through a plastic tube using a tiny needle that is popped in to the skin. Next to these
apparatuses are the Hemoglobin A1c and the Metformin, both designed to stop and
prevent the dangerously effect of diabetes.

Diabetes researchers are still on their way in finding the best solutions and medication
in curing diabetes. It is still unclear today how long will it take and when will the cure
be found, perhaps it could be another spectacular discovery of the insulin, based on the
history of diabetes, or it could be that researchers will just have to be satisfied with the
sloth-like motion of the development.

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