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Treatment
Scientists realized that diet was altering a person's diabetes. Therefore, patients started to be treated with high-fat and protein diets because it was believed to help. -
Diagnosis
Matthew Dobson realized that the sugary taste in urine is from excess sugar. This was then used to diagnose people with diabetes based on how sweet a person's urine tasted. -
Treatment
War rationed diets more common because they seemed to help people with diabetes that were in the war. The small food intake was believed to be helping so more diets with less food were created. -
Diagnose
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: An OGTT is used to determine how well a person's body is absorbing glucose. For this test a patient drinks a glass of sugary juice and then have blood tests done for the glucose levels. -
Treatment
Insulin syringes become standard issue. This made it more convenient for diabetics because they can have continuous relief from their diabetes. Insulin injections used to be more painful because it went into the muscles and was not as effective as insulin is now. -
Treatment
Oral medicine: These drugs make the liver produce less glucose in the liver and muscles more sensitive to insulin to help regulate blood sugar. -
Treatment
Dr. Arnold Kadish developed the first insulin backpack. It injected the person wearing the backpack with either insulin or glucagon. This allowed insulin to be injected right into the bloodstream instead of muscles. -
Diagnosis
Blood Sugar test: In this test the finger is pricked with a needle and putting the blood on a test strip and into the glucose meter. Then this gives a person their blood sugar level so they can take their management medicine -
Diagnose
A1C test: This test measures how much hemoglobin is covered is sugar. The test tells a person about their blood sugar levels from the past 2 to 3 months to determine if a person is diabetic -
Treatment
Insulin pen: The invention of these pens allowed people to have a reusable mean of injecting insulin instead of single use syringes. This allows people to easily track their insulin dosage and effectiveness.
