Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes Over the Years

By garmskai

  • Early 1800s

    Early 1800s
    Diagnosis- People called water tasters would taste the patients urine sample to see if he/she had diabetes. If the urine tasted sweet, they were diagnosed with diabetes.
    Treatment- Patients were told to eat a lot of sugar or to just consume animal meats.

  • 1889

    1889
    Diagnosis- Doctors created chemical tests to see if the patient had sugary urine.
    Treatment- Using a starvation diet and potato therapy which was a method that was able to control the blood glucose levels in diabetics.

  • 1911

    1911
    Diagnosis- The Benedict's Solution was created to allow an easier test to find sugar in urine.

  • 1916

    1916
    Treatment- Scientist Elliot Joslin stated the best treatment for diabetes Mellitus was to exercise regularly and have a fasting diet.

  • 1922

    1922
    Treatment- Insulin was able to successfully treat a human being with diabetes in 1922.

  • 1940

    1940
    Treatment- The first insulin syringe was invented, allowing patients to have a better grasp at fighting diabetes.

  • 1941

    1941
    Diagnosis- The first tablet to test the urine glucose levels was invented by using test strips in the patients urine.

  • Late 1950s

    Late 1950s
    Treatment- Biguanides were created to prevent the production of glucose in the liver.

  • 1962

    1962
    Diagnosis- The first glucose meter was invented.

  • 1972

    1972
    Treatment- The U100 insulin was created to help fight diabetes.

  • 1978

    1978
    Treatment- The first DNA insulin is used on patients with diabetes. This was the creation of genetically engineered human insulin, instead of using it from the pancreas of animals.

  • 1983

    1983
    Treatment- Genentech created the first Bio synthetic human insulin and was introduced to the public.

  • 1995

    1995
    Treatment- The oral medication called Precose was approved to help people with Type 2 Diabetes.

  • 1996

    1996
    Treatment- Fast acting insulin called Lispro was put into the market that is able to lower the glucose levels.

  • 2000

    2000
    Treatment- Long acting insulin is produced and can last much longer the previous insulin's, making it much more efficient.

  • 2005

    2005
    Treatment- Pramlintide was approved to work with insulin, when patients still aren't getting the needed blood glucose levels.

  • 2018

    2018
    Diagnosis- The diagnosis currently for diabetes is a glycated hemoglobin test, random blood sugar test, oral glucose tolerance test, or fasting blood sugar test.
    Treatment- The treatment currently for diabetes is healthy eating, physical activity, rapid-acting insulin, and long-acting insulin.