Complications
...w is an excellent video and Review by Sean Kirwan, Medical Scientist and Research Associate at UCD and ICON plc Diabetic Retinopathy from Sean Kirwan on Vimeo. This 3D animated video was created by Sean Kirwan, Medical Scientist, during a Knowledge Exchange Dissemination Scheme (KEDS) with University College Dublin and ICON Firecrest, funded by the Health Research Board. Lead Pharmacologist was Sean Kirwan and 3D Graphic Designers included Carlos...
Future of Healthcare Committee publishes Sláintecare
...me aspects of these strategies have been implemented by the HSE but a long term strategy and funding commitment is required. Extend the current Type 2 Diabetes Cycle of Care initiative deliverable at community level to all people with uncomplicated Type 2 diabetes. The Type 2 Diabetes Cycle of Care initiative launched in 2015 is a very positive commitment by the HSE to manage uncomplicated Type 2 diabetes in the community. However, it should not...
Reversal of Type 2 Diabetes
...ork is ongoing. Participants of the study will need to be followed up long term to determine how long the remission of Type 2 diabetes lasts for and to gain a deeper understanding of the long-term implications of the study. Not everyone with Type 2 diabetes will benefit as not everyone with Type 2 diabetes is overweight, other factors are how long someone has diabetes, and a person’s ethnicity. Don’t go it alone Following a low-calorie diet to p...
Campaign launched to encourage earlier diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents
...ive rise to acute emergencies such as hypoglycemia and ketoacidosis • Long term exposure to low glucose levels can cause hypoglycemic unawareness • Long term exposure to high glucose levels can cause blood vessel damage • Blood vessel damage can cause blindness, retinopathy, heart disease and foot problems including amputation and earlier mortality. • Many people at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes may have already had up to 12 years exposure to long...
‘Reversal’ or Remission of Type 2 Diabetes
...ork is ongoing. Participants of the study will need to be followed up long term to determine how long the remission of Type 2 diabetes lasts for and to gain a deeper understanding of the long-term implications of the study. Not everyone with Type 2 diabetes will benefit as not everyone with Type 2 diabetes is overweight, other factors are how long someone has diabetes, and a person’s ethnicity. Don’t go it alone Following a low-calorie diet to p...
Complications
...w is an excellent video and Review by Sean Kirwan, Medical Scientist and Research Associate at UCD and ICON plc. Diabetic Retinopathy from Sean Kirwan on Vimeo. This 3D animated video was created by Sean Kirwan, Medical Scientist, during a Knowledge Exchange Dissemination Scheme (KEDS) with University College Dublin and ICON Firecrest, funded by the Health Research Board. Lead Pharmacologist was Sean Kirwan and 3D Graphic Designers included Carlos...
Launch of NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 17 Adult Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
...le with diabetes by being available to resolve simple queries such as: Determining a plan of action for having taken too much or too little insulin, Dealing with too high or too low glucose levels How to cope with common ever day illness that affects diabetes Helping the individual to determine what is an emergency. This is not an expensive option but a simple cost effective support mechanism that would bring cost savings almost immediately fo...
Welcome to DICE 2024 in Croke Park
..., and received a Postgraduate Award in Mixed Methods for Health Services Research. Kate’s research interests include diabetes, mainly type 1 diabetes, its epidemiology, determinants of (barriers and facilitators to) access to technology in diabetes care, health and well-being of people with chronic illnesses, as well as health services research and its role in improving health, outcomes and quality of care. She is the author of peer-reviewed publi...
Access to Education and Insulin Pumps for Adults
...aining provides results in a reduction in hospital admissions, “fewer long-term complications as a result of improved glycaemic control, reduced number of episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) resulting in hospital admission, improved psychological adjustment to living with diabetes, improved undertaking of diabetes self-management behaviours, improved clinical outcomes”. The National Clinical Guidelines for Adults with Type 1 diabetes also high...
Access to a Flash Glucose Monitoring System
...lling for the inclusion of Flash technology (FreeStyle Libre®) on the long-term illness scheme since 2016 when the device first became available in Ireland, the evidence of this can be seen in the hundreds of parliamentary questions submitted by TDs from then up to the present day. This did happen in 2018, but only for a very small cohort of the type 1 diabetes population and the community responded by organising a community led petition signed by...
Advocacy Developments
...gle Preferred Glucose Strip for Testing….No Thank You!! In the strongest terms possible, Diabetes Ireland said “No” to the HSE’s view that a single preferred glucose test strip for home blood glucose testing was suitable for all people with diabetes. Diabetes Ireland highlighted that this would have a detrimental effect on the maintenance of good diabetes management and that for effective long-term management both clinician and a person with dia...
Diabetes Ireland highlights escalating cost of treating diabetes complications to TDs on World Diabetes Day
...gs generates a “silo” effect which unfortunately leads to sub optimal long term outcomes for people with diabetes leading to the earlier development of complications at huge extra cost to the exchequer and reduced quality of life for patients. For example, figures obtained from the HSE and released today by Diabetes Ireland show a significant year on year increase in the number of people with diabetes admitted to hospital for lower limb amputati...
Dealing with the Medical and Psychology Aspects of Type 1 Diabetes
...long term complications of diabetes while minimising their risks of short term problems. The prevalence of type 1 diabetes, an auto-immune condition, is on the rise and is typically diagnosed in childhood. People with type 1 diabetes account for approximately 14,000 – 16,000 of the total diabetes population in Ireland i.e. 10-15% of the population of people living with diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is associated with major short- and long-term very...
Caring for your feet
...muscles, skin and inner organs. What is ‘neuropathy’? You may hear the term ‘neuropathy’. This is another potential complication of poorly controlled diabetes. ‘Neuropathy’ simply means damage of the nerves. Symptoms of neuropathy Often the first sign that nerves are affected is a patch of numbness or tingling in the toes or feet The skin may be tender Some people experience pain, whereas others find themselves unable to feel pain or tempe...
Diabetes Ireland warning people with diabetes to check their feet daily to detect problems early as diabetes related amputations continue to rise in 2016 to a 3 year high
...n the toes or feet, the “pain alarm system” may slowly disappear with long term high blood glucose levels. Latest data shows that 2,820 (up from 2,400 in 2015) people were hospitalised in 2016 as a result of diabetes related footcare complications, with 511 (up from 451 in 2015) of those requiring lower limb amputation surgery. More worryingly, around 1030 of these patients were aged under 65 years and of working age. Lower limb amputation is...
Caring For Your Feet
...the muscles, skin and inner organs. What is ‘neuropathy’? You may hear the term ‘neuropathy’. This is another potential complication of poorly controlled diabetes. ‘Neuropathy’ simply means damage of the nerves. Symptoms of neuropathy Often the first sign that nerves are affected is a patch of numbness or tingling in the toes or feet The skin may be tender Some people experience pain, whereas others find themselves unable to feel pain or temperatu...
PNEUMO AWARENESS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
...young, those who have an absent or non-functioning spleen, those with long term medical conditions*, or those with weakened immunity2. This year’s awareness campaign, launched today by Sanofi Pasteur MSD, aims to encourage those aged 65 and over and those in the other at-risk groups to be aware of pneumo and to talk to their GP or healthcare professional about vaccination this winter. Research carried out for the campaign shows that less than 1 in...
HbA1c targets for children are changing
...ome lower as they got older and could take part in planning their lives in terms of activities and food. “The very young child often doesn’t recognise the symptoms of a low, so the low can become very significant before it’s identified. So we used to have agebanded targets for HbA1c. But about two years ago, internationally the consensus became that the target A1c for all children attending a paediatric clinic would be less than 58mmol/mol (7.5%),...
DIABETES IRELAND EXTENDS A CAUTIOUS WELCOME TO INTRODUCTION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES CYCLE OF CARE
...nternational best practice and although costing slightly more in the short term would bring major long term financial savings for the Government in the future. While the announcement made reference to the clinical content of the service and the need for GPs to submit appropriate data, we would also be keen to ensure that only those GPs who have undertaken specific diabetes training would be able to deliver the service. From a patient perspective,...
Caring for your feet
...muscles, skin and inner organs. What is ‘neuropathy’? You may hear the term ‘neuropathy’. This is another potential complication of poorly controlled diabetes. ‘Neuropathy’ simply means damage of the nerves. Symptoms of neuropathy Often the first sign that nerves are affected is a patch of numbness or tingling in the toes or feet The skin may be tender Some people experience pain, whereas others find themselves unable to feel pain or tempe...