One person every 20 seconds loses a limb due to diabetes related complications. By the time you finish reading this article four people have lost lower limbs and within five years three of those people will have died. Diabetes is a poor mans' disease because with access to the latest technology, like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, diabetes becomes a paper tiger. Affordable treatment available to all is the solution. Currently medical treatments and management are being dispensed based on financial ability rather than medical need. Combined with this is the social stigma...
One person every 20 seconds loses a limb due to diabetes related complications. By the time you finish reading this article four people have lost lowe...