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Type 1 Diabetes Case Study: A Growing Disease

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Ester Zelaya
Professor William Marcy
ENGR 2392
18 November 2017
A Growing Disease
It is a fact that one in three people suffer with diabetes, a leading cause of death in the United States. From the young to the old, diabetes has ruined the lives of many people and continues to affect future generations. Unfortunately, there is no cure and the mechanisms used today are incredibly outdated. For example, syringes have been in use for almost a century and pens have been around for almost four decades. I created a survey where 80 people participated. The purpose of the survey was to give me an insight on other people and their familiarity with diabetes. One hundred percent of the people who took the survey knew someone with diabetes. About …show more content…

They will no longer have to deal with injections and pens resulting in a better life. This artificial pancreas will act as a pancreas and carry the same function as monitoring the blood sugar levels and releasing a dose of insulin any time it is needed. The main purpose of this design is to relieve some people of stress and their constant need to check or inject at different times as well as the pain that comes with injecting insulin sometimes. A new way of dealing with Type 1 diabetes with half the worry. The group responsible for the creation is JDRF, a group specializing in Type 1 diabetes. By working with them, we can create a better, more efficient artificial pancreas for those willing to try it. Research will be done on those compatible with the artificial pancreas. They will first be interviewed by answering a series of questions. By the end of that meeting, or perhaps after a few visits, they will know if they are compatible with the artificial pancreas, where only a few will be chosen. The first question to disqualify a candidate is if they do not suffer of Type 1 diabetes since the artificial pancreas is for those with Type 1 diabetes. Those that aren’t directly affected but are still very much affected by this are those that have Type 2, which affects those that simply reject the insulin have trouble producing enough insulin, or Type 3 diabetes, which affects those mostly with Alzheimer’s disease.

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