From the Ministry of Health and Welfare National Health Administration announced the top ten causes of death in 105 years, diabetes ranked fifth, 42.4 per 100,000 people died of diabetes, and then according to the National Health Administration's 2013-2015 "National Nutritional Health Status Survey" report, found that the prevalence of diabetes over the age of 18 years old is 11.8%, it is estimated that there are more than two million diabetic patients, and the rate of increase by 25,000 people each year continues to increase. With an estimated 2 million diabetics nationwide, and an annual increase of 25,000, this disease has become one of the most threatening health issues affecting the people of Taiwan.
Monitoring blood glucose has become the hardest thing to do
The importance of blood glucose monitoring is to let the patient know his/her blood glucose level in a very short period of time, which can be used as a reference for adjusting the diet, exercise, and medication, and can help to prevent hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia from occurring as a result of comorbidities. After all, high or low blood glucose levels can be life-threatening. The number of needles will increase again, and become the most headache for patients with glucose hemorrhagic disease.
Painless blood glucose testing and tracking
Because of the high prevalence of blood glucose monitoring and the burden on patients, many people have rolled up their sleeves to invent painless ways to test, and the following is a look at what kind of ways have been invented?
Inspired by her family's diabetes, Zhang Wen used her saliva to test her blood sugar
A 17-year-old Chinese-American girl named Zhang Wen, who is currently a 12th-grader at Jericho High School in Long Island, New York, was inspired by her family's diabetes to create a simple device to test her saliva for glucose, which was selected as a semifinalist for the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search. Talent Search) semi-finalists, she conceptualized the principle of saliva power generation as the basis of the invention, upholding the idea of painless and non-invasive after countless experiments, in the laboratory with professors and colleagues *** with the efforts of the final success of the production of a 99% accuracy rate up to 99% of the model of the small instrument, and the price is also very cheap.
Diabetics don't need to stick needles anymore! Use tattoo stickers to measure blood glucose and say goodbye to painDeveloped by the University of California's Nanoengineering Laboratory, the temporary tattoo stickers are applied to the arm, and it can estimate blood glucose concentration in the skin, and can also transmit the results to physicians and store them in the cloud.
Two students design health bracelet: look forward to letting diabetics "painless" control of blood glucose, do not need to stick needlesLin Atixiang, studying in the Department of Industrial Design at the Taipei University of Technology, as well as the Institute of Industrial and Commercial Design at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Yeh Chia-Yu *** with the design of the Circle Life health bracelet, they are the combination of the blood glucose detection chip, the micro-needle insulin patches in the wearable device, to help patients easily They combine a blood glucose detection chip and a micro-needle insulin patch into a wearable device that helps patients easily control their blood glucose and avoid the pain of sticking needles.
Regular tracking of diabetes stabilizes the condition, and the accuracy of painless glucose meters is gradually catching up with invasive devicesIn Israel, a medical device manufacturer has launched a non-invasive, painless glucose meter, which has already received regulatory approvals from the European Union, Brazil, and China, and will be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this year. This device can diagnose blood glucose values by simply observing changes in the color of the patient's finger blood, which is because the color of the blood will change as glucose rises and falls in the body, so when an emergency occurs, you don't need a needle prick to read the data.
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