Chronic Diseases in World Media

What is a Chronic Disease? A disease that lasts for more than three months. The most common chronic diseases are arthritis, asthma, cancer, diabetes etc. Anybody can experience these diseases in their lifetime. So, everybody should know about these painful diseases.

Chronic diseases ruin our life slowly. People of any ages can be affected by many kinds of chronic diseases. The treatment methods take a long time to cure or partially cure the diseases. Sometimes the diseases are not completely curable. In these cases, the diseases are kept under control. So, all kinds of media discuss about the latest condition of chronic diseases around the world. For the wellness of the people of the world we have to know details about the chronic diseases. For latest information of chronic diseases we want to visit the world media here...

First Pancreas Transplant :

A bold step and a new hope; A hope for diabetes patient. Yes, it is the news of first "pancreas transplant" in the world. Ms Sue York, a type-1 diabetes patient told the BBC that the operation had altered her life. Doctors said that Sue's life expectancy had been doubled. According to Ms Sue, after the operation her eyesight has improved and she is feeling incredible and full of energy. Like thousands of diabetes patients, Ms Sue had needle phobia which led her to take the hard decision. BBC Health reported it on Jan 28, 2016.

Artificial Pancreas for Diabetes Patient:

A small study has found that an experimental artificial 'pancreas' which is used with a smartphone to monitor blood sugar and automatic insulin delivery works better for teens with type 1 diabetes. Testing sugar in blood is essential for type 1 diabetes. Patients with type 1 diabetes test their blood and take insulin according to the test. So, automatic blood sugar testing device is very important for them. In this case, an artificial pancreas may be helpful. But further study is needed for a long time to use artificial pancreas in patients worldwide. According to a foxnews health report on Feb 04, 2016.

Tendon Pain Risk For Type 2 Diabetes Patients:

Although exercise is important for diabetes patients, exercise may create tendon pain. The pain called Tendinopathy is 3.67 percent higher in type 2 diabetes patients than people without diabetes. A study has found it recently. If a diabetes patient feel tendinopathy, he should consult with his doctor immediately. One should not stop doing exercises because exercise is imperative for diabetes patients. But patients should abstain from over exercise. Foxnews health reported it on Jan 29, 2016.

We will continue our discussion about chronic diseases in future in accordance with the world media. As chronic diseases last for a long time, patients cannot neglect it ever in their life. It is our good luck that we get the related information easily now. So, we have to take the opportunity to keep these diseases under control