Type 2 diabetes soars -- and Type 1s lash out

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Type 2 diabetes soars -- and Type 1s lash out "Typically, people have no idea what diabetes is or how it works," said Chicago college student Laura Fitzgerald, 21, who was diagnosed at age 6. "They assume I did it to myself." (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

Share By Mary Forgione, For the Los Angeles Times November 23, 2010|10:42 a.m.

E-mail Print Text Size la-heb-diabetes-cost-20101123 Type 2 diabetes is rising -- markedly -- in the United States, and it's fueling more than just costs associated with treating the disease.

It's also fueling a backlash among some Type 1 diabetics. They bristle at being lumped in with the "lifestyle" crowd. Type 2 diabetics, whose bodies don't produce insulin efficiently, can often control their disease by changing their diet and exercise habits. Not so Type 1 diabetics, whose bodies are unable to produce insulin. ?

In terms of a price tag, an analysis released Tuesday by healthcare insurer UnitedHealth Group says costs associated with this disease could hit $3.35 trillion by 2020 if current trends continue and half of Americans are diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes.

"New estimates show diabetes and pre-diabetes will account for an estimated 10 percent of total health care spending by the end of the decade at an annual cost of almost $500 billion ? up from an estimated $194 billion this year," the study says in part. Read the full report here.

Those are sobering statistics to consider. Currently 27 million Americans have diabetes and an additional 67 million are estimated to have pre-diabetes, according to the study. The report also points to lifestyle changes and early intervention that could control the disease in people with or on the brink of Type 2 diabetes, often brought on by age and obesity.

But that message is fueling anger among those who are insulin dependent with Type 1 diabetes.

Julie Deardorff explains in this Chicago Tribune story: "As rates of Type 2 diabetes soar, tempers are flaring in the diabetes blogosphere, where many people with Type 1 diabetes are lobbying for a new, distinct name for their condition in hopes of clearing up misconceptions and securing more resources to put toward a cure."

Read more about the different types of diabetes and treatments at HealthKey.com. Copyright ⓒ 2010, Los Angeles Times

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ArmchrActivist at 11:07 PM November 23, 2010

Ill health is soaring in general and costing society unsustainable losses in productive workers (three in ten workers become disabled), acadmically competent children (one in six have a learning problem) and one in four children has a chronic health problem along with a third of adults between 16 and 64.

Diabetes type 2 is not generally 'self-inflicted' and it is wrong to blame the victims of that disease.? Inflammation is the main author of most ills according to the CDC and a 2007 report speaks directly to late onset diabetes:? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071106133106.htm

Airborne pollutants, adulterated food and water, toxic products in the home all create inflammation as we produce more fat cells to absorb toxins we can't eliminate.? Our bodies weren't designed to serve as toxic waste treatment plants for industrial profits.? We must pass legislation making industry responsible for proving the safety of their products instead of making it a consumer burden when enough people are injured by a particular chemical like BPA or pesticides.

in the meantime, if we stop telling type 2 diabetics that they are evil burdens upon society, all patients will receive more respect. You can't get respect for any condition while others are vilified.

Barbara Rubin

www.armchairactivist.us

TomHennessy at 7:53 PM November 23, 2010

The REASON why type 2 diabetes is "soaring" is because we have been adding the metal iron to our foods for over fifty years. They have shown that if you give too much iron to someone it will cause diabetes and if you remove it the person recovers. The NIH is at the moment conducting a large clinical trial of iron depletion for type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty-liver disease. They have shown by lowering the iron levels to levels of near iron deficiency the person recovers.

"The exact mechanism of iron-induced diabetes is uncertain"?

"Cross-Talk Between Iron Metabolism and Diabetes"

"Iron Depletion Therapy for Type 2 DM and NAFLD "

"Several lines of evidence suggest that iron play may a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes."

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