The Ufond.Diabet program started in 2011. Our readers pay for equipment that is not subject to state quotas. We help buy insulin dosing pumps and consumables. Ufond’s partner is the endocrinology department of the National Children’s Specialized Hospital OKHMATDIT. The number of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes is increasing by about 15 percent annually. Diabetes is a terrible complication that it causes. The risk of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction in diabetes is doubled, hypertension - more than three times, kidney disease - 17 times, gangrene of the lower extremities - 20 times. Diabetes is the number one cause of blindness.
It is one of the most important medical and social problems of modern society. According to most estimates, about 180 million people in the world now suffer from diabetes. Moreover, the dynamics of the spread of this serious disease is growing, according to statistical studies, every 10-15 years the number of patients with diabetes doubles. Doctors and scientists are already talking about a "non-infectious epidemic" of diabetes. Their particular concern is the tendency to "rejuvenate" the disease.
It is believed that mortality from various diseases, if they are also burdened by diabetes, is doubled or tripled. And that’s not all. A significant proportion of insulin-dependent patients suffer from instability of sugar levels, jumping glycemia. The lives of such children and their parents are not just sugar, they are hell. The salvation for such children is not only insulin itself, but also the method of its administration using an insulin dosing pump. This is a complex and expensive electromechanical device for continuous insulin delivery - according to the instructions in the program. This device allows to reduce the number of injections by about 15 times, to provide a constant and invisible to the patient insulin injection at the most physiologically effective rate.
The only salvation for patients with type 1 diabetes is insulin. From the moment of diagnosing the disease - and all my life. This is not even a cure, but only a compensation for the disease. Doctors also call insulin therapy a means of managing diabetes.
The lives of insulin-dependent children and their parents are not sugar. Even if doctors have chosen the right insulin for the child, even if the pharmacies have this high-quality drug (a separate big problem), and there are no difficulties with paying for drugs and blood sugar control. Imagine the meaning of this life: constant monitoring of blood glucose levels, constant subcutaneous injections with an insulin syringe or syringe-pen (sometimes up to eight times a day). It is clear that not all of these procedures are mastered by the child himself, that is, for a long time he can not do without the help of adults. Consequently, mothers of sick children are often deprived of the opportunity to work.
By helping to buy an insulin pump, you and I, dear friends, not only improve the quality of life of a diabetic child, but also protect it from early disability, save her life. Because sustainable compensation for diabetes, which helps to achieve the device, reduces the risk of many comorbidities. Namely, they cause early death of diabetics.