Introduction To The Diabetes Pin

Patch pumps and Diabetes Pin with the enticement of a much smaller, hopefully cheaper insulin pump that can be worn on any area of the body are part of the new gadgets available now. The technology and behind-the-scenes regulatory, legal and engineering genius of these developments are mind blowing lt is easy to envisage the benefits that safe, simple delivery devices could offer to thousands of people with diabetes. We await the introduction of these new technologies as eagerly as we await the inclusion of artificial ntelligence algorithms that would make the attainment of euglycaemia safer and easier.

However, hypoglycaemia remains a clear and present danger to the attainment of perfect glycaemic control. Fear of hypoglycaemia leads patients to run higher sugars and adopt avoidance behaviours that sabotage long-term control. It is now well recognised that hypoglycaemia may account for between 4 and 10% of the mortality in diabetes, with many of the deaths being attributed to cardiac arrhythmias rather that hypoglycaemic seizures and coma.