A guide to diabetes with advice from experts
In our country, nearly four million people are living with diabetes. And it is estimated that around another one and a half million are not yet aware that they have the condition. If we consider Italia alone, therefore, there are around 5.5 million people who are already living with diabetes or may find themselves having to deal with it directly in the future – a condition to which 14 November is dedicated as World Diabetes Day. Not to mention friends, family members and acquaintances who are affected in some way. That is why *Il Sole 24 Ore* has decided to publish a new guide – following on from previous guides on other major conditions – which will be included as a supplement with the newspaper at newsagents.
The guide, a new publication produced by 24 Ore Salute, has several objectives: on the one hand, to provide the information needed to understand diabetes so that it can be detected, managed and treated; on the other hand – and this is the central part of the booklet – the guide aims to offer a series of tips on how those living with this condition can make the most of their daily lives, thereby providing information on prevention and increasingly advanced treatments. But the guide also aims to give a voice to those who find themselves living with this condition. In this regard, the second part of the guide proves particularly useful; following a model that has already been successfully tried and tested in the past, it presents 24 questions and 24 answers, this time aimed at offering practical advice on everyday life. These range, for example, from explaining how a typical day changes for those living with diabetes – whether type 1 or type 2 – to how to monitor one’s blood glucose levels. But the experts’ advice tells us much more: how to cope with travelling, for example, or just how important sleep and emotional wellbeing are. It also covers how to manage school life or life in the workplace. It moves on to how to have a fulfilling sex life or how to take part in sport to live better. And, of course, it pays close attention to how new technologies can help doctors and patients.
