Society of Sugar Patients. Diabetes Society
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Expert assessment work of the patient organization diabetes mellitus the doctor gave historical sciences Ivan Konovalov. The first of the six pages of the conclusion describes the main activities of the society - meetings with patients, annual patient conferences, preventive activities for World Diabetes Day. The historian cites a certain bank statement (the name of the bank is not indicated), according to which in 2014-2016 the Saratov organization received 645.5 thousand rubles from Russian “branches of foreign pharmaceutical companies.” It also indicates what the money was spent on - holding a patient conference, decorating an exhibition, sporting competitions for diabetics, etc.
The expert lists articles in the Saratov media devoted to the problems of diabetics (in most of them the organization of people with diabetes is not mentioned at all), and concludes: “So, the Saratov regional public organization of disabled people with diabetes transmits information to foreign partners about the so-called “ pain points» region, especially in the field of providing medical care to the population, which can be used to inspire protest sentiments in society. In addition, SROOIBSD creates the preconditions for discrediting authorities, unreasonably declaring the insolvency of the relevant structures of the regional government in the field of supply, distribution, and import substitution medicines among patients with diabetes, which can be qualified as political activity.”
As stated on the website regional office « United Russia", Doctor of Historical Sciences Konovalov heads the party project " Civil University" He is included in the list of candidates for the Saratov Public Chamber compiled by regional Duma(according to local law, deputies form a third of the composition of the OP). Ivan Nikolaevich works at legal academy at the department of history, political science, sociology and service. Doctoral dissertation defended in 1999 on the topic “The role of peasant cooperation in the history, culture and social movement of Russia late XIX- beginning of XX". The professor not only teaches national history, but also disciplines called “Political Technologies”, “ Political history Saratov Volga region in modern times”, “Technologies for designing stability”, etc. Judging by the list of scientific publications, the scientist is interested in methods of combating drug addiction and “color revolutions.”
In 2016, Ivan Konovalov already participated as an expert in the Engels case public organization“Socium”, which was also suspected of belonging to foreign agents. “Socium”, organized by psychologists from municipal institution“Positive”, has been involved in HIV prevention since 1998. The organization had a volunteer group that included, among other things, former drug addicts. They distributed free disposable syringes and condoms to drug users to stop the spread of infection. In the spring of 2016, the Engels prosecutor’s office conducted an inspection and found that “the organization’s activities have signs of political”: “SROO Sotsium was engaged in the formation public opinion on issues of public life and the subsequent bringing of this opinion to the attention of the general public and government authorities.”
Members of the organization were accused of conducting sociological surveys among drug addicts and HIV-infected people and statistical analysis information.
“On the one hand, they don’t engage in politics - they don’t picket, don’t hold rallies, don’t demand the resignation of the government. But they can be called participants in a hybrid war against Russia, the goal of which is to change the political regime in our country. Hybrid warfare involves the destruction of the foundations of traditional culture, family values, interprets human rights in a unique way. The policy of “Society” comes into conflict with the policy of our state. The Ministry of Health and the Federal Drug Control Service call for a healthy lifestyle, and Sotsium implements the ideas of late liberalism, which maximizes the rights of people at risk - drug addicts, prostitutes, sexual minorities“, Ivan Konovalov stated to the Saratov news agency Vzglyad-info.
According to the historian, the Engels organization received from Global Fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria 1.3 million rubles. The reprisal turned out to be short: the fact that the Engels prosecutor’s office had claims against Sotsium became known on April 7, and a week and a half later the court declared the organization a foreign agent.
In total, three organizations were recognized as foreign agents in the Saratov region: before “Socium”, back in 2014 the sociological “Center” received this status social policy and Gender Studies" and the environmental "Partnership for Development". All three “spy” NPOs self-destructed. The reasons were the impossibility of cooperation with government agencies, as well as the costs of complicated financial statements and large fines.
Sweet kids
“Until this week, Novorapid was not on a free vacation, only for money. Moms in our Viber group complained that endocrinologists don’t even prescribe the drug, saying that you fill out a prescription at the pharmacy for deferred care, and the clinic will be fined for it,” says Saratov journalist Anna Mukhina. Her four-year-old daughter was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
In the event of supply disruptions, endocrinologists in clinics find themselves in a vulnerable position. For not filling out a prescription, the prosecutor's office can crack down on them. If it is issued but not purchased within ten days, you will be fined by the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. In case of formal complaints from patients, the doctor risks losing incentive payments for his inability to work with people.
Anya was lucky with the endocrinologist - the doctor prescribes insulin “with a reserve”, so the parents were able to put aside “as many as eight penfils” for a rainy day: “Situations can be very different: if a person gets sick, the need for insulin increases. A child may be very hungry, he may go to a birthday party with sweets - this is life. Some people come across harmful endocrinologists who calculate insulin literally drop by drop: this amount should be enough for you for 21 days, and if the drug runs out a day earlier, it’s your problem, and don’t you dare ask!”
In total, 82 thousand people suffer from diabetes in the Saratov region. Of these, only a portion have disabilities, that is, they receive medications from the federal budget. The rest are the concern of empty regional treasuries.
A diabetic’s path to subsidized medications begins in the hospital, where the patient is diagnosed. “Everyone at the Mirotvortsev Clinical Hospital is wonderful - from the doctors to the nurses. Doctors are constantly learning, monitoring new treatment methods, and do not intimidate parents,” says Anna. — After hospitalization, the patient with the diagnosis goes to the local clinic and feels the difference. The queues alone are worth it. By law, my child has the right to go to the appointment without waiting in line. We tried to use this right once. We heard a lot of things from other parents, as they told us, “why do you come here, drag your own dirt.” Another time we decided to sit in line like everyone else. We sat there for two hours, and my daughter’s sugar dropped so much that nothing could raise it, and hypoglycemia is a dangerous thing for the nervous system.”
You must pre-register for a medical and social examination. Anna and her daughter arrived at the appointed time, were second in line and spent two and a half hours outside the office door. “There is a chair there that you can sit on. What other conditions for children, I beg you! - Anya waves it off. “Although this is the children’s division of ITU.” The procedure itself took 15 minutes. The girl was given disability for only one year, after which the campaign will need to be repeated.
Disabled diabetics are entitled to free needles for syringe pens. As Anna says, official needles 8 millimeters long “are suitable for well-fed adults, children need “fours.” Parents buy them themselves. A box of needles (100 pieces) costs about a thousand rubles.
The situation with syringe pens is even more absurd. For a diabetic child, they are given a free reusable pen in increments of 0.5 doses of insulin, which allows you to adjust the amount of the drug for the baby. But insulin is dispensed not in the form of a cartridge, but in the form of a disposable pen in increments of 1 dose, in which the penfil is tightly sealed.
“What if a child needs to be injected with 1.5 doses, but the disposable pen does not allow them to be measured? We cut off a disposable pen, take out the cartridge and insert it into a reusable one,” says Anna.
“I don’t know why insulin is purchased in such an inconvenient form for use.”
“This year, our Sweet Kids group sent a bunch of complaints to Roszdravnadzor about test strips for glucometers. According to the federal standard of care for children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, a child is entitled to 750 strips per year. In reality, we need two to three times more, but they don’t even give us that!” - says Mukhina. The price of the strips depends on the type of glucometer. For the device used by the interlocutor’s daughter, a package of 100 strips costs at least 1,500 rubles. This is enough for 10 days.
Many parents install a monitoring system for their diabetic children - this is a sensor on the shoulder or on the stomach, which, using a tiny needle immersed in the subcutaneous tissue, measures the sugar level every five minutes (this allows you to avoid pricking the baby’s fingers again). The transmitter sends readings to mom's phone. “This makes life a lot easier for parents. You can constantly monitor your sugar in real time, find out why the level is rising when it usually happens, determine the reason for the body’s reaction, and adjust the menu and insulin dose. It’s only thanks to monitoring that my daughter goes to kindergarten, because the nurse at the institution does not have the right to measure sugar,” says Anna. The system costs from 30 thousand rubles per German model and from 60 thousand for American. This equipment is not certified in Russia, although the paperwork has been going on for several years. Parents are forced to purchase equipment semi-underground through friends in Europe.
The federal budget allocates quotas for the installation of insulin pumps for children. As Anya says, “they promised to call us in March, when the queue will open.” Also needed for the pump Consumables in the amount of 3 to 10 thousand rubles per month, but the regional budget does not pay for them. “They tell us: you have a child’s pension. The pension is accrued not from the onset of the disease, but after an examination in a hospital with a diagnosis, after passing the medical examination, from the moment of submitting an application to the Pension Fund, says Anna. — They pay about 12 thousand rubles. If the mother does not have a flexible schedule, she will not be able to quit her job if she has a disabled child. Compensation for care is 5.5 thousand rubles.”
All this happens due to a lack of knowledge in the field of this disease.
Although there is now enough information on various resources, sometimes a person lacks basic support from relatives or friends. Many even limit communication, again due to their incompetence and, partly, pity.
A positive role for social adaptation in this case, numerous societies of patients with diabetes mellitus play a role in helping patients with diabetes. They are usually organized on the basis of a medical institution. Volunteers also take part in them. The main goal of such a society is to provide information and medication assistance to newcomers, as well as to promote the prevention of diabetes.
Currently, patient education at the Diabetes School is considered mandatory in the treatment of any type of disease. As a result of training, a person receives vital knowledge for further successful coexistence with the disease, and to join the Society of Diabetes Patients. And also receives answers to questions:
- Why control blood sugar?
- How to control it: using proper diet, taking pills or insulin, physical activity?
- How to self-monitor blood and urine, and how to react to test results?
- What are the signs of low and high blood glucose levels, what is ketosis, how to prevent these conditions and how to treat them?
- What should you do if you get sick?
- What are the complications of diabetes, their treatment and prevention?
- How to behave correctly in various situations, is it possible to travel and drink alcohol?
- How to deal with problems of employment, obtaining driver's license, insurance?
Pharmacies once again want to make money from diabetics. There is a smart modern European drug, but they keep quiet about it. This.
Representatives of the “Societies” from different cities constantly gather for seminars where they exchange experiences and discuss new pharmaceutical products and treatment methods. Problems in the field of protecting the rights of patients with diabetes are jointly considered and ways to solve them are sought.
The International Diabetes Organization, represented by President Michael Hirst, calls for intensive detection of this terrible disease in the early stages, even in children. During this period, with the help modern technologies, there is an opportunity to stop it. If possible, create more societies for people with diabetes. According to the president, without such prevention, both children and adults are deprived of the right to a healthy life.
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I have type 2 diabetes - non-insulin dependent. A friend advised me to lower my blood sugar levels with DiabeNot. I ordered it online. Started the appointment. I comply a loose diet, I started walking 2-3 kilometers every morning. Over the past two weeks, I have noticed a gradual decrease in sugar on the glucometer in the morning before breakfast from 9.3 to 7.1, and yesterday even to 6.1! I continue the preventive course. I'll write about my successes.
Margarita Pavlovna, I’m also on Diabenot now. DM 2. I really don’t have time for a diet and walks, but I don’t abuse sweets and carbohydrates, I think XE, but due to age, sugar is still elevated. The results are not as good as yours, but sugar hasn’t gone beyond 7.0 for a week now. What glucometer do you use to measure your sugar? Does it show you using plasma or whole blood? I would like to compare the results of taking the drug.
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Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of diseases that are associated with a disorder in the absorption of glucose, as a result of which a complete or relative deficiency of the hormonal substance - insulin develops, which in turn leads to hyperglycemia - persistent increased level blood sugar. Normal fasting blood sugar levels for men and women range from 3.3 to 5.5 mmol/L.
The disease is chronic in nature, during which all types of human metabolism are disrupted: carbohydrate, fat, protein, mineral, water and salt.
The disease is divided into types 1 and 2, has 4 degrees, each of which is characterized by certain clinical signs. Type 1 diabetes is most often observed in young people under 40 years of age, the disease develops in severe form, and in the vast majority of cases insulin is recommended to maintain the required blood sugar level.
Type 2 diabetes occurs in older people and does not require insulin for treatment. As a rule, to maintain blood glucose at the target level, a special diet and weight loss are prescribed. In some situations, treatment is supplemented with glucose-lowering drugs.
Clinical picture of diabetes mellitus
In almost all cases, a gradual course of the disease is observed, which over time is manifested by an increase in various symptoms. In extremely rare cases, a patient may develop high glucose levels, which leads to a diabetic coma.
Initial signs of diabetes:
- Dry mouth.
- Constant feeling of thirst.
- The daily volume of urine increases.
- Weight decreases or increases sharply.
- Dryness and itching of the skin.
- Tendency to infectious diseases.
- Muscle weakness, high sweating.
As a rule, all these symptoms signal a malfunction in the human body, so it is necessary to take a test for blood glucose levels. If you ignore the situation, the following symptoms are observed:
- Visual impairment.
- Confusion of consciousness.
- Wounds that do not heal for a long period of time.
- Swelling of the lower extremities.
- Development of arterial hypertension.
- Heart pain, migraine.
- Smell of acetone from the patient.
All of the above symptoms indicate the presence of diabetes mellitus, which requires immediate drug therapy.
Diagnostic measures
If diabetes is suspected, a number of diagnostic measures are carried out to help confirm or refute the diagnosis. The main diagnostic methods include:
- Blood test for sugar content.
- Tolerance test.
- Glycemic profile.
- Urine test for acetone.
- General urine analysis.
- Biochemistry of blood.
All patients visit an endocrinologist, cardiologist, neurologist, ophthalmologist and vascular surgeon.
It is a comprehensive examination that helps to establish the correct diagnosis, determine the severity of the disease, its degree, which will help select adequate treatment and adjust the patient’s lifestyle.
Treatment of the disease
Treatment is always prescribed on an individual basis, during which numerous factors are taken into account. The first two stages of therapy are a low-carbohydrate diet and optimal physical activity.
If the therapeutic effect is insufficient, sugar-lowering tablets are recommended, and only as a last resort the doctor prescribes insulin injections.
Medications for therapy are divided into two types:
- Medicines that help increase cell sensitivity to insulin.
- Drugs that stimulate the pancreas to increase hormone synthesis.
The patient's diet can be of two types: balanced and unbalanced. The first option involves reducing the total calorie content of food, but does not change it high-quality composition. The second option is high in carbohydrates but low in fat.
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Diabetes mellitus is not a death sentence; if you promptly consult a doctor and follow all the recommendations, the development of the disease can be stopped without causing serious complications.
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Great encyclopedia of diabetics - read the book online. Author: Khavra Astamirova, Mikhail Akhmanov
Online book - Great Encyclopedia of Diabetes | Author of the book - Khavra Astamirova, Mikhail Akhmanov
Who is forewarned is forearmed
Forewarned is forearmed, the Latins said, and the Vikings, our northern neighbors, added: to sail for gold, you must have a lot of silver. Both of these sayings have a direct connection with diabetics and diabetes; in fact, they are the most important psychotherapeutic recommendations for diabetics. Diabetes - for now incurable disease, and to live with it, you need to know how to live. Know what is possible and what is not, have an understanding of the mechanism of the disease, have basic medical skills, be able to handle equipment that allows you to control a number of parameters of your body, understand medications and the properties of products. Knowledge, dear reader, in this case is your silver, and gold is your life. The knowledge and skills listed above are absolutely necessary for a diabetic, and having mastered them, you can not only survive, but practically live normally. Or almost normal - don’t forget, you are still sick, and terminally ill. Which, however, is not a reason for pessimism: firstly, medicine does not stand still, and secondly, according to modern concepts, diabetes is not so much a disease as a way of life. Don't assume that this formula invented by doctors to console patients; this is indeed true.
Of course, the lifestyle prescribed for diabetics is different from the life of healthy people. The disease imposes a number of restrictions on diet and food composition, choice of profession, work, sports and any physical activity, on family life and reproduction of offspring. You have to put up with this. Life in general is not an easy thing, but no one - or almost no one - gives it up of their own free will. Therefore, do not quarrel with your diabetes - in such a quarrel you will certainly lose.
Note that in this book we will use the term “diabetic” as a synonym for the expression “a person with diabetes.” It is the one who has, and not the one who suffers, who does not have diabetes, although this second phrase, more traditional and familiar to the ear, will also appear in the text. Diabetes, of course, is a disease, but it is a special disease - fortunately, in our time it can be controlled and compensated in such a way that it does not cause physical suffering to the patient and does not shorten life. This, of course, requires the efforts of a doctor and, first of all, the person with diabetes.
Now let's say a few words about this book and how it differs from other manuals of this kind.
First of all, because it was written by a doctor and a patient, which allows you to look at diabetes from two points of view, from the external and inside. The second feature of the book is its presentation method, which is aimed not at endocrinologists, but at patients. The book contains not only theoretical material concerning diabetes, but also extensive practical recommendations and reference information. Of course, a diabetic must understand how the pancreas functions, how sugar metabolism occurs in the body, and what consequences (in the form of complications) its disruption leads to. But just as important are practical skills: the ability to inject insulin, use a glucometer, select low calorie diet, calculate your diet in accordance with physical activity and much more, which is written about in our book. It is also extremely useful for a diabetic to have information about the types of glucometers and syringes, about insulins and medications, about homeopathy and herbal medicine, about the prices of all these medications and devices necessary to turn diabetes from a disease into a way of life.
This is also discussed in our manual. It is equally aimed at patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM, or type I diabetes) and those with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM, or type II diabetes).
Finally, let's touch on the third circumstance. It is known that a person gains knowledge in any field not so much by reading books as by communicating with professionals or, if you like, with teachers, lecturers, mentors, and so on. Actually, the entire education system in secondary and higher schools is built precisely on this principle: first of all - lessons, lectures, seminars and practice, and books - then, to consolidate the material. This natural way of acquiring knowledge assumes that a person with diabetes will be taught by specialists, presenting in an accessible form everything that he is supposed to know. Indeed, for a long time there have been courses and schools for teaching diabetics abroad, and now they are in Russia, so far only in the most major cities. Thus, in the diabetic center of St. Petersburg, training is provided for diabetics, and these lectures, as well as live contact with a lecturer-doctor, are much more effective than any book. But the capacity of the center’s diabetic school is about five hundred people a year, and there are more than one hundred thousand diabetics in St. Petersburg. Many of them would like to attend a course of lectures, but are forced to wait for their turn; and others do not even know about the Diabetes Center and the classes offered there. This book gives an idea of them, as it is based on a forty-hour course of lectures given by specialists from the center.
To conclude this introduction, we, the authors, would like to introduce ourselves to our readers and thank all those who helped us write and then improve this book. So, one of the authors is Khavra Saidovna Astamirova, a graduate of St. Petersburg medical university them. I.P. Pavlova, endocrinologist, employee of the St. Petersburg Diabetes Center; the other is Mikhail Akhmanov (Mikhail Sergeevich Nakhmanson), a physicist and writer, a member of the Writers' Union of St. Petersburg, and also a part-time diabetic. We were given great help dermatologist Leonid Alekseevich Gordienko, who prepared the section on fungal diseases, Chairman of the St. Petersburg Diabetic Society Marina Grigorievna Shipulina and Director of the Diabetes Foundation Boris Fedorovich Fedorenko, who provided materials on diabetic associations of Russia, Professor of the St. Petersburg Trade and Economic Institute Margarita Nikolaevna Kutkina and endocrinologist Elena Vladimirovna Pervushina, who provided a number of recipes for diabetic dishes.
We consider it our pleasant duty to thank them, and also to express our gratitude to Vadim Borisovich Bregovsky and Elena Grigorievna Ostrovskaya, doctors of the St. Petersburg Diabetes Center, doctor Tatyana Anatolyevna Evtikheeva, chief editor of the DiaNovosti newspaper Alexander Markovich Krichevsky, editorial staff and all other doctors and journalists who generously shared the necessary information with us and helped with their advice.
KHAVRA ASTAMIROVA, MIKHAIL AKHMANOV.
St. Petersburg, 1998
I must confess: the story of this book is partly the story of my diabetes. I became ill in 1986, at the age of forty-one, and doctors initially diagnosed my disease as non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
I was prescribed butamide tablets, and for a long time, more than seven years, my diabetes behaved quite decently - in other words, it was well compensated. Actually, I didn’t even consider myself sick; no complications were observed, I could endure heavy nervous and physical stress and cared only about diet and timely medication. But at the beginning of 1994, there was a sharp deterioration with all the expected and already familiar symptoms - thirst, polyuria, dry mouth and weight loss. I turned to Vladimir Romanovich Slobodsky, and this wise old doctor advised me to switch to insulin. However, I didn’t want to inject myself - for the sole reason that I knew nothing about insulin therapy, but the rumors circulating among patients created the impression that insulin was bad. Very bad and very scary.
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4. Public organizations of people with diabetes.
Diabetic associations, unions and societies are public non-profit organizations that unite patients, doctors and nurses and are designed to protect their interests both on a national scale and in every city and settlement. In many countries of the world there are such national unions, which in turn are united in the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Until recently, in Russia there were local diabetic societies in large cities (there were even several such societies in Moscow), and the diabetic movement was fragmented. Now a single all-Russian organization has been created, which began in 1998 at the First Russian Diabetology Congress. Congress adopted the following historical document (quoted from the text published in the newspaper DiaNews No. 8, 1998):
“MOSCOW AGREEMENT OF DIABETIC ORGANIZATIONS OF RUSSIA.
We, the undersigned, have unanimously agreed upon the following:
All diabetic organizations in Russia have common goal- improving the quality of life of people with diabetes and helping those who help them;
We are confident that our cooperation is the only way to successfully implement this task at the regional, national and international level;
We recognize the need to work together to implement the principles of the St. Vincent Declaration.
Considering it necessary to represent Russia in the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), we agreed to unite the efforts of all interested parties.
Russian Association of Endocrinologists, academician I.I. Grandfathers.
Russian Diabetes Association (RUSSIAN), Doctor of Medical Sciences V.Ya. Ignatkov.
National Diabetes Association, Professor A.S. Ametov.
Russian diabetic association(ALL-RUSSIAN), M.V. Bogomolov.
Moscow Diabetic Association, E.V. Gustova.
St. Petersburg diabetes society, M.G. Shipulina.
International Diabetes Federation, Massimo Massi-Benedetti.
Using the materials provided to us by Marina Grigorievna Shipulina, chairman of the St. Petersburg Diabetes Society, and Boris Fedorovich Fedorenko, director of the Diabetes Foundation, we present a list of some Russian city diabetic societies and IVD centers - International program"Diabetes". These addresses have been clarified according to the directory /20/:
DIABETIC SOCIETIES - NORTH AND CENTER OF RUSSIA.
Moscow Diabetic Association: Moscow, Donskaya st., 7, tel. , Elvira Vasilievna Gustova.
St. Petersburg Diabetic Society: St. Petersburg, st. Rubinshteina, 3, tel. , Marina Grigorievna Shipulina.
Novgorod Diabetic Society:, Velikiy Novgorod, Mira Ave., 16/21, apt. 12, Rimma Ivanovna Bulakhova.
Murmansk Association of Disabled People "Diabetes":, Murmansk, st. Polar Circle, 6, tel. , Anton Antonovich Milash.
Arkhangelsk Regional Association of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Arkhangelsk, Troitsky Ave., 99, tel., Anatoly Timofeevich Gorobets.
Karelian Diabetic Society:, Petrozavodsk, st. Andropova, 9, apt. 14, tel. , Vera Grigorievna Gladikova.
Karelian Children's Diabetic Society: Petrozavodsk, Oktyabrsky Ave., 63, apt. 100, tel. , Vladimir Viktorovich Kolupaev.
Smolensk Diabetic Society:, Smolensk, st. Shevchenko, 93 g, apt. 44, tel. (0, Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Guricheva.
Tula Diabetic Society: Tula, st. Stanislavsky, 6, apt. 31, tel. (0, Alevtina Yurievna Semenova.
Lipetsk Diabetic Society: Lipetsk, st. 40 let Oktyabrya, 41, tel. (0, Valentina Ivanovna Chernysheva.
Kaluga Diabetes Society: Kaluga, Tulskaya st., 103, apt. 40, tel. (0, Vladimir Pavlovich Zhukov.
Orel Diabetes Society: Orel, Komsomolskaya st., 352, apt. 6, tel. (0, Nina Nikolaevna Dmitrieva.
Bryansk Diabetic Society: Bryansk, Gagarina Boulevard, 27, apt. 6, tel. (0, Svetlana Mikhailovna Avdeeva.
Ivanovo Diabetic Society:, Ivanovo, Misnevskaya st., 152, apt. 16, tel. (0, Tatyana Lvovna Smirnova.
Penza Diabetic Society: Penza, st. Slavy, 5, apt. 3, tel., Lidia Veniaminovna Teplova.
Cherepovets Diabetes Society: Cherepovets, Vologda region, st. Stalevarov, 54, office. 102, tel. (, Nina Petrovna Savicheva.
Cherepovets Diabetic Society of Disabled Children: Cherepovets, Vologda region, st. Danilova, 15, Valentina Mikhailovna Gromova.
DIABETIC SOCIETIES - SOUTH OF RUSSIA.
Rostov Diabetic Society: Rostov-on-Don, st. Komarova, 4, apt. 146, tel. (, Mikhail Pavlovich Galichaev.
Krasnodar Regional Diabetic Association of Disabled People and Persons with Disabilities since Childhood: Anapa, st. Stakhanovskaya, 5, apt. 66, Nina Ivanovna Kovshikova.
Stavropol Diabetic Society: Stavropol, st. Lesnaya, 87, Konstantin Eduardovich Bolbat.
DIABETIC SOCIETIES - VOLGA REGION AND URAL.
Nizhny Novgorod Diabetic League: Nizhny Novgorod, Mira Boulevard, 10, tel. (, Vladimir Iovich Sentyalov.
Samara Diabetic Association: Samara, Lenin Ave., 1, apt. 779, tel. (, Yulia Nikolaevna Sergeeva.
Saratov Diabetic Society: Saratov, Kosmonavtov embankment, 7a, of. 324, tel. (, Oleg Grigorievich Khristenko.
Volgograd Regional Diabetic Society:, Volgograd, PO Box No. 2664, Vitaly Mikhailovich Saturday.
Astrakhan Diabetic Society: Astrakhan, st. Fioletova, 9, tel. (, Klara Dmitrievna Rudnenko.
Diabetic Society of the Komi Republic: Syktyvkar, Oktyabrsky Ave., 134, apt. 111, Antonina Nikolaevna Chernysheva.
Association of Diabetes of Tyumen and Tyumen Region: Tyumen, st. Lenina, 47, Galina Vasilievna Bozhko.
Perm City Society "Children's Diabetes":, Perm, st. Cherdynskaya, 38, apt. 43, tel. (3, Lyudmila Vladimirovna Antonova.
Orenburg Diabetic Society "Nadezhda": Orenburg, Promyshlennaya st., 14, apt. 36, tel. (3, Lyudmila Pavlovna Anisova.
Saransk Diabetic Society: Saransk, st. Volodarskogo, 99, apt. 15.
DIABETIC SOCIETIES - SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST.
Novosibirsk Diabetic Society:, Novosibirsk, Dzerzhinsky Ave., 4, apt. 89, (3, Mark Nikolaevich Grinshpun.
Yakut Diabetic Association:, Yakutsk, st. Stadukhina, 84, N.K. Chernogradskaya.
Primorsky Diabetic Society: Vladivostok, Naberezhnaya st., 20, tel. (4,.
Yuzhno-Sakhalin Diabetes Society:, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Kommunistichesky pr., 84, apt. 39, Yuri Nikolaevich Karpushenko.
Blagoveshchensk Diabetic Association: Blagoveshchensk, 50 Let Oktyabrya str., 195/1, room. 29, tel. (4, Tatyana Aleksandrovna Zamashkina.
Irkutsk Diabetic Society:, Irkutsk, st. Karla Marksa, 41, apt. 2, tel. (3, Galina Petrovna Druzhkova.
CENTERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DIABETES PROGRAM (IDP)
Yaroslavl MPD Center: Yaroslavl, Yakovlevskaya st., 7, tel. (0, Maria Efimovna Yanovskaya.
Rostov MPD Center: Rostov, 1st Cavalry Army St., 4, tel. (, Elena Viktorovna Bova.
Stavropol MPD Center:, Stavropol, st. Dzerzhinsky, 127, tel. (, Natalya Alekseevna Teslya.
Samara MPD Center:, Samara, st. Soviet army, 56, tel. (8462) 63–54–04, Elena Feliksovna Tseytlina.
Volgograd MPD Center: Volgograd, Angarskaya st., 13, tel. (, Alla Anatolyevna Vychugova.
Izhevsk MPD Center:, Izhevsk, st. Truda, 1, tel. (3, Viktor Vasilievich Trusov.
Novosibirsk MPD Center:, Novosibirsk, Dzerzhinsky Ave., 4, apt. 89, (3, Mark Nikolaevich Grinshpun.
Bashkir MPD Center:, Ufa, st. Dostoevsky, 132, tel. (3, Gyuzel Khamitovna Churmataeva.
Irkutsk MPD Center:, Irkutsk, st. Karla Marksa, 41, tel. (3, Igor Aleksandrovich Verkhozin.
Krasnoyarsk MPD Center: Krasnoyarsk, PO Box 236, tel. (3, Angelina Nikolaevna Samotesova.
Khabarovsk MPD Center: Khabarovsk, Voronezhskaya st., 49, tel. (4, Lyudmila Nikolaevna Kupyreva.
Vladivostok MPD Center: Vladivostok, Russkaya st., 55, tel. (4, Natalya Vladimirovna Fedorova.
Although we have been able to update the above information using the /20/ directory, we understand that this information is incomplete and may be out of date. But it’s still better to have at least some information than none at all - especially since there is real benefit from this list of addresses. Readers write to us that they contacted some centers in difficult times, were examined there and received help.
One of the activities of local diabetic societies is the distribution of free humanitarian aid- for example, syringes for insulin administration, test strips, etc.; others, implementable all-Russian organization together with the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, - participation in the preparation of legislative acts relating to the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus, the development of relevant branches of the food and medical industry, providing for patients modern methods treatments that are free and accessible. The most important of these acts is the Federal Target Program “Diabetes Mellitus”, approved by Government Decree Russian Federation dated October 7, 1996 No. 1171. The list of rights of people with diabetes includes:
1. A DIABETIC PERSON WITH TYPE I OR II DISEASE RECEIVES FREE INSULIN, GLOW-REDUCING DRUGS AND SYRINGES. TO RECEIVE FREE MEDICATIONS AND SYRINGES, A DIABETIC MUST BE REGISTERED AT THE POLYCLINIC AT THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE, HAVE A PRESCRIPTION BOOK AND RECIPES PRESCRIBED BY AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST.
2. A DIABETIC PERSON WITH TYPE I DISEASE HAS THE RIGHT TO HOSPITALIZATION IF THERE ARE MEDICAL INDICATIONS. HE ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO DEMAND THAT HE BE REFERRED FOR CONSULTATION TO A DIABETICS CENTER.
3. A DIABETIC SUFFERING from TYPE I DISEASE HAS THE RIGHT TO ATTEND A DOCTOR WITHOUT A QUEUE AND TO HAVE TESTS IN A POLYCLINIC.
4. IF A DIABETIC HAS BEEN DISABLED, HE HAS ALL THE RIGHTS OF A DISABLED PERSON OF THE GROUP ASSIGNED TO HIM - INCLUDING RECEIVING A DISABILITY PENSION.
6. IN MOSCOW, DIABETICS ARE GIVEN 200 TEST STRIPS FOR THE DOMESTIC GLUCOMETER “SATELLITE” AND 400 TEST STRIPS FOR VISUAL DETERMINATION OF BLOOD SUGAR FREE FOR A YEAR. THIS ORDER DOES NOT APPLY IN ST. PETERSBURG.
So, there are laws - now we need to make sure that they are followed. Therefore, of all the tasks of diabetic societies, we consider the main one to be control over local authorities and protection of the rights of people with diabetes.
As soon as a doctor makes a disappointing diagnosis of diabetes, most people either do not attach due importance to it or fall into deep depression. All this happens due to a lack of knowledge in the field of this disease.
Although there is now enough information on various resources, sometimes a person lacks basic support from relatives or friends. Many even limit communication, again due to their incompetence and, partly, pity.
In this case, numerous societies of patients with diabetes mellitus play a positive role for the social adaptation of patients. They are usually organized on the basis of a medical institution. Volunteers also take part in them. The main goal of such a society is to provide information and medication assistance to newcomers, as well as to promote the prevention of diabetes.
Currently, patient education at the Diabetes School is considered mandatory in the treatment of any type of disease. As a result of training, a person receives vital knowledge for further successful coexistence with the disease, and to join the Society of Diabetes Patients. And also receives answers to questions:
- Why control blood sugar?
- How to control it: with the help of a proper diet, taking pills or insulin, physical activity?
- How to self-monitor blood and urine, and how to react to test results?
- What are the signs of low and high blood glucose levels, what is ketosis, how to prevent these conditions and how to treat them?
- What should you do if you get sick?
- What are the complications of diabetes, their treatment and prevention?
- How to behave correctly in various situations, is it possible to travel and drink alcohol?
- How to deal with problems of employment, obtaining a driver's license, insurance?
Representatives of the “Societies” from different cities constantly gather for seminars where they exchange experiences and discuss new pharmaceutical products and treatment methods. Problems in the field of protecting the rights of patients with diabetes are jointly considered and ways to solve them are sought.
The International Diabetes Organization, represented by President Michael Hirst, calls for intensive detection of this terrible disease in the early stages, even in children. During this period, with the help of modern technologies, it is possible to stop it. If possible, create more societies for people with diabetes. According to the president, without such prevention, both children and adults are deprived of the right to a healthy life.
Reviews and comments
Margarita Pavlovna- 13 Mar 2019, 12:23
I have type 2 diabetes - non-insulin dependent. A friend advised me to lower my blood sugar levels with DiabeNot. I ordered it online. Started the appointment. I follow a relaxed diet and started walking 2-3 kilometers every morning. Over the past two weeks, I have noticed a gradual decrease in sugar on the glucometer in the morning before breakfast from 9.3 to 7.1, and yesterday even to 6.1! I continue the preventive course. I'll post about my successes.
Olga Shpak- 14 Mar 2019, 12:08
Margarita Pavlovna, I’m also on Diabenot now. DM 2. I really don’t have time for a diet and walks, but I don’t abuse sweets and carbohydrates, I think XE, but due to age, sugar is still elevated. The results are not as good as yours, but sugar hasn’t gone beyond 7.0 for a week now. What glucometer do you use to measure your sugar? Does it show you using plasma or whole blood? I would like to compare the results of taking the drug.
Are you facing diabetes and don't want to fight alone? The Russian Diabetes Association offers help, but how realistic is this in our country?
Organizations for uniting patients are not popular in Russia, however, the RDA has existed for more than 20 years. What does the association do, and is it possible? future activities, or is this absurd?
As soon as a person is faced with an increase in the glycemic index, the question of treating diabetes mellitus arises by itself. Based international forums, and interregional meetings, the RDA describes algorithms for the treatment of diabetes and recommendations for self-control, which is inevitable in diabetes.
Medical schools of diabetes, companies producing medical equipment for measuring blood sugar and . All new diagnostic and treatment tools are subject to association research.
RDA advocates the ideology of a complete cure for diabetes, and therefore closely monitors changes in the pharmacological market.
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Before you treat
Sometimes the state of hyperglycemia is temporary, so RDA helps prevent the onset of diabetes in the population by offering preventative options. This applies not only to healthy people, but also to patients with gestational diabetes mellitus. Timely assistance with glycemic disorders is half the success.
Communication with patients is maintained through several channels:
- feedback form;
- forum;
- Vkontakte community;
- hotline phone number.
For those who have not encountered diabetes before, RDA can become a kind of lifeline.
Note! Timely seeking help is a guarantee that the disease will not be taken by surprise.
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Research and scientific base
The association itself is not involved in research, but actively attracts researchers. RDA contributes to science in a different way, through funding research in the field of diabetology.
Association employees often participate in medical forums dedicated to diabetes and endocrinology. Members of the association are certified specialists in the field of endocrinology, authors scientific articles, members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The goal of the RDA was not the invention of new drugs, but a contribution to the popularization of those methods that are not promoted by advertising. Research into new ways to diagnose and treat diabetes is also on the association's list of goals.
Stepping away from medicine
Research is conducted not only in relation to medicines and equipment. The Company uses its resources to verify quality food products for patients with diabetes.
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Who knows
The most important task which the Diabetes Association has undertaken is to spread awareness about diabetes in social sphere. Promotion of proper nutrition and exercise is the focus, since these criteria are the most basic in.
If a person has just learned about his diagnosis, then he is faced with a lack of understanding of how to live further. Blood sugar levels are labile and it is impossible to immediately reduce them. The public is not aware of the problems of diabetes, and RDA promotes knowledge among the healthy population - this is an important goal.
Adults
To achieve its goals for adults, RDA uses several ways:
- Publishing a newspaper on behalf of the association. Issues are available to registered participants as they are distributed by region.
- Holding holidays and public events. Here we are not talking about internal corporate events, but about large-scale events involving patients. Thus, patients with diabetes receive recommendations not only first-hand, but also exchange real-life experiences.
- Awards from the association. The RDA badge of honor is awarded to active fighters against Diabetes, for example, endocrinologists. It should be noted that not only doctors, but also artists, actors, businessmen, marketers, etc. take part in campaigns to combat diabetes.
- Electronic support. A forum has been created on the basis of the RDA, where problems are freely discussed, new trends in the field of treatment, recommendations on nutrition and lifestyle. Also, employees and patients communicate in in social networks in diabetes association groups and communities.
- Contact phone number. It is not open 24 hours a day, however, there is the possibility of consulting patients.
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Children
RDA is actively trying to influence employees working with children. These are schools and health camps. Sports events and sanatorium-resort holidays are organized for children with diabetes. The organization cares for schoolchildren, coming up with ideas for holding a health day in educational institutions.
In addition to direct work on the ground, the RDA negotiates with the Ministry of Education as a whole, which takes the organization to a higher level.
Note! Children are not psycho-emotionally protected from attacks from peers due to illness, so participation in active life, among people like them, has a positive effect.
Teenagers
Teenagers are the most vulnerable group patients because transitional age, aggravated by dissatisfaction with oneself. Some of them are forced to stay in hospitals due to lack of sugar compensation. However, no special attention is paid to adolescents; work with them is carried out as with children or adults.
Teenagers can also participate in sports competitions, visit resorts and communicate with each other at organized meetings.
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Parents
The RDA project supports not only those who have diabetes, but also those who care for patients with such a diagnosis. Many parents seek advice on caring for children and receive answers from professionals, people who are qualified and knowledgeable.
Patients and lawyers
Some patients with diabetes need to undergo a medical expert commission and receive a certificate of disability. Paperwork is not an easy task, so the association advises patients on legal issues.
Financing
Funding an organization requires attention because they have to survive. Low fees for patients with diabetes are making themselves felt, however, the association is not giving up and is actively looking for sponsors. Business organizations also pay membership fees to the association, so they amazingly It remains to stay afloat every now and then by cutting costs.
One of the missions of the RDA is to attract sponsors. Considering the activities of the organization, external support is very necessary.
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What's next?
While RDA is leading active work at the global, national and regional level, however, the community is clearly on the brink due to insufficient funding. The activities of this organization are not only in the hands of charitable sponsors, but also of members who have joined the community.
Note! The minimum contribution of 10 kopecks is not the limit; you can help the association simply by donating a larger amount.
Scale of the organization
Despite the small headquarters, which have to be cut down every now and then, the organization works in the regions, cooperates with doctors, and pays for lectures. Thus, the newspaper is published in nine regions, Scientific research is carried out on the basis of a number of research institutes, and famous media actively cooperate.
The problem is that the number of patients suffering from diabetes is many times greater than the capacity of the RDA.
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Is the organization really working?
The organization works and recruits patients, marketers, researchers, medical professionals and volunteers for a variety of tasks.
It’s easy to make sure that the organization is working – buy it. Many products have RDA verification symbols, namely an image of the association’s logo in the form of a dome divided into two parts (the abbreviation RDA is on the right, and a quarter of a sunflower is on the left).
Pitfalls of RDA
The Russian Diabetes Association is not the only organization for helping diabetics, there are six of them in the country, but nevertheless they are all united by the Russian Diabetes Federation (RDF).
Those who look at the vastness of the World Wide Web for the first time may have a lot of questions, because the data on RDA is different. This is due to the fact that there are two RDA organizations, so as not to get confused, we present data about them in the table.
Despite the differences, the activities of one and the other organization are similar in nature, and the tasks are also almost the same.
The activities of local public organizations are more transparent and accessible, therefore in the article we're talking about exactly about her. The importance of OOIO cannot be diminished, since they have the same resources. Both organizations publish news on the website, provide progress reports and continue to engage in activities.
The only thing that can be said for sure is that the municipal educational organization works more with people, especially with those who are directly related to diabetes (regional representatives of the RDA, doctors, teachers).
To be or not to be RDA
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In Russia, patients rarely communicate with each other outside the walls of the hospital, and it is humiliating to advertise the disease - these are the established principles. At the same time, patients with diabetes should understand that communicating with qualified specialists is important.
Showing children that they are not alone is necessary. Only these methods can defeat diabetes. The feasibility of the existence of RDA is determined only by patients; the more people who apply, the better.