Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
"Managing Diabetes is like swimming in glue" - Anonymous (1980)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus affects about 0.5% of the American population. Before insulin was introduced in 1923-24, everyone with type 1 diabetes died soon after developing its typical symptoms of weight loss, polyuria and wasting. Despite more than 85 years of experience with insulin therapy, most people with type 1 diabetes do not receive the best insulin therapy. Moreover, going to the doctor too often means being blamed for every abnormal blood glucose level, even when prescribed treatments cannot properly maintain good blood glucose control. Unfortunately, most doctors lack the time and training to treat type 1 diabetes. At University Diabetes & Endocrine Consultants, we understand the ill effects of ineffective insulin treatment, and how much better it feels to have adequate insulin when you need it, and not when you don't... Here you'll find that your diabetes team has diabetes too, with clinical and research experience in all insulin therapies as well as alternative and experimental diabetes treatments, and most important, the understanding and patience to apply them properly.. Here you won't be refused a treatment because your doctor doesn't understand it.
Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
No one knows enough about type 1 diabetes mellitus. But we're learning more each day. Type 1 diabetes is our passion, our guiding commitment. Our medical director is an ABIM-certified endocrinologist/diabetologist with type 1 diabetes for 40 years; our treatment team includes Certified Diabetes Educators, a Dietitian who is also a CDE, a Nutrition Center, Collectively the team has 80 years of professional specialty diabetes treatment experience, and over 100 years of personal experience with type1 diabetes.
Individualised, Rational Therapy
People with type 1 diabetes today can live any life they wish, unencumbered by dull diets and rigid schedules, or by the chronic complications once commonly seen after many years with diabetes. Personal mastery of ones' diabetes, with adequate education and understanding, coupled with the best insulin therapy, makes all the difference. We'll help you become the expert in treating yourself, find the best ways to maintain good glucose control under any circumstances, and provide you with the means to handle your lifestyle with control of your diabetes.