One thing they do very good newspapers and blogs is to speak very well of the conveniences, it is futile or not. According these opinions, the biggest seems to be the result of the modern comforts. For example, the law often than you convenient access to multimedia c
ONTENT on line "anywhere" using wireless connections to broadband. Then that modernity has made us more relaxed, not many people think ...
In sharp contrast in this virtual space we have: a) tried to deny that the access is vital, even if it is not easy to resist the seductions
hi-tech ; b) explained that the wireless, as well as being useless, harmful
. However no religious wars. Al Instead we feel obliged to point out that a class of hi-tech wireless devices can be very useful, and can objectively improve the health and social life for many people, reflecting an advantage for the community.
These people suffer from type 1 diabetes
, having lost Headline exactmatch cells used for the production of insulin the type 1 diabetes are completely dependent on the dose of the hormone through injections sottocutane. The correct dose of insulin is highly variable but can not be totally neglected the need to use insulin, sugar and incorrect administration of insulin and sugar results in illness and complications long-term. Renting your help in choosing the right amount is given by measuring sugar (glucose
) in the blood (taken from the fingertips), in practice the doses are chosen so as to maintain blood glucose levels in a certain range of values. You can imagine how stressful and difficult (but necessary!) To produce a sugar-insulin compensation are as many measurements per day, four injections of insulin per day, together with any corrections. In addition, there may also be a personal hardship: in other words having to do a puncture can happen in any situation! Three technological devices that communicate without wires can simplify the management of this framework, and at the same time make the most effective therapy: A device
hidden under clothing that continuously injects insulin - called insulin pump . A blood glucose meter receiving manual (wireless!) the value of blood glucose by a sensor under the skin and allows to monitor and control the pump. A
s ensor
- continuous glucose which sends the data (wirelessly!) And the meter to be read by the patient in real time, both the pump (in order to cut off automatically the administration of insulin if blood glucose is too low). This sensor does not replace the meter manual, with which he is synchronized wireless and tare.
- It 'necessary to repeat that these devices allow you to really improve the lifestyle of type 1 diabetes and its management of glycemia. The sensor continuously for now is only compatible with Medtronic products-Bayer and function with a frequency around 500 Mhz (like television). E 'reasonable to assume that the signals sent from these devices have low intensity malt, only a few bits to encode 3-digit alphanumeric, so if there are risks from electro-smog (well, here we speak of power really negligible) are certainly lower than the benefits. And if we talk about electromagnetic pollution, unnecessary worry of what might interfere with them (even if the houses construction ensures shielding against interference). Pharmaceutical competitors Medtronic-Bayer in Italy (Roche and Jonson & Jonson) have not yet developed the continuous sensor. La Roche is the only one to have instead developed the microoinfusore controlled by wireless remote. Currently it is not therefore possible to exploit the three devices listed as the first sensor and the remote are sviluappati by pharmaceutical competitors. We must also add that insulin pumps are also available "lonely" without wireless control.
- The real sore point of all this is speculation, which brings the price of insulin pumps to a few thousand euro, which translates into a large amount of expenditure for the regions (which have the burden of ASL). PS: Special thanks goes to my friend A. for reporting. Update: There has also been reported that Medtronic has its own remote control, but we are not able to confirm it.
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