Persuasive Essay On Type 1 Diabetes

Everyone in life has obstacles, for my friend Stanley he has it harder than many. He suffers from Type 1 Diabetes. He has to have the proper amount of insulin in him at all times or else his body will not function properly. Thankfully he has a Pump that reads his insulin level all day and all night and adds more insulin when needed. But this has a down side, he is a very active person and this pump gets in the way of his activities all the time. Also the pump is not waterproof so he must take it off before swimming, and this leaves his body exposed to low insulin. As well as the fact that it can easily be broken and smashed.
A closed loop pump, such as the MiniMed 670G will advance the treatment of Diabetes dramatically. More than 1.7 Million people in the United states alone, have been diagnosed with diabetes (Shuren). This statistic puts into perspective how many lives this closed loop system can help. If everyone with diabetes had this pump, there quality of life with diabetes would go up dramatically. “Although type 1 Diabetes is not genetic, having a first degree relative gives you a 6% chance of getting the disease instead of …show more content…
And for most of that time there were no treatmenst, and the treatments that were availible were costly and very in convinet. The first automatic, wearable insulin pump was created in 1976 by Dean Kamen (Brown, Runge). Having your insulin pump with and connected to you at all times is remarkably convenient. But having automatic insulin without the bulky and uncomfortable pump on your side is even better. With the new closed loop system you can also be a lot more active and involved in everyday life (Johnson). This is true becasue it alllows you to be much more free moving, you dot have to worry about getting your pump wet or damaging it. Quality of life will imprve dramaticcly for those affected and this could be life altering for future generations that will