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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Dhari al-Fadli, a patient being treated at a diabetes clinic in Kuwait, is a victim of the dark side of his country's economic boom.
After his weight hit a peak of 123 kg (271 pounds), Fadli developed such serious diabetes that he had to inject himself with insulin before every meal. Helped by the insertion of a gastric balloon into his stomach to reduce hunger, he has now lost enough weight to stop the injections, but still has to take diabetic medication.
"We're all overweight in my family...We have a saying that if you don't have diabetes, you're not a Kuwaiti," said Fadli, a 49-year-old father of five.
In fact, more than one in five Kuwaitis suffer from the disease.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/uk-gulf-diabetes-idUKBRE8630FI20120704
"such serious diabetes that he had to inject himself with insulin before every meal" 🙄
After his weight hit a peak of 123 kg (271 pounds), Fadli developed such serious diabetes that he had to inject himself with insulin before every meal. Helped by the insertion of a gastric balloon into his stomach to reduce hunger, he has now lost enough weight to stop the injections, but still has to take diabetic medication.
"We're all overweight in my family...We have a saying that if you don't have diabetes, you're not a Kuwaiti," said Fadli, a 49-year-old father of five.
In fact, more than one in five Kuwaitis suffer from the disease.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/uk-gulf-diabetes-idUKBRE8630FI20120704
"such serious diabetes that he had to inject himself with insulin before every meal" 🙄
