Teaching the art of living with Diabetes
After coming to terms with her own Type 1 Diabetes, a young woman launched an awareness initiative to help others like her deal with the disease, writes Vineet Upadhyay.
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The group supplies Ketone test strips, medicines and other essential items in remote areas with scarce facilities.
Express News Service
UTTARAKHAND: Rekha Negi (29) recalls with dread her six months of nightmare four years back in dealing with her undiagnosed Type 1 Diabetes which left her debilitated to the core. But then, she mustered her will power to tell herself that she must save others like her. Type-1 Diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, making the body incapable of balancing the blood sugar levels.
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