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Most people with diabetes spend a lot of money every month on testing supplies for their diabetes, and most have come to accept this as something they will have to do for the rest of their lives.

If you told most diabetics that they could get free diabetic testing supplies they would probably not believe you, but it is true if you know where to look.

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WeeklyTrack Diabetes Management Kit (The Complete Diabetes Self-Management Log Book)

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Sixteen million Americans have diabetes, yet many are not aware of it. African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans have a higher rate of developing diabetes during their lifetime. Diabetes has potential long term complications that can affect the kidneys, eyes, heart, blood vessels and nerves. A number of pages on this web site are devoted to the prevention and treatment of the complications of diabetes. (see Diabetes Symptoms)

In diagnosing diabetes, physicians primarily depend upon the results of specific glucose tests. However, test results are just part of the information that goes into the diagnosis of diabetes. Doctors also take into account your physical exam, presence or absence of symptoms, and medical history. Some people who are significantly ill will have transient problems with elevated blood sugars which will then return to normal after the illness has resolved. Also, some medications may alter your blood glucose levels (most commonly steroids and certain diuretics (water pills)).

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Italian researchers have made an exciting discovery suggesting a common virus may lead to Type 1 diabetes in children. Studying 112 diabetic children aged two to six, they found evidence of enterovirus pancreatic infection in 83% of them, compared to just 7% in healthy children.

Enterovirus is the second-most common virus in North America next to the common cold. It’s a small virus that enters the body through the gastrointestinal tract. Infections occur mostly during the summer and fall. Most infected people have no disease symptoms at all, but some 10 to 15 million Americans develop either mild upper respiratory cold-like symptoms, flu-like symptoms with fever and muscle aches, or a rash each year.

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In layman’s term, diabetes is the inability of the body to regulate the blood sugar level on its own. This is usually caused by the lack of sufficient insulin, the hormone that breaks down and converts glucose in the blood stream. There are basically two types of diabetes – diabetes mellitus (type II diabetes) and diabetes insipidus (type I diabetes).

If Type II Diabetes is common among adults, it is Type I diabetes that haunt the lives of children.  Children with diabetes usually exhibit a number of symptoms such as thirst, weight loss, frequent need to urinate, headaches, abdominal pain, and behavioral problems, among others.

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Diastar Comfy Feet Diabetic Socks, Black, 10-13, 3 pack

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It can be daunting to look for the free diabetes supplies especially the testing supplies.

What you need to do is look in the right places. Diabetes is a medical condition that has affected people most of whom are not financially stable to manage their condition. Several suppliers have a policy that states that every diabetic is entitled to a free testing glucose meter. The leading reputable diabetes supplies providers give free testing supplies to the thousands of patients we have today.

Renata Nyleve Editor of the “Free Diabetic Testing Supplies” website — http://www.FreeDiabeticTestingSupplies.net — pointed out;

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