Saturday, February 11, 2012

Diabetes Terminology

Sometimes the editor in me gets a bit irritated when I see non-standard versions of diabetes terminology. Here are some examples:   1) It's pretty standard now-a-days that the two types of diabetes should be rendered with an uncapitalized letter followed by an Arabic numeral (except at the b...
5/31/07 10:46pm
Bill,

It must be a lot easier to irritate me than it is to irritate you. A lot of incorrect terms about diabetes bother me. I talk about them at http://mendosa.com/incorrect_terms.htm
Anonymous
Gail
6/ 5/07 8:37pm
Hi from New Zealand. I get very annoyed when I read or hear that I ..."suffer from Type 1 diabetes". I do not agree that I actually "suffer" - I just happen to have Type 1 diabetes.
7/16/07 11:43am

I'm a Type I and work as a medical secretary.  It annoys me when doctors list the diagnosis: "non-insulin-dependent diabetes (on insulin)". 

So he doesn't need insulin, he just injects it for fun?

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