Express-test on glucose concentration in blood

Express-test on glucose concentration in blood during celebration devoted to the World day of fight against diabetes, in Kiev, on Sunday, November 14, 2010. Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes—is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger). In Ukraine more than 1 million 138 thousands of patients by diabetes, that makes almost 2,5% from the common amount of population. Photo by Vladimir Gontar / UNIAN