Chronic health condition - Diabetes

Life with diabetes is anything but normal and since childhood, I have seen my dad suffer from it. Diabetes is stressful and demands constant attention. It affects you and your caregivers i.e immediate family members in most of the cases, both physically and mentally. I have seen my dad cutting back or ignoring his favorite food items, seen him tensed about taking medicines 2-3 times a day and even worried about his BG levels multiple times a week. What attracts me towards this topic is that over time, I have seen my dad lose his grip on the disease. Restrictions throughout your life are impossible to handle and it is natural to have phases in life where you get tired of living with a chronic disease and just want to live normally. But diabetes doesn't even permit that, as increased BG levels lead to deadly outcomes.

Designing for a chronic disease and it's management will help me cater to a real life problem that I have personally seen and many people in the world face ALL THEIR LIVES. Interacting with people like my father and understanding their challenges can help me create something that can eventually have an impact throughout their lives. 

With advancement in technology, there are many solutions in the market that help people manage their life long diseases smartly. But I feel, understanding and investing in such technologies is beyond the reach of many. I strongly feel that one of the strongest motivation for each one of us is the people around us and depending of new technology might or might not lead to a long term solution. With my topic I want to explore ways to keep patients with chronic disease motivated throughout their life with the help of people around them. 

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