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Diabetes: Depiction Suggestions
The following points for consideration were created as a resource for entertainment development and production. They are not intended to limit the creative process.
- New medications administered through inhalers make it possible to treat conditions such as diabetes and the flu virus without suffering the pain of a needle piercing the skin. Consider showing patients who might otherwise suffer from their fear of needles benefiting from such new medications.
- Many of the symptoms of diabetes can be easily missed. Consider showing how often-overlooked symptoms can become noticeable when many of them begin to present themselves at the same time.
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- Type 2 diabetes is greatly affected by lifestyle choices--especially diet and exercise. Consider showing you characters' motivations to exercise and eat well to be influenced more by health than a desire to look good. With so many Americans affected, many of us have family histories to to keep in mind when deciding how much exercise to get and how to eat; your characters may have family histories of diabetes, as well, even if they don't have the disease themselves.
- Diabetes used to be a death sentence, much like HIV and AIDS were in the 1980s. Consider showing how older people might react to news that a loved one has diabetes versus younger people, who might not take the threat seriously enough. This could be particularly important for period pieces set before 1920.
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