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[Diabetes in space]

Josu Feiloo plans to board a spacecraft in the fall and reach Earth’s orbit. If he makes his dream come true, he'll be the first diabetic astronaut.

And then we discover the personal story of a person full of energy, the story of the Arabian Josu Feijoo. Josu Feijoo is known for his exploits on the mountain. He managed to climb to the top of Everest, reaching both geographical poles, leaving only Aconcagua on the list of the highest peaks of each continent. In this way, he would overcome the challenge known as the Grand Slam. In addition, he would be the first diabetic in the world to achieve this.

What has been done is not little, but Feijóo wants to go further now. His goal is to get on a spaceship in the fall and reach Earth's orbit. If he makes his dream come true, he'll be the first diabetic astronaut.

JOSU FEIJOO; Mountaineer: The quality of life of a diabetic today is that of a normal person. In fact, there are my logros. My expedition companions are not diabéticos, and scale the mismas mountains and smash the mismos riesgos. But socially, the diabetic children in the schools, to the hour of going out to do their gymnastics, until some years have been fixed by the theme of the same that gives rise to hypoglycemia in sports elite, and the result is that I am going and climbing the Everest. From three years ago the
diabéticos in the schools could do the same things as the other children. And it was my logro in Everest that changed the legislation. Now you have a teacher who knows about diabetes, what insulin is and what blood glucose control parameters are.
When I'm an astronaut, because I'm already on paper, because I've passed the physical, psychic, and psychic tests. I'm just gonna take the astronaut's wings.
I always wanted to be a pilot of aviation, and by the Spanish legislation I could not be a pilot of aviation, and, without embarrassment, I'm going to be an astronaut. I've been through the most diphyllic trials of the Pilots. As I say, I’ve got a little bit of iron attached: it’s a small step for the man or for Josu Feijoo in his project, but he’s going to be a giant leap for the collective of the Entero world, because the little ones are working so that we can drink for the sake of the super-super-super-super-super-super-super-super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super-Super.

The quality of life of a diabetic day is comparable to that of an ordinary person. Here are my accomplishments. My companions on the expedition are not diabetic, and we run the same mountains and dangers. In society, however, until a few years ago, children with diabetes at the time of gymnastics were marked by the risk of some type of hypoglycemia during the practice of high sport. And look where, I get to Everest.
Children who have had diabetes for three years and those who do not have it can do the same exercises. This was the result of a change in legislation after Everesta’s rise. Now there must be a teacher at school who knows about diabetes, who knows what insulin is and who knows the fluctuations in blood glucose levels. Having
passed the physical, psychotechnical and psychometric tests of being an astronaut, I am an astronaut on paper. Now all I have to do is win the astronaut
wings. I always want to be an airplane driver and the Spanish legislation does not allow me to do so; however, I will pass more difficult tests than the pilots and become an astronaut. I like to say that in his project it will be a small step for Josu Feijoo, but for diabetics around the world it will be a giant leap, because it will serve to overcome the small limitations that still exist.

There are 250 million people with diabetes in the world

To understand diabetes, first of all, it is important to know how the food we eat dissolves and how the body uses it by converting it into energy.

During the digestion of food, a sugar called glucose, a source of energy, enters the blood. At the same time, the organ called the spleen produces insulin. The role of insulin is to carry blood glucose to the muscles, fats and liver cells to be used as energy.

Diabetics cannot complete this process. in type 1 diabetes, the spleen is unable to produce insulin, so glucose cannot be transported. in type 2 diabetes, insulin is produced, but the body is unable to take it properly. Although the defects are different, the consequence is the same: the body can not control the level of sugar and situations of hyper-glycemia and hypoglycemia arise. As a result, there is a risk of damage to the blood circulation, kidneys and nervous system.

6 million people worldwide are diagnosed with diabetes each year

JOSU FEIJOO; Mountaineer: And many times you say, but why me? If I didn't do anything, if I didn't join anyone. But, well, it's a genetic tare with what you have to live and what you have to take. I have
been sucked into the power of my alpine dreams and what to say about my childhood challenges, no?, being an astronaut. But if you were a handicap at the time, but if you were positive, you would have the tools that you have, your insulins, your doctors, your training pans, and nothing else is possible for a diabetic.

I think about it often. But why me? Because I didn't do anything, because I didn't go in with anyone. But, well, we have to live with this genetic defect, live and accept it. It has
allowed me to fulfill several dreams of the mountain and, of course, my dream as a child: to be an astronaut. Although it was a limitation at the time, I want to think that with the tools we have today, new insulins, new meters, workouts... nothing is impossible for diabetics.

Despite being a chronic disease, with proper care and treatment, diabetics can now lead a normal life. Of course, the use of medicines and insulin is a daily thing, as well as proper nutrition and weight care. And both the practice of sport in a good way and the measurement of blood glucose levels are essential.

To measure glucose levels, diabetics use measuring devices. Josu Feijoo will bring a new meter into space. In addition to measuring the glucose level, it will send all the data obtained in the measurements to Earth in real time.

Using the new system is not difficult.

When all the necessary devices are ready, the diabetic first draws a drop of blood.

The drop of blood is placed in the glucose meter.

In a short time, the result of the measurement will appear on the small screen of the glucometer.

When it is registered, the meter and the mobile phone are placed in front of each other.

The measurement data is transmitted to the mobile phone by infrared waves.

From there, no secrets, the collected data, glycaemia, will reach a web page through a normal SMS. In this way, the patient monitoring professional will have access to all the necessary data.

MARIA JOSE COMELLAS; Researcher, ROCHE Diagnostics: Apart from facilitating these doctors, we have also incorporated a new system, a new service that is a telemedicine service, that allows people to rely on their glucemias, to send them these glucemias to a web page, where their professional, the doctor or the contractor who is following them, is a beautiful way to access and interact with this information. So we believe that this is something that can actually help to improve the quality of life of these patients.

In addition to developing meters, we have created a new system, a new service, telemedicine. The service allows people who need to perform frequent glucose measurements to submit the results of these measurements to a web page. The doctor or nurse will have safe access to this information and will keep in touch even when they are away from each other. We believe that it will improve the quality of life of patients.

Telemedicine will result in fewer doctor visits, resulting in fewer failures in schools and workplaces.

Half of those who have the disease don’t know they have it

During his trip to space, the Arabian mountaineer will also try a new insulin.

JOSU FEIJOO; Mountaineer: The insulin that I'm going to inject in the first place is going to be fast, so that I can act the most quickly in my blood stream, because I'm going to go out with 280 of blood glucose. This means that it was possible before to place it in normal parameters, 70-110. Once this has been stabilized, I will thank my blood glucose mediator, I will inject an insulin lens, and we will call ourselves diabetic lenses. Or the hormone we've synthesized, and that's a 24-hour update plan, we're going to take it up to 72 hours. This is to say that the diabetic children, once they have been approved in the Spanish state, do not want to be punished once a day by the insulin lens, if they have been punished three times a week, with the best quality of life and, above all, tranquility.

First, I'm going to inject the insulin quickly so that it acts on the blood as quickly as possible. I'll go out with a blood glucose of 280. Which means I have to get down to the usual numbers sooner rather than later, which is 70-110 glucose. Using the meter I will know when I reach this state. Once that's done, I'll insert the slow insulin. We've synthesized the hormone, and we're taking what used to last 24 hours to 72. This means that, once approved in the Spanish state, diabetic children will not need to take slow insulin once a day, taking it three times a week will be enough. On the one hand, it will improve their quality of life and, on the other, it will bring them peace of mind.

The end of Josu Feijoo’s new challenge cannot yet be announced. If it works as well as it has done before, it can be great news for people with diabetes. He will fulfill a dream. Good luck to you!