Having diabetes comes with a social stigma that’s prevalent throughout the U.S. While there are a number of lifestyle choices that can increase the risk of developing the disease, genetics also play a role and some ethnic groups are more likely to develop diabetes than others.
Adults with diabetes are shamed, blamed and judged for “getting” the disease. Parents with diabetic children are stigmatized as bad parents for “causing” the kids to develop diabetes. Further marginalizing those with diabetes are misconceptions and prejudices concerning everything from testing glucose levels and administering insulin injections when out in public to believing “it will go away” if the person just tries hard enough.
The stigma attached to diabetes can prevent people from getting diagnosed or managing their disease appropriately. The blame game to which diabetics are subjected makes managing the condition even more difficult, leads to an increase in depression, and a feeling of lower self-worth. It affects both adults and children with diabetes and those that rely on insulin rather than oral medications are typically perceived as more of a “failure.”
The CDC has judged diabetes to be an epidemic and a national health crisis, while the Pentagon has indicated that diabetes is a national security threat. Both of those judgements have further stigmatized the disease and those that develop it. There’s also the sentiment in the U.S. that anyone with diabetes is a burden and a drain on the healthcare system. Having diabetes is also seen by many as a character flaw rather than a disease.
No one wants to be diagnosed with diabetes or live the rest of their lives checking glucose levels, injecting insulin or taking pills, and calculating every bite of food they eat. Nor do they want to be ostracized, stigmatized, guilted, shamed, blamed, or judged for developing the disease. They just want to be accepted as they are and live their lives as normally as possible.
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