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Davor Skeledžija

Editor of the portal diabetesABS.com. Long-time volunteer of the Big for Little with Diabetes Association. Former president of the Zagreb Diabetes Association. Former member of the executive board of the Croatian Federation of Diabetes Associations, and the HZZO Commission for General and Medical-Technical Aids.

I’m allergic to insulin — the one thing I can’t live without. What now?

Ira, an 18-year-old girl from Croatia, lives with something you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy — an insulin allergy. In fact, she is allergic to a preservative that...

The Association Between Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity – an Increasingly Common Phenomenon

Unlike the well-established causal relationship between excess body weight and type 2 diabetes, obesity is rarely associated with type 1 diabetes. However, epidemiological data refute the former belief that...

Diabetes on Social Media

One of the common topics in the psychosocial adjustment to diabetes is empowerment and reducing the feeling of being “different from others” among people with diabetes, especially children and...

From Fearing Carbs to Consuming a Kilo of Sugar in One Race

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Nebojsa Nikolic, I am 47 years old and I am from Croatia. When I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in...

Diabetes grounded him, but technology gave him wings!

Leon isn’t an ordinary man. Once, in Montenegro, he was an exceptionally talented instructor at the best fighter pilot school, affectionately nicknamed Top Gun 🙂 There, he taught young...

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