People with diabetes will soon be queuing up to get special tattoos that will be able to monitor blood sugar of diabetics. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Texas Diabetes Institute is developing a designed tattoo that will change color if blood sugar levels of diabetics are decreased or increased.
Podiatrist at Oakwood Hospital, Dr. Debbie Woody confessed this tattoo is an interesting discovery. "Despite have to wait several more years, but this tattoo is really capable of monitoring the patient's blood sugar levels," said Woody.
Dr. Woddy revealed that the tattoo is not easily visible to naked eye. A patient who has this tattoo have to use a tool like black light to see the color change. This tattoo was designed to change color from yellow to orange depending on blood sugar levels of patients.
"That obviously would provide many benefits," Woody said as quoted by CBS Detroit, Wednesday (18/04/2012). "You can reduce the number of pins stick you have. Of course these tattoos are also very useful for patients with juvenile diabetes. Tattoos are encouraging people with diabetes to closely monitor their sugar level."
Woody did not think this tattoo will completely replace glucose meter that has already been known and widely used, but this tattoo would provide constant monitoring that can not be done any other tool.
Samantha Mueller, body piercing artist at Eternal Tattoos in Eastpointe also claim to have a lot of people who asked him to make a tattoo that can change color in their bodies.
Podiatrist at Oakwood Hospital, Dr. Debbie Woody confessed this tattoo is an interesting discovery. "Despite have to wait several more years, but this tattoo is really capable of monitoring the patient's blood sugar levels," said Woody.
Dr. Woddy revealed that the tattoo is not easily visible to naked eye. A patient who has this tattoo have to use a tool like black light to see the color change. This tattoo was designed to change color from yellow to orange depending on blood sugar levels of patients.
"That obviously would provide many benefits," Woody said as quoted by CBS Detroit, Wednesday (18/04/2012). "You can reduce the number of pins stick you have. Of course these tattoos are also very useful for patients with juvenile diabetes. Tattoos are encouraging people with diabetes to closely monitor their sugar level."
Woody did not think this tattoo will completely replace glucose meter that has already been known and widely used, but this tattoo would provide constant monitoring that can not be done any other tool.
Samantha Mueller, body piercing artist at Eternal Tattoos in Eastpointe also claim to have a lot of people who asked him to make a tattoo that can change color in their bodies.
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