In the small town of Uvira on Lake Tanganyika on the border between the Congo and Burundi, the health center, active in providing diabetes care, attracting many people in the region. Dieudonné arrived at the center in November 2005, hanging from the shoulders of his brother. His brother brought him from a house of prayer, where he had stayed a month. He was losing weight rapidly and without the intervention of his brother, had died suddenly. At first, none of his family or his community could have suspected diabetes. In some African cultures, the appearance of a mysterious disease that can not be treated within a few days means that it has put a curse or a spell. For this reason the person is sent to a traditional healer or a house of prayer. Dieudonné was extremely thin. With 26 years, measured 1.56 m and weighed 27 kg, his BMI was approximately 11 (, ideally between 18 and 25). We could barely detect his blood, his blood sugar was above 22 mmol / l (400 mg / dl) had anemia and tuberculosis, and had a fever.
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