The professional dancer, who is partnered with Layton Williams on the BBC ballroom show, was diagnosed aged 13
in recent years, just missing out on the quarter-final with Tilly Ramsay and making it to the halfway mark with Ellie Symonds, and he has already been impressing judges with his celebrity partner Layton Williams in 2023.
"We get to learn how to be responsible from a young age. How to deal with problems with the condition," he told theRecalling his own fears after he found out about his diagnosis, he said: "Like when I found out, I was 13 and I just came back to Ukraine and at that time, I'd been dancing already for nine years. I lived in three countries and everything because of that.
Ukranian-born Nikita was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child, and is likely to have contended with symptoms such as unexplained weight loss, extreme tiredness, blurred vision and cuts and grazes that take a long time to heal.As well as taking glucose readings, the sensor will also alert if their glucose readings are too high or too low. It needs to be changed every 14 days, with wearers saying the application of the monitor is less painful than the traditional finger prick.
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