atrikgit6174 / diabetes-tracker

AISSCE Project 2019. Tracks diabetes based on user input and symptoms.

Welcome to DIABETES TRACKER

Launched at: https://atrikgit6174.github.io/Diabetes-Tracker

Dated: 23.01.2021

This project is brought to you by Atrik Ray. As of now, I am a CSE undergrad, expected to graduate by 2023.

It intends to judge a whether a person is

1. Diabetic or not
2. If diabetic, then whether it is primary or secondary
3. If primary, then whether it is insulin dependent or independent

All these are done interactively based on user inputs. User inputs are checked. The user is prompted to re-enter in case of invalid input.

This is achieved by a class named diabetes and its member functions.

REPOSITORY DETAILS

The Project directory contains

1. DIABETES.cpp: The latest version
2. Images folder: Sample outputs
3. Orginal.txt: The original TurboC++ version
4. bmi-chart.png: For bmi values (personal reference)
5. Colour.png: For console colours (personal reference)

DISCLAIMER

The program symptoms and analysis are based on a general view and may not be accurate for every person. In case you require immediate attention, it is best to communicate with a professional medical practitioner.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Operating System: Windows 7 or above (Might be supported for lower versions)
• Compiler: GCC 4 or above, or any other compiler supporting C++11 or above

IMAGES

Two test cases for reference

Secondary Diabetes

Not Diabetic

CREDITS

1. Mr Sudarshan Manna & Ms. Tamali Sinha, for teaching me my first language C++ and helping code this program.
2. Sayantani Das, for her invaluable inputs on the symptoms and cases and for satisfying the curiosity of the Biology lover in me.
3. Meghna Dutta, for being the second tester after me and helping me debug.
   • She is available @ https://github.com/Meghna180401
4. Atrik Ray, that's me, for patiently reading through many, many lines of un-indented skeletal code, making meaning out of it, and changing the functions to enhance portability.
   • Available @ https://github.com/AtrikGit6174
5. YOU, the reader, for your time and patience and interest!

PLANS TO EXPAND

1. Features to save patient data in a text file to be retrieved and used for future inputs.
2. Features to edit saved user data.

ADDITIONAL INFO ABOUT THE PROGRAM

History

This program was done for my AISSCE 2019 Board Practical Submissions. It was built from a skeletal code obtained from the Internet and modified by my school teachers and me. The name of my school is mentioned in the program.

However, it was built for TurboC++ IDE and its associated compiler. It used several header files that are unsupported by other environments and many of its header files have been deprecated in recent C++ standards.

Keeping this in mind, before uploading, I have brought about many changes to keep the code and program in compliance with latest standards and brought about many fundamental changes in the conditions and prompts, consulting with my friend Sayantani Das, who is an upcoming MBBS.

New & Noteworthy changes

The header files <dos.h>, <graphics.h> and associated functions are not supported in other environments. In view of this, functions like <textcolor(_attr_)> were removed and changed to modern versions which instruct the Windows console, namely <system("color _attr_")>. These attr of the <system("color")> can be found in the Colour.png file.

Importantly, the UDF <gotoxy(const WORD, const WORD)> function was required to simulate the <gotoxy(int, int)> function of the MS-Dos Box console.

Credits go to the site:

• http://ntcoder.com/bab/2008/08/07/gotoxy-in-a-console-application-in-windows/
  for the <gotoxy(const WORD, const WORD)> UDF.

The calculation of bmi and age based on a one-time user input was designed, which were absent in the original code.

To enhance interactivity and ensure proper output, the option of re-entering the input is prompted in case an user enters an invalid character using the functions <checkInput (char, vector <char>)> & <ReEntry (char, int, vector <char>, int)>.

The function names are quite apt for any other developer to understand and build upon this code. Justified comments are inserted to help the interested developer.

The <disclaimer ()> member function is added to remind the user that this program is no way as accurate or knowledgeable as a professional medical practitioner.

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