50% of the people in India do not even know that they have diabetes, are you one of them?
Diabetes or diabetes is a disease due to which the amount of sugar (sugar/sugar) in the blood increases. This disease is also the third leading cause of blindness in America. Till a few decades ago, this disease used to increase with age in our country. But now it has taken the form of a lifestyle disease. Now children and youth are also falling prey to it.
You will be surprised to know that half of the people suffering from this disease in our country do not even know that they have this disease. Even half of those who know, that is, one-fourth of the total victims, get treatment for it. A research conducted on diabetic sufferers has revealed that only half of adults in the age group of 15 to 49 are aware of their disease. Only one-fourth of the victims get treatment and their blood sugar remains under control. In many cases it is too late to detect it that people lose their sight. Because of this, if any organ of someone gets damaged, then someone gets kidney disease. The results of the study, also published in the research journal BMC Medicine, states that in order to deal with diabetes, it is first necessary for people to be aware of it. But, 47.5 percent of the people suffering from it are not aware of their disease, due to which they are not able to get treatment.
About 7.2 lakh people in the age group of 15-49 years from 29 states and 7 union territories are involved.
Researchers found that only 52.5% of sufferers knew they had diabetes
About 40.5% of the people said that they are taking medicines for diabetes control.
Of the total victims, only 24.8% were found to have diabetes under control.
Diabetes control in 20.8% of men and 29.6% of women with medicine
Almost half of diabetics are not aware of their high blood sugar level
Goa and Andhra Pradesh have the highest number of people unaware of diabetes
According to the report of the Indian Council of Medical Research, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases like dilipidemia, hypertension, obesity are becoming a huge and ever-increasing burden on public health in Uttar Pradesh. are.
An investigation into the reasons for this has revealed that in fact the lifestyle of the average Indian has changed a lot. Instead of eating at home, people have started emphasizing on outside food, junk food, fast food etc. Due to these changes obesity started spreading very fast in the society. At present, obesity is a major reason for the increase in the number of diabetes patients. There are three types of diabetes. Whereas most Indians suffer from type-2 diabetes. 90% of the patients fall in this category.
type 1 diabetes
This diabetes is a disease caused by a sudden lack of insulin production in childhood or in adolescence. This happens when beta cells stop working completely due to some antibodies. Insulin injections are needed to control the increased amount of glucose in the body. Its patients are very few. Insulin is an enzyme that breaks down food in the body and converts it into energy.
type 2 diabetes
This diabetes is usually a progressive disease after the age of 30 years. Most of the Indians are suffering from this. In this, most people are overweight or have problems with abdominal obesity. Sometimes it is genetic, in many cases it is related to poor lifestyle. In this, insulin is made in less quantity or the pancreas is not working properly.
gestational diabetes
Those pregnant women who have never had a complaint of diabetes before, are more prone to it. This happens due to excessive amount of glucose in the blood during pregnancy.
