INDIA IS GETTING TOO SWEET

India is projected to be home to 109 million individuals with diabetes by 2035.
        - Indian Heart Association. 2015.


There is a fourfold rise in the number of diabetics – from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014 and half of them live in India, China, USA, Brazil and Indonesia. China, India and USA are among the top three countries with a highest number of diabetic population.
 -The Lancet, 2017.

National programme on prevention and control of diabetes in India: Need to focus , Verma et al, Australasian medical journal, 2012.

Although India accounts for about 15% of the world's diabetes burden, its spending on healthcare related to diabetes is only 6.4% of worldwide spending; health resource allocations should reflect the burden of disease. Additional resources allocated to diabetes care should go toward stronger prevention efforts, diagnostic infrastructure (especially in rural areas), accessibility and affordability of treatment, and skilled healthcare workers, as recommended by the WHO Global Strategy.

 UNDERSTANDING DIABETES : FROM RESEARCHES TO PATIENTS

 Normally, the pancreatic cells releases insulin every time the sugar levels (carbohydrate) increases in the circulating blood. To understand this phenomenon, assume pancreas as a dam with censors, so every time the water level rises the gates of the dam open and maintain the water levels. 

 When a person becomes diabetic (type 2), these censored doors (pancreatic receptors/GLUT-4 ) become inefficient to detect the increasing levels of water (blood sugar or carbohydrates). Thus, causing an imbalance.
QUICK FACTS
  • In 2014, 422 million people in the world had diabetes – a prevalence of 8.5% among the adult population.
  • NFHS-4 (2015-16) : overall incidence of diabetes is India is 20.3 per cent. States where incidence of diabetes was found to be higher than the national average include Goa (33.7 per cent), West Bengal (28.2 per cent), Assam (34.6 per cent) and Odisha (27.2 per cent).
  • Diabetes is an important cause of blindness, kidney failure, lower limb amputation and other long-term consequences that impact significantly on quality of life.

CALCULATING THE RISK OF HAVING TYPE 2 DIABETIC IN NEAR FUTURE

IDRS (Indian Diabetes Risk Score): a simplified risk score for identifying undiagnosed diabetic subjects using four simple parameters – age, waist circumference, family history of diabetes and physical activity. IDRS is an inexpensive and simple tool for screening for risk of undiagnosed diabetes.

 Calculate it yourself! CHECK THE LINK BELOW.

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