Zhytomyr: defeat diabetes!
To world health day, which is traditionally celebrated on 7 April, the who mentions the danger of diabetes. Because the prevalence of diabetes in recent years has grown significantly, and so the motto of today's health day "Defeat diabetes!". The world's 382 million patients with diabetes. The projected number of patients by 2025 552 million In Ukraine the number of registered persons with a diagnosis of diabetes is 1.5 million According to regional freelance endocrinologist, head of endocrine Department of the regional clinical hospital named after. A. F. Gorbachevskogo Victoria Stakhovsky, 2015 in Zhytomyr region registered 39 569 patients with diabetes mellitus, including 6 932 people (including 224 children) were eligible for treatment with insulin. Every year there is an increase in the number of diabetics in the region, Ukraine and in the world, including those that receive insulin therapy (for the last 10 years their number has doubled). Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder, in which for various reasons does not occur normal assimilation by the body cells sugar (glucose) from the blood, resulting in humans chronically increased levels of glucose in the blood. So, if we ensure that the level of glucose in the blood did not exceed admissible limit of the border of the disease can be kept under control, or rather, not dangerous consequences, i.e. diabetic complications. Of the total number of diabetes patients is about 5% - diabetes mellitus type 1, and 95% have diabetes type 2.These are two completely different, diametrically opposed, for the reasons of the disease development that have one common symptom - the rise in blood sugar. The symptoms of diabetes are different diabetes type 1 and 2. Sometimes there may not be any symptoms, and diabetes is diagnosed, for example, referring to the ophthalmologist when examining the fundus. But there is a set of symptoms of diabetes mellitus, characteristic for diabetes of both types is: * increased thirst and frequent urination, dry skin, weight loss, * cramping calf muscles, disturbance of vision, itching of the skin and mucous membranes of the genitals. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
