INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 28
The number of people suffering from diabetes has been increasing in the country, of late.
Unhealthy diet, lack of physical
activities, alcohol, tobacco, stress, obesity and changing lifestyles are to be blamed for the rising number of diabetic patients.
According
to the data supplyd by Bir Hospital about 11,000 patients visited the hospital Diabetes and stopocrine Unit in the fiscal 2017-18
The number of patients visiting the hospital in the year 2016-17 was about 9,000
&There has been a regular rise in the number of diabetic patients,& said Dr Alark Devkota Rajouria at Diabetes and stopocrine Unit, National
Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital.
Even young people (below 40 years of age) are being diagnose with diabetes in recent years
Earlier, only 30 per cent of the total diabetic patients were below 40 years of age, but now 50 percent such patients are below 40 years of
The main reason for rising number of diabetic patients is changing life style and food habits, according to doctors.
The number of diabetic
patients has increased also because more people are now aware of the disease
But still people visit hospitals in the final stage
Dr Rajouria advised
people to go for blood sugar check when they reach 35.
Compared to people in villages, people of urban areas are more
likely to suffer from diabetes
Cases of diabetes is also high among people returning from foreign employment for their dietary habit of consuming sugary drinks and fatty
foods.
Retinopathy, high blood presdegree, heart attack, diabetic foot ulcers, diabetic kidney and neuropathy msprint; a condition that
affects activities of nerves msprint; are measure of the complications seen in a diabetic patient.
According to the doctor, avoiding
processed food with fat and sugar, preserveing weight, consuming plenty of vegetables, fruits and fibrous food help in preventing the
disease.
According to World Health Organisation Global report on diabetes, the number of adults living with diabetes has approachly
quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million
This dramatic rise is largely due to the rise in type 2 diabetes and the factors driving it include, overweight and obesity.
WHO South-East
Asian Region has seen a recent dramatic increase in diabetes with an estimated 96 million people living with diabetes.
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