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Controlling Diabetes |
Countries like India have an estimated 34 to 35 million of people suffering from
diabetes, which is the highest in the world. The prevalence of Diabetes in urban
population is 17% and in rural it is 2.5%. This indicates impact of life style and
nutritional habits. Among the chronic complications of diabetes, diabetic foot is
the most devastating complication and is the leading cause of leg amputation among
diabetics. It is estimated that in India alone about 50,000 legs are amputated every
year, of which almost 75 percent are potentially preventable. This problem is further
compounded by the lack of awareness, practice of barefoot walking, home surgery,
faulty footwear (slippers) and delay in reporting. Diabetes is one of the most common
chronic diseases to affect children. It can strike children of any age, even toddlers
and babies. Every day more than 200 children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes,
requiring them to take multiple daily insulin shots and monitor the glucose levels
in their blood. It is increasing at a rate of 3% each year among children and rising
even faster in pre-school children at a rate of 5% per year. Over 70,000 children
a year under the age of 15 get diabetes. If not detected early enough in a child,
diabetes can be fatal or result in serious brain damage. Being screened for Diabetes
is one of the most important things you can do. If you’re diagnosed and the disease
is not controlled it can kill you slowly.
Join us in early detection of Diabetes through our diabetes detection camp.
At HealthImpetus, we have teamed up well-known Diabetologist and have been conducting
Cancer awareness camps across Pan-India
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