Diabetic Facts
About Diabetes
Diabetes causes 1 death every Seven Seconds and two new persons are diagnosed as diabetic in . Every
year it is estimated that 3.2 million people in the world die due to Diabetes or its related causes. The major cause of increase in the incidence of Diabetes is a sedentary lifestyle. Exercise and diet can either reduce or delay
the incidence of diabetes by over 50%. Diabetes is number one cause of kidney failure in the world. Besides this every year it is responsible for 5% or 5 million blindness in adults and one million Limb Amputations. Diabetes is also an important cause of heart disease, stroke and catart.
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of amputation of the lower limbs throughout the world. Amongst people who have diabetes, amputations are reported to be 15 times more common than amongst other people. 50% of all amputations occur in people who have diabetes. We can help them together. Retinopathy:Between 40 to 45 percent of patients diagnosed with diabetes have some stage of diabetic Retinopathy. 12 per cent of people who register as blind in the UK each year have diabetic eye disease. Thus keeping your blood sugar level and blood pressure under control is very important. Diabetic Kidney About 30 percent of patients with Type 1 (juvenile onset) diabetes and 10 to 40 percent of those with Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes eventually will suffer from kidney failure. If sugar level is not kept under control there are chances of occurrence of the following conditions : 1. Heart Disease. 3. Male Impotence. 4. Urine Retention. 5. Other Serious Complications.
The first free Diabetic Clinic had been set up in January 2012 in I-9 Markaz , Islamabad and has treated more than 500 patients in five months by providing the following facilities:
- Free Diabetic Check up (500 patients).
- Free Medicines given to (390 patients).
- Free Insulin given to (143 patients).
- Free Glucometers to (30 patients).
- Free Sugar Strips to (30 patients)
