The theme for this year’s World Diabetes Day on 14th November is “Healthy Living and Diabetes“, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging everyone across Northern Ireland to be aware of how type 2 diabetes can be prevented, the harm it can cause to your health and what the signs and symptoms are to help ensure early diagnosis.
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If one is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, he would need insulin injections for the rest of his life.
We are extremely pleased and honoured to have Adrian on board.
Seventy-five per cent of type 2 patients live in developing countries where rapid urbanisation and sedentary lifestyles are the new norm.
Karen Addington, chief executive of JDRF in the United Kingdom said: “We are extremely pleased and honoured to have Adrian on board”.
According to statistics from worldwide Diabetes Federation, India Chapter around 65.1 million people are affected with diabetes in 2015 compared to 50.8 million in 2010.
JDRF is a charity which provides support to people with type 1 diabetes and their families. Research shows that up to 80% of Type-II diabetes can be prevented or postponed. As a compassionate, caring and responsible company, our efforts are aimed at raising awareness about managing the disease through a holistic diabetes management and lifestyle modification program. It is estimated that by 2035 there will be nearly 600 million people living with T2D and nearly 900 million people with pre-diabetes, a silent state associated with a high risk of several deadly conditions including T2D, heart disease, hypertension, strokes and early death. Their healthcare costs are twice as high as the average American. People with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet in the diabetic range have prediabetes.
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Great quantities of sugar may build up in the blood, but very little of it is able to get into the cell where it is required.
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A few of the important features of diabetes include increased levels of blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), oxidative damage to liver and kidney, increased lipid peroxidation, adjustment in the levels of carbohydrate metabolic enzymes, depletion of antioxidants such as SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx, GST, GSH, Vitamin C, Vitamin E etc.
Diabetes is a treatable condition.
The American Diabetes Association also offers an online risk assessment tool for diabetes.
She said being over age 45, especially if you are overweight, can raise your risk. Having a parent, brother, or sister can up your chances of getting the disease, too, she said.
It has secured more than $7 million in funding over five years from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Australian Research Council and the University of WA. We’re also encouraging you to go talk to your doctor and get yourself checked out for type 2 diabetes. This year, the campaign has focussed on healthy eating as the key factor in the fight against diabetes.
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Professor Jones said the trial of the home-based system would help confirm if it was acceptable from a medical, practical and economic point of view.
