Diabetic threat showing market increase in J&K

Tahir Mushtaq

JAMMU, Nov 14: The rate of diabetic patients is on increase more in urban than in rural areas of the Jammu province.

Experts said that the main reason behind the rapid increase in diabetes is changing life style adding that children are more effect by this disease.

Experts further said that there are two types of diabetes the type one diabetes in common in children whereas type two seen in the adult above 30 age group but now it is observing below 30. Besides this some cases of diabetic has also seen during pregnancy.

That are certain steps which has been taken time to time to reduce the growth of diabetes in the state but still there is no results.

Every year on the World Diabetes Day various district and sub district hospitals organize camps and awareness programmes to examine and aware the people related to this disease.

Moreover the health department of the state government also conducting Non Communicable Disease (NCD) programmes in some of the districts of Jammu province.

Taking to TNI Medical Superintendent Government Hospital, Sarwal, Dr Arun Sharma said that World Diabetes Day raises global awareness of diabetes and its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent the illness in most cases, some estimates suggest that as many as one out of every six person in Jammu might be diabetic.

Dr Sharma further said that in recent years diabetes has emerged as one of the biggest healthcare problems faced by India as a nation adding that increased urbanisation, a more westernised lifestyle, unhealthy eating habits, general unawareness, increased cases of smoking and drinking and a sedentary lifestyle has made people of the city extremely vulnerable to diabetes.

It is pertinent to mention here that World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 346 million people worldwide have diabetes. This number is likely to more than double by 2030 without intervention. Almost 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.

World Diabetes Day was first conceived in 1991 to increase awareness about this metabolic disorder. An estimated 346 million people around the world suffer from diabetes and India has more patients than any other. Once exclusive to the urban areas, even rural India is being affected by the disease and there’s a shocking lack of awareness about it. An estimated 85% people in urban areas never get their blood levels checked. Ignorance is very dangerous because it can lead to various complications.