During pregnancy, your doctor would have probably told you to get diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Though the analysis might feel devastating at first, it turns out to be more common during pregnancy due to complications associated with diabetes.
Diwali is nearing and every Indian family would have started with the preparations for the celebration.
Diabetic eye disease is the term used to define a group of eye conditions that can affect people with diabetes. Diabetes can affect various parts of the eye from the lids to the retina.
Diabetes - a silent killer that steals your life away, slowly! Diabetes is a lifestyle disorder and it is shocking to note that world’s largest diabetic population is in India.
Diabetes - a silent killer that steals your life away, slowly! Diabetes is a lifestyle disorder and it is shocking to note that world’s largest diabetic population is in India.
India, in our own eyes is yet a poor, hungry, malnourished country. However, statistics suggest that India is a world capital for obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Obesity and overweight are the most potential epidemic lifestyle diseases prevailing in adults worldwide. Obesity also prevails in school-going children aged from 5 to 19 years old. Obesity and is directly linked to cardiovascular diseases, insulin resistance and Type 1 Diabetes. Worldwide surveys on obesity and overweight conducted from 1980 to 2013 reveal that the obesity population in adults has increased from 28.8% to 36.9% in men, from 29.8% to 38% in women1.
Dyslipidemia is marked by high levels of plasma cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) that contribute to atherosclerosis, metabolic diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and coronary artery disease. Indians are at a high risk for dyslipidemia, primarily due to genetics and other factors, such as food choices and a sedentary lifestyle with urbanization. Indian populations have been diagnosed with lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL or good cholesterol) as well as with high levels of LDLs and triglycerides.
Diabetes is one of the most common non-communicable, metabolic disorders. People with diabetes are at high risk to develop complications or conditions affecting their other organs such as kidney, eyes, heart, nervous system, fertility and brain. India has the highest prevalence of diabetes owing to factors such as genetic inheritance, obesity, higher living standards and other lifestyle changes. From 1971 to 2000, the prevalence of diabetes increased from 1.2% to 12.1%, a ten-fold increase.
High blood pressure exerts a substantial burden for cardiovascular health. High blood pressure is directly associated with cardiovascular diseases like stroke, ischaemic heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease and coronary heart disease. Hypertension is rated as the most common cause for premature death by the World Health Organization. In the year 1990, there were about 2.3 million deaths in India due to cardiovascular diseases, with one quarter of the population aged less than 70 years. In the past 3 decades, the prevalence of hypertension has increased from 5% to 20-40% in urban population and 12-17% in rural population.
