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Facts to know about Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association stated:
1. Every day, more than 4,000 adults are diagnosed with diabetes, and about 200 people die from the disease. About 24 million Americans have diabetes. It is one of the major causes of heart disease, stroke, new cases of adult blindness, and leg and foot amputations not caused by injury.
2. Diabetes is serious. It causes more deaths than breast cancer and HIV/AIDS combined. Symptoms include frequent trips to the bathroom at night, extreme thirst, overwhelming fatigue or blurry vision. An early diagnosis can help ward off complications.
3.Obesity is not the only contributing factor, but it is a major risk factor. The increase seen in diabetes diagnoses has coincided with a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. Other risk factors include being older than 45, lack of regular physical activity, family history, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
4.In some cases, proper diet, exercise and oral medications, if needed, can keep Type 2 diabetes under control for some time before insulin becomes necessary. The key is to make a lifestyle change. That means no smoking, more healthful eating habits and regular exercise.
5.Children as young as age 5 are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. To help prevent diabetes in children, parents should try to encourage good habits for the entire family. That means less time playing video game and watching TV, more physical activity, less junk food and smaller food portions.
Did You Know…?
Diabetes doubles your risk for heart attack and stroke.
In the next 24 hours 4,320 cases of diabetes will be diagnosed. That’s right, 4,320 cases every 20 seconds which is how often someone is diagnosed with diabetes.
Do Diabetics have knowledge of the disease? by Murrah Cornish -Australian news, ABC
Diabetes Queensland has found 96% of people with the condition fail a basic questionnaire about it.
The organization surveyed 400 Queenslanders with diabetes and found only 18% knew what caused the disease.
Less than half are having recommended health checks.
Diabetes Queensland chief executive Michelle Trute says more than two million Queenslanders are at risk.
“We’re trying to play catch up to make sure that people understand how dangerous it is,” she said.
“About 250,000 Queenslanders are already diagnosed with diabetes and nearly two million Queenslanders are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.”
Diabetes Camp (article written by The Clarksdale Press Register)
On Nov. 14, the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi will host its biannual Camp Kandu for children with diabetes. The camp, which is held at the Twin Lakes Conference Center in Florence, is for children between the ages of three and 12. Here, children with diabetes learn about healthy diabetes management while making friends with other children from around the state who also have diabetes.