25% of Valencians could have diabetes in 10 years

Valencia.- The Valencian Association of Diabetes has criticized "immobility" and "lack of concrete actions" of the Department of Health in the health care of this disease that, he points out, could affect before ten years to 25 percentof the Valencians.

In a statement, the Association has reported the conclusions of the "3 days with your diabetes" program, a study carried out on 775 people from different neighborhoods of the city of Valencia during the first quarter of 2009.

In the investigation, digital glymia was done and variables such as age, body mass index, waist perimeter, physical exercise, fruits and vegetables consumption, medication for hypertension, family history and presence of previous values ​​highGlycemia, which finally became a final score.

The conclusions indicate that more than 50% of the analyzed population has a moderate risk of suffering from the disease, and that one in six of these people will suffer from diabetes before 10 years.

In addition, 19% of the analyzed population had values ​​greater than 140 mg/dl, which can indicate the presence of diabetes, 11% declared to suffer from the disease and 60% said they had at least one high blood glucose.

Of the total persons participating in the program, 41 were referred to medical services for throwing figures greater than 160 mg/dl (without prior background), by founded suspicions of suffering from diabetes.

In the opinion of the Valencian Association of Diabetes, these data "collide with immobility and the lack of concrete actions" of the Department of Health, "which seems much more concerned with containing the expense than in improving the health care of one of the diseasesmost prevalent from our society. "

As indicated, the consumption of reactive strips "seems to be the axis on which health policy revolves around diabetes" and points out that a selective cut of reactive strips for the determination of blood glucose "seems to be the near futurethat people with type 2 diabetes will be found.

The association indicates that "effective measures that control this disease" such as early detection plans, patient control measures, implementing multidisciplinary units, authentic actions for the control and prevention of the diabetic foot and effective presence of patients in patients and preventionThe decision -making organisms about diabetes.

I amazed some study data that seems to me:-/ tremendous:

On 775 people, 19% had figures above 140 mg/dl (random glycemia were made in municipal markets)

6.5% had between 126 and 140

The total average glycemias is 122 mg/dl

68% were over 45 years (which increases the previous average)

55% of the participants had a moderate or high risk of suffering diabetes: shock:

28% declare not to do physical exercise daily (not even half an hour walking:-/)

37% take pills for hypertension ... this fact seems brutal

32% have ever had high glucose (an analysis, gestational diabetes, corticosteroids ...

Almost 60% of those who said they had diabetes, were above 180 mg/dl;21% was above 200 mg/dl: Evil:

And what is more terrible is that 41 people had to be sent urgently for figures greater than 180 mg/dl due to diabetes suspicions ... several above 300 mg/dl, a couple above 400 mg/dl and dl andA lady who "greeted" the glucometer (high: above 650 mg/dl:! ::! ::

And nothing happens, nothing happens ... that we will cut the reactive strips: Evil: and we will dedicate 18 millcent of leuros to the boats (and not precisely of muffins in the milk;))