Diabetes, of which World Day is celebrated today, is a pandemic that rides on three horses: poor diet, sedentary lifestyle and obesity.According to the International Diabetes Federation, 642 million adults in the world will suffer in 2040. There are currently approximately 415 million adults with diabetes, of which 199 are women.
It is estimated that it affects more than 350,000 people in Galicia.
One of each eleven adults suffers from diabetes, which has become the ninth main cause of death worldwide.Only in Spain, direct expenses derived from treatments and hospitalizations are estimated to be approximately 55 billion euros.
Diabetes is not a single disease, but a set of metabolic disorders associated with the regulation of blood glucose, and affects multiple functions and parts of the organism, from the eyes to the feet.These are some informative pills about diabetes and their multiple complications:
|Eyes.Diabetes is responsible for one of the eye diseases that can cause blindness if not detected in time, diabetic retinopathy.It is estimated that diabetes causes 16% of blindness.It is the first cause of irreversible blindness in working age in industrialized countries.Nine out of ten type 1 diabetic patients will present this ocular pathology, and 50% of people who have suffered it for more than 15 years, in any of its forms, will suffer some type of retinal pathology.
|Pregnancy.The Retina Anniken Burés specialist of the Eye Microcirgey Institute of Barcelona (IMO), points out that during pregnancy "the risk of complications for the hormonal and physiological changes suffered by the woman and that among other things, among other things, favor the appearance or appearance,Evolution of diabetic retinopathy. "The doctor also warns that "prevention should not be reduced only to the stage of pregnancy, but to the fertile age of women, including those not diagnosed with diabetes, since the pathology appears without offering symptoms."
|Female incidence.This year's World Day focuses on women, since diabetes complicates their health than men.They have 30% more possibilities to suffer stroke and 154% more risk of coronary heart disease.Despite these differences, women with this disease are treated in a less intensive way than men by doctors, according to the Spanish Diabetes Society (SED) yesterday.In addition, they fail to comply with the medication.
|Heart.Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of diabetic morbidity and mortality.Up to 80% of diabetics will die from cardiovascular disease, especially due to ischemic heart disease, according to Dr. Alfonso Valle, of the Spanish Cardiology Society.Diabetes management should include, in addition to glycemic control, an optimal control of cardiovascular risk factors, with reduction of cholesterol levels.
|Feet.70% of amputations are due to diabetes, and 84% of major amputations in diabetes patients are due to a diabetic foot ulcer.15% of diabetics will develop a diabetic foot ulcer throughout their lives.