Today is UN Diabetes Day. This year's theme is "Education Protection Tomorrow", aiming to remind people that the prevalence of diabetes is increasing year by year and is showing a trend of younger age. It is particularly important to improve patients' self-treatment and self-monitoring skills, and it is particularly important to achieve early prevention, early detection and early treatment.
Zhao Dan, attending physician of the Department of Endocrinology at Peking University International Hospital: Diabetes is a very common chronic metabolic disease. It is mainly based on increased blood sugar, and it also contains some other metabolic disorders, such as obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc. Diabetes are mainly divided into type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and some other special types, and more than 90% of them are type 2 diabetes in China.
Experts told reporters: The most typical clinical manifestations of diabetes are "three more and one less": polyuria, drinking more, eating more and weight loss. There are also some atypical symptoms, including dry skin, hunger, fatigue and vision loss. Long-term hyperglycemia and metabolic disorders may cause damage to multiple tissues and organs throughout the body, including eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, blood vessels, etc. Such as: diabetic retinopathy, periodontitis, myocardial infarction, diabetic nephropathy, etc., which seriously affect the patient's life span and quality of life. Experts said: Early diagnosis and treatment and reasonable control of blood sugar can prevent or delay the occurrence and development of complications.
Zhang Xiaomei, chief physician of the Department of Endocrinology at Peking University International Hospital: The number of people suffering from diabetes in our country exceeds 140 million, and the prevalence of diabetes in adults is 12.8%. The proportion of diabetes among young people in our country is also gradually increasing.
(CCTV Finance)
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