The number of patients suffering from diabetes is increasing every day in different countries.
According to a recent study, the number of diabetes patients in the world in 1994-’95 has almost doubled in thirty years.
These facts have been mentioned in a recent research paper published in the famous UK-based medical journal Lancet. The article also states that in 2022, 14 percent of all adults with diabetes worldwide had serious health conditions, compared to only 7 percent of those with diabetes in 1990.
In fact, the world has never seen such a prevalence of diabetes in such a short period of time. The number of diabetic patients is increasing with the increase in population. Currently, the number of diabetes patients worldwide is more than 80 million. In 1990 this number was less than 20 crores.
In medicine, there are two types of diabetes. The first is called type 1 diabetes. Children and young adults are affected by this diabetes. It is relatively difficult to treat, because this type 1 diabetes mainly affects those who are unable to produce the necessary insulin inside the body. It is a birth defect.
The second type of diabetes is called type 2. Generally, middle-aged people are affected by this type of diabetes. Age-related decline in insulin secretion is the main cause of type 2 diabetes.
The authors of the research paper published in the Lancet examined various data and statistics regarding the prevalence of diabetes in different countries of the world in recent years. It has been observed that in most developed countries including Japan, Canada, France, Denmark, the number of diabetes patients has either remained stable or decreased in the last 30 years.
On the other hand, the number of people affected by the disease has increased significantly in low and middle income countries during the same period. For example, one third of all women in Pakistan are currently suffering from diabetes. In the 1990s and later years, this rate was only 10 percent.
Researchers say low- and middle-income countries are largely responsible for the spread of type 2 diabetes. Obesity caused by unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical activity or exercise. Apart from this, the medical services of diabetic patients are not developed in the countries under this category.
And now this situation is quite alarming. Because taking into account the statistics of 2022, researchers say that out of every 5 type 2 diabetes patients in the world, 3 are deprived of treatment. In 2022, the number of untreated diabetes patients worldwide was 445 million.
One third of all diabetes patients in India are untreated. Only 5 to 10 percent of diabetes patients in sub-Saharan Africa receive medical care.
Some scientists from the famous Imperial College in London have conducted this research. “The number of diabetes patients in low- and middle-income countries is increasing – this is alarming,” said Majid Ejati, head of the research team. But more worrying is the lack of proper medical care.”
“Because diabetic patients suffer from various physical complications if they do not receive proper medical care and sometimes these complications lead to amputation, heart disease, kidney failure and even blindness.”
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