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Diabetes: A Disorder, Not a Disease |
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DR. MAHUYA SIKDAR, Consultant Diabetologist,
Rotary Narayana Netralaya, Rotary Nayayana
Hrudayalaya |
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Diabetes
is a global epidemic of the 21st century. Diabetes Mellitus
at present affects 7 per cent of the world’s adult
population. It threatens health, economy and prosperity and
is predicted to cost the world economy at least USD 490
billion by 2030. |
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Diabetes is a
chronic disease that arises when the pancreas does not
produce enough insulin or when the body can not effectively
use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone made by
the pancreas that enables cells to take in glucose from the
blood & use it for energy. Failure to produce insulin or
when insulin does not act properly or both, leads to raised
glucose (Sugar) levels in the blood. This is associated with
long term damage to the body & failure to various organ &
tissues. |
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