Owing to harmful lifestyle, youngsters are increasingly obtaining prone to diabetes in the region.
Earlier, the illness would certainly typically be located in grownups above 40 years of age, however these days, it is seen in youngsters as well.
The main reasons behind this is said to be over weight and inactive and harmful way of life of youth.
The common symptoms of diabetes are increased hunger and thirst, unexplained weight loss, fatigability, skin infections, increased urination, blurring vision, sexual dysfunction, slow-moving healing of wounds and itching in perineal area.
There are 2 kinds of diabetes — kind 1 is called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and occurs at a young age or in childhood. There is a finish shortage of hormone insulin in the patients.
Around 75 per cent of people have actually kind 2 diabetes mellitus. The reasons for this are bad nutrition, rising pressure levels, unacceptable metabolic process and shortage of fitness.
Dr Sushil Kotru, head of Max Hospital’s endocrine diabetes and obesity care centre, said a sizable lot of youngsters were obtaining prone to diabetes in the region and the main requirement behind this is the harmful way of life and no bodily activity.
He said on an average, he was obtaining much more compared to 100 patients in the OPD every day.
He said diabetes was called a silent illness since numerous people don’t understand concerning it also if they are suffering from it and people are likewise unaware concerning the problem.
He is treating patients as young as two-year-old, that are suffering from the disease, he added.
Dr Vitull K Gupta, consultant, Kishori Ram Hospital & Diabetes Care Centre and chairman, Association of Physicians of India (Malwa Branch), said people took this illness lightly, which was wrong as it was a deadly illness and the healthiness Department need to produce awareness among the masses concerning it.
He said this illness could result in numerous complications relating to eye, foot, skin, heart, hypertension, mental, hearing loss, teeth and gastro.
Bathinda Civil Surgeon Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa said diabetes was a non-communicable illness and its trend was increasing in the region.
He said, “Going to the trend, we have actually started holding screening of patients for diabetes. If anybody is diagnosed along with it after that we hold counselling sessions for the patient. We are attempting to produce awareness concerning the illness through healthiness centres.”
