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Diabetes

Dr Fonglan

A growing problem in the modern world

Diabetes is a growing health problem throughout the whole world. This disease has risen more than ten times in the last 30 years and the fact is that one-third of people having diabetes do not know that they have the disease.

Diabetes-related health care costs billions per year and are increasing. Diabetes contributes to more than 300,000 deaths each year. Diabetes mellitus can usually be reasonably well controlled on a day-to-day basis with modern drug regimens.

Considerable evidence has now accumulated pointing to the prospect of improved outcomes for more patients with diabetes through meticulous attention to clinical care. Awareness of the disease is crucial for people with diabetes to lead a healthy and fruitful life. This will develop a new chapter in Patient Professional Hospital intiative.

Diabetes once diagnosed is for life. The perseverance and self discipline needed over a lifetime can often tax even the most robust of people to the limit. Those caring for them also require perseverance and an understanding of humanity combined with a cautious optimism, to guide those with diabetes through the peaks and troughs of their lives. Once diabetes treatment has been established, there is a need to agree the level of control to be achieved in each individual patient.