Diabetes in the Philippines at Alarming Rate

Diabetes cases in the Philippines are increasing at alarming rate. Health experts warned that there will be some 6.16 million diabetic Filipinos by 2030. In 2010, there were 3.4 million diabetes cases in the country, representing a prevalence rate of 7.7 percent.

Citing data from the World Health Organization and International Diabetes Foundation, by 2030, the prevalence rate is projected to rise to 8.9 percent.

This will be a big problem that we Filipinos will encounter in 2030. We already have a big problem at present what more about 16 years from now? Our hands will be full in tackling this problem.

A Serious Problem Worldwide

Diabetes is now a growing global epidemic. The numbers are increasing. In 2011 there were 360 million diabetics worldwide. We will have more than 550 million by 2030.

According to a fact sheet, diabetes is “a serious, lifelong disease and is a disorder of metabolism — the way our body uses the food we eat for growth and energy.” This condition is commonly known as having high glucose or sweetness in the blood.

Diabetes, however, is associated with long-term complications like blindness, heart and blood vessel disease, kidney failure, amputation of limbs, nerve damage, and stroke.

Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90 percent of all cases in the Philippines. Type 2 which is associated with lifestyle and gestational diabetes, a condition that affects pregnant women during pregnancy.

To curb the trend and to minimize the ill effects of diabetes, everyone must “work on prevention and proper management of cases.”

References:

American Association of Clinical Endocrinology-Philippines

World Health Organization

International Diabetes Foundation

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