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we all know that diabetes is a serious
global problem right but how serious in
2015 415 million people globally were
estimated to have diabetes and up to 91
percent type 2 diabetes that's one in
every 11 adults and of those almost half
don't even know they have the disease in
fact more people died from the
consequences of diabetes in 2015 than of
hiv/aids malaria and tuberculosis
combined the World Health Organization
projects that by 2030 diabetes will be
the seventh leading cause of death
that's a serious problem indeed yet
diabetes remains an invisible epidemic
why type-2 diabetes itself is not linked
to any clinical symptoms thus it is very
often not diagnosed or diagnosed too
late wahhhh severe diabetes often leads
to heart attack stroke or heart disease
diabetes itself is generally not named
as the official cause of death so when
the root cause of death is diabetes it's
often attributed to something else
this is meth at the scale of the problem
has been difficult to track the first
step in the development of type 2
diabetes is pre diabetes pre-diabetes
means that the blood sugar level is
higher than normal but not yet high
enough to be type 2 diabetes however the
long term damage of diabetes especially
to the heart blood vessels and kidneys
may already be starting the same factors
that increase the risk of developing
type 2 diabetes increase the risk of
developing pre-diabetes and include for
example being overweight diet patterns
and inactivity
pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes do not
discriminate it can affect everyone
across all classes societies countries
and continents and unless action is
taken now by 2040 around four hundred
and eighty two million people might be
affected globally by pre-diabetes and an
estimated 642 million people by diabetes
according to the International Diabetes
Federation so either directly or
indirectly all of us will soon be
affected by this global issue it will
stress our health care systems challenge
our economies and touch the lives of
more and more people that we know and
love to solve this problem we have to
have a plan and everyone in the health
care ecosystem must work together we
have to help raise awareness promote
health education and promote lifestyle
changes that prevent the onset of
pre-diabetes and allow a better
management of type 2 diabetes Merck KGaA
Darmstadt Germany with its 60 years
experience in the diabetes area is
taking those challenges serious and real
proactively reaching out to other
players such as the International
Diabetes Federation to form alliances to
improve management of those conditions
with a beyond the pill approach let's
work together to keep our future healthy
and fight diabetes
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