With Theme ‘Family & Diabetes’ KMC Hospital organizes Talk on ‘Healthy Way with Diabetes’
With Theme ‘Family & Diabetes’ KMC Hospital-Attavar, Mangaluru organizes Talk/Awareness Programme on Healthy Way with Diabetes
Mangaluru: Kasturba Medical College Hospital Attavar, Mangaluru observing ‘World Diabetes Day -2019’ organised a Public Awareness Program on ‘’Healthy Way With Diabetes ‘’. This Awareness and Interaction session on ‘’Diabetes at all ages and Life Style Management’’ by Senior Physician, Retinal(Eye) Specialist and Dietitian was held on Thursday 21st November,10.00 am at KMC Hospital Attavar. Along with Awareness Program Free Random Sugar and B P Check-up were done for the Registered Participants.
The theme for diabetes awareness month and World Diabetes Day 2019 is “Family and Diabetes”. World Diabetes Day is observed on 14 November, and International Diabetes Federation is raising awareness of the impact that diabetes has on the family and support network of those affected, and promoting the role of the family in the management, care, prevention and education of diabetes. Families are urged to learn more about the warning signs of diabetes and find out their risk of type 2 diabetes.
Research conducted by IDF in 2018 discovered that parents would struggle to spot this serious life-long condition in their own children. Despite the majority of people surveyed having a family member with diabetes, an alarming four-in-five parents would have trouble recognizing the warning signs. One-in-three wouldn’t spot them at all. The findings underline the need for education and awareness to help people spot the diabetes warning signs early.
A lack of knowledge about diabetes means that spotting the warning signs is not just a problem for parents, but is an issue impacting a cross-section of society. This is a major concern, due to the signs being milder in type 2 diabetes, the most prevalent form of the condition, responsible for around 90% of all diabetes. One in two people currently living with diabetes are undiagnosed. The vast majority of these have type 2 diabetes. Left untreated or unmanaged, diabetes can lead to life-changing complications. These include blindness, amputation, kidney failure, heart attack and stroke. Diabetes was responsible for four million deaths in 2017. This November, IDF is urging people to test their diabetes knowledge and assess their risk of type 2 diabetes through an online quiz and assessment.
And locally, as they say “Better late Than Never”, KMC Hsopiatl-Attavar organized World Diabetes Day on 21 November, to bring awareness about diabetes. People with Diabetes, and mostly above 40 yrs. of Age; People with sedentary lifestyle; and those with family history of diabetes participated in the programme. Dr Deepak Madi -Deputy Medical Superintendent and associate Professor of Medicine, KMC Hospital-Attavar briefed about the programme and its benefits. Dr Arun S. Associate Professor of Medicine spoke on Diabetes and its symptoms, and said “Precaution is more important than cure. Proper diet, exercise, pharmacological intervention and diabetes monitoring can play a vital role in controlling diabetes “.
Dr Gladys Rodrigues-Assistant professor and Vitreo-Retina(eye) specialist/Consultant at KMC Hospital-Attavar spoke on ” Diabetes and Eye”, where she explained about the various eye problems due to diabetes, and briefed about prevention measures. Dr Gladys said, “75% of patients having diabetes for more than 20 years can develop Diabetic-Retinopathy, where the symptoms are double vision, Blurred vision, pain in the eye, Seeing spots and Loss of vision. Five steps to help prevent Diabetic eye diseases are- Eye test once a year; Control your blood sugar; Maintain Healthy Blood Pressure; Quit Smoking; and lots of exercise”
Mrs.Sushma -Dietitian at KMC hospital-Attavar spoke on healthy diets that would control and prevent diabetes. Following the awareness programme, few health related tests were done, like BMI (Body Mass Index) to check whether the person is over-weight or Under-weight- and the test was done by Vimal Kumar Verma-Sr Nutrition Sales Executive with Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Mumbai. Blood Pressure and Sugar tests were done by two Nurses aka Sisters of KMC Hospital-Attavar, namely- Ms Shalini and Ms Bharathi.
The awareness programme was coordinated by Rakesh- Deputy Manager of Marketing Dept, KMC Attavar, and assisted by Ms Asha D, Herbert and Karthik, all three Medical social workers at KMC-Attavar.
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