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Almost half of the adults worldwide, live With diabetes I don’t even know that you have it and have millions of susceptible to dangerous complications.
A comprehensive new study published in Journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology examined data from more than 200 countries between 2000 and 2023 and pursued how good Health systems Identify, treat and check the condition.
The researchers analyzed how many people with diabetes are not diagnosed, untreated, received suboptimal care or achieved optimal blood sugar control, which was interrupted by age, gender, place and year.
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The researchers found that about 44% of people aged 15 and over did not remain diagnosed with diabetes.
“Many people have no signs or symptoms until their diabetes is very advanced, and many people do not often go to the doctor or not at all for laboratory work,” Tanya Freich, a registered nutritionist in North Carolina, told Fox News Digital. (She was not involved in the study.)
Diabetes was referred to as “silent epidemic”, since millions still do not know that they have the potentially fatal condition. (IStock)
Most diagnosed patients, about 91%, Get medicationBut less than half manage to control their blood sugar. This means that only about one in five people worldwide treats their illness effectively.
Young people are most likely not diagnosed, although they are exposed to serious long -term risks, such as: Heart diseaseKidney failure, blindness and nerve damage according to the study.
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Geography plays a strong role in the diagnosis. In wealthier countries such as the USA and Canada, the diagnostic rates are higher, although the challenges in the long -term management of the disease remain.
In regions with lower incomes, especially in parts of sub-Sahara Africa, less than each of five People with diabetes are aware that they have the condition.
It is expected that 1.3 billion people live with diabetes by 2050, and experts say that medication alone may not be sufficient. (IStock)
The senior author Lauryn Stafford, researcher at the Institute for Health metrics and reviews at the University of Washington, said these figures should spend alarms for governments and health systems worldwide.
“By 2050, 1.3 billion people with diabetes are expected, and if almost half do not know that they have a serious and possibly fatal state of health, it could easily become a quiet epidemic,” she said in a press release.
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The study also suggests that the treatment itself is often neglected. Recipes alone do not check blood sugar, since the researchers warn that health systems also have to concentrate on surveillance, education and education Lifestyle support.
For some people with prediabetes, early treatment and moderate changes in lifestyle can return blood sugar levels (blood sugar) to a normal area, which, according to the American diabetes association, effectively prevents or delay the type -2 -diabetes.
Earlier studies show that changes to the lifestyle such as the Mediterranean diet could help prevent diabetes. (IStock)
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It is difficult to be precise about the number of people who are not diagnosed, who are not diagnosed, explain experts.
“These are data points that can only be diagnosed,” said Frierich. “Although I don’t doubt the accuracy of the tool [used in the study]There can be unknown factors that are not included in the model. “
The nutritionist recommends that everyone has a semi -regular health check.
She also noticed that the increasing fiber intake with whole, unprocessed, plant -based foods such as vegetables and nuts as well as stay consistently active – can reduce the risk of diabetes and contribute to regulating blood sugar.
