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It's #WorldDiabetesDay

#COVID19 causes fear & suffering for people with #diabetes:
1⃣ They have ↗️ risk of severe disease & death when infected with COVID-19
2⃣ Delay in diagnosis may result in more advanced disease & complications
3⃣ Delayed, incomplete, interrupted treatment

WHO estimates that 6% of the 🌐’s population has #diabetes. The total number today is 4⃣ times what it was in 1980.
What’s more, the number is ↗️ most rapidly in low-and-middle-income countries, which are the least well-equipped to provide treatment.

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On #WorldDiabetesDay, WHO is announcing the Global Diabetes Compact, a comprehensive and inclusive approach to support countries in implementing effective programmes for the prevention and management of #diabetes.

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#Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation.

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#Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.
Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar.

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Hyperglycaemia, or raised blood sugar, is a common effect of uncontrolled #diabetes and over time leads to serious damage to many of the body's systems, especially the nerves and blood vessels.

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Type 2 diabetes results from the body’s ineffective use of insulin. The majority of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.
This type of #diabetes is largely the result of excess body weight and physical inactivity.

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Until recently, type 2 #diabetes was seen only in adults but it is now also occurring increasingly frequently in children.

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Type 1 diabetes is characterized by deficient insulin production and requires daily administration of insulin. Neither the cause of Type 1 #diabetes nor the means to prevent it are known.

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Over time, #diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves.

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Adults with #diabetes have a two- to three-fold increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.

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To help prevent type 2 #diabetes & its complications, people should:
⚖️ achieve & maintain a healthy body weight
🏃‍♀️ be physically active
🍎 eat a healthy diet, avoiding sugar and saturated fats
🚭 avoid tobacco use

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Treatment of #diabetes involves diet and physical activity along with lowering of blood glucose and the levels of other known risk factors that damage blood vessels. Tobacco use cessation is also important to avoid complications.

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Early #diabetes diagnosis can be accomplished through relatively inexpensive testing of blood sugar.

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How #Honduras 🇭🇳 built a national road-map for #diabetes surveillance.

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Noncommunicable diseases have a widespread and disproportionate impact on people in #Georgia 🇬🇪
They account for a staggering 94% of all deaths across the country – equivalent to more than 53,000 in 2016 alone.

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"Diabetes is taking its toll on my life. But I know that insulin is keeping me going.”
Sera has lost sight in her right eye due to #diabetes.
Lower limb amputation is also common among people living with diabetes in #Vanuatu 🇻🇺

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