About half of the known 4.5 million diabetes patients in Vietnamhave never been properly diagnosed or treated, reports the NationalHospital of Endocrinology.
This is blamed for many of thedangerous complications that arise in some patients, such as kidneyfailure, high blood pressure, coronary diseases and blindness.
The situation was revealed at a workshop in central Da Nang Cityon Mar. 7 to implement a national diabetes prevention project.
National Hospital director Nguyen Van Tien warned that there is ahigh risk of the ailment affecting people who are not diagnosed earlyand take no proper preventative steps.
The hospital surveyrevealed that public awareness of the disease remains low. Only 0.4percent of surveyed people are well aware of the disease.
Meanwhile, the number of diabetes patients has increased at an average rate of 7 percent each year.
In a move to improve the efficiency of the national diabetes preventionproject, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen asked the healthsector to focus on screening and early diagnosis.
Thesector should also pay attention to spreading information and improvingthe training of health workers participating in the project.
Doctors advise that diabetes can be controlled if patients undergoperiodical examination and treatment to reduce blood-sugar concentrationby following proper dietary regime.
"Diabetes patientsshould eat more fibre-rich food, fruits, and vegetables and eat lessfat-rich food and red meat," said Kieu Quoc Khanh, former director ofHanoi-based hospital of the railway sector.
"They shouldalso limit consumption of foods that increase sugar levels, like bread,potatoes, sweet fruits, fruit juices, cakes, and soft drinks," he said.-VNA
"Diabetes patients need to change their lifestyles such as reducingalcoholic intake, quitting smoking, and taking up exercise."
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases that create high bloodsugars, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, orbecause cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced.
WHO figures showed that 135 million people around the world haddiabetes in 1995, but the number had ballooned to 221 million by 2010.The number is expected to rise to 300 million by 2025.
This is blamed for many of thedangerous complications that arise in some patients, such as kidneyfailure, high blood pressure, coronary diseases and blindness.
The situation was revealed at a workshop in central Da Nang Cityon Mar. 7 to implement a national diabetes prevention project.
National Hospital director Nguyen Van Tien warned that there is ahigh risk of the ailment affecting people who are not diagnosed earlyand take no proper preventative steps.
The hospital surveyrevealed that public awareness of the disease remains low. Only 0.4percent of surveyed people are well aware of the disease.
Meanwhile, the number of diabetes patients has increased at an average rate of 7 percent each year.
In a move to improve the efficiency of the national diabetes preventionproject, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen asked the healthsector to focus on screening and early diagnosis.
Thesector should also pay attention to spreading information and improvingthe training of health workers participating in the project.
Doctors advise that diabetes can be controlled if patients undergoperiodical examination and treatment to reduce blood-sugar concentrationby following proper dietary regime.
"Diabetes patientsshould eat more fibre-rich food, fruits, and vegetables and eat lessfat-rich food and red meat," said Kieu Quoc Khanh, former director ofHanoi-based hospital of the railway sector.
"They shouldalso limit consumption of foods that increase sugar levels, like bread,potatoes, sweet fruits, fruit juices, cakes, and soft drinks," he said.-VNA
"Diabetes patients need to change their lifestyles such as reducingalcoholic intake, quitting smoking, and taking up exercise."
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases that create high bloodsugars, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, orbecause cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced.
WHO figures showed that 135 million people around the world haddiabetes in 1995, but the number had ballooned to 221 million by 2010.The number is expected to rise to 300 million by 2025.
