| Author: Dr. Uzodinma A Adirieje |
| InfoShare Partner: Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association |
| Publication Date: September 2004 |
| Update Date: November 2004 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Nutrition |
| Region: Global |
| Language: English |
| Number of Pages: 2 |
| File Size: 27 KB |
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Long before HIV/AIDS surfaced on the world’s health profile as an incurable disease, diabetes has been. Diabetes mellitus is of a great concern to the health and development community. It is of three forms. Type 1 Diabetes tends to develop suddenly, and requires that patients periodically inject themselves with insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs mostly in adults of age thirty-five years and above. Because of its characteristic slow onset, type 2 diabetes manifests in its victims long after it has been ravaging their body systems unnoticed. Gestational diabetes occurs in pregnant women, and has pregnancy as its major risk factor. For women and other obese people, fat releases varying levels of hormones that can affect insulin resistance. Over the years, procedures for diabetes diagnosis have become increasingly simplified. Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and pre-diabetes could be diagnosed through blood tests, which measure the level of sugar/glucose in the blood. Nigeria should institute a National Diabetes Control Policy/Programme (NDCP).
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