In Southeast Asia, 90 million adults are living with diabetes – but there’s hope for a better tomorrow for diabetes care.
These figures paint a sobering picture of a disease that is spiralling rapidly, with severe consequences for global health and healthcare costs if it is not brought under control., the body’s response to insulin – a pancreatic hormone that regulates the amount of glucose in your bloodstream – is impaired. This results in increased blood glucose levels.
Said Dr Siew Pheng Chan, Emeritus Professor, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: “It has been hypothesised that developing countries witnessing economic booms characterised by rapid changes from traditional to Westernised high-calorie-dense diets and active to sedentary lifestyles are most at risk of a Type 2 diabetes epidemic by 2030.”
Dr Dicky L Tahapary, from Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, said that the introduction of large-scale cardiovascular outcome trials has greatly impacted the way Type 2 diabetes is diagnosed and treated. Added Dr Cruz: “Screening for diabetes complications and cardiovascular risk factors on first consultation and throughout the patient’s follow-up will help guide the selection of treatment options for the patient and, when necessary, facilitate timely referral to appropriate subspecialty care.”
Said Dr Chan: “Together with new drug therapies, modern technology – such as intermittently scanned glucose monitoring and continuous glucose monitoring – could help change the landscape of glycaemia management based on HbA1c in favour of a more holistic approach that considers all the different aspects of diabetes.”
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