What is special about November 14? It is the birthday of Frederick Banting whose concept led to the discovery of insulin and so in his honour the particular day has been chosen.
The adage 'Prevention is better than cure' is very true of Diabetes. Because, as of now, there is no cure for diabetes. It can only be controlled but not cured.
So creating an awareness of diabetes is very important to prevent it. As for diabetics, since there is no cure, the most important steps are changing their lifestyle and taking proper medical care. Negligence could result in serious trouble as diabetes is a silent killer. It has been found out that excess sugar in blood could permanently damage small blood vessels in the heart, eyes and kidneys, which could result in heart attack, blindness and kidney failure respectively.
Some of diabetes statistics are highly disturbing and scaring:
(a) One person is dying for every 10 seconds in the world.
(b) Two new diabetic cases are identified every 10 seconds in the world.
(c) 7 million new diabetic cases will be identified by 2025.
(d) 80% of diabetics in the world will be present in developing countries like India.
(e) India is the Diabetic capital of the world.
(f) It is not now a disease of rich people. It is a disease of sedentary people with unhealthy diet habits.
(Source: http://www.diabetesnews.in/2006/12/diabetes-statistics.html)
World Diabetes Day has a different theme each year. This year the theme is "Diabetes and Children and Adolescents".
I am a diabetic, who has been pretending all controls for others only and who does not have much faith in allopathy. A recent check-up has put inside me a little fear. My fasting sugar is more than 200 and postpradial, 292! I do experiment on myself, knowing fully well that I am playing a dangerous game. Now I have decided to be more strict with myself and have actually started putting into practice stringent measures.
1. Regular Walk 2. Regular exercise 3. More vegetables (specially recommended for diabetics) and ragi and wheat products and less rice. 4. Regular AUT 5. Regular intake of Herbs and Herbal powders 6. Drinking a lot of water, especially in the morning on empty stomach (Water therapy) 7. Regular check-up.
Take care, don't fall a prey to diabetics! Now I have got more statistics, which you can see for yourself:
Today more than 17 crore people in the world are diabetic. By 2020, this figure would jump to 37 crores. Every year, 70 lakh people become diabetic. Every year 38 lakh people die of diabetes. Every year 70,000 children become Type-I diabetic. (Grateful thanks to Mr.P.Alaguraju and 'Dinamani', Tamil daily, November 14, 2008).
Detailed Wikipedia article on "WORLD DIABETES DAY":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Diabetes_Day
About World Diabetes Day:
http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/the-campaign/about-0
Diabetes Day : Global Events Round-up from NowPublic.com:
http://www.nowpublic.com/health/november-14-world-diabetes-day-global-events-roundup/
Defeat DKA and save lives:
http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/the-campaign/diabetes-and-children/dka-awareness
Diabetes and Children:
http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/the-campaign/diabetes-and-children
Detailed Wikipedia article on "DIABETES MELLITUS":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes
Diabetes Information Hub:
http://diabetesinformationhub.com/
American Diabetes Association:
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
Grateful thanks to DiabetesNews.in, WorldDiabetesDay.org, NowPublic.com, DiabetesInformationHub.com, American Diabetes Association and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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