Diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide. According to International Diabetes Federation, there were approximately 425 million adults age 20 to 79 years old that were living with diabetes in 2017. This number will soar high to 629 million by year 2045. It has already caused 4 million deaths in 2017 and has caused at least 727 billion dollars in health expenditure.<\/p>\n
There are 30.3 million people in the United States that have diabetes or equivalent to 1 out of every 10 people or 9.4% of the US population, among the 30.3 million are 7.2 million people who are undiagnosed with diabetes, that is according to National Diabetes Statistics Report.<\/p>\n
People with Type II Diabetes are increasing in most countries not just in the United States and it is not only affecting adults but also children and adolescents. It has become a global concern, because it really is a deadly disease. In 2015, diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States how much more in those countries with people diagnosed with diabetes who have less access to proper medication and equipment?<\/p>\n
Diabetes can cause a lot of health complications, adults with diabetes are likely to die from a heart attack or stroke and according to American Diabetes Association (ADA), each year nearly 50,000 Americans seek treatment for kidney failure due to diabetes. Out of all the cases of kidney failure, 44% is attributed to Diabetes. Diabetes also caused 73,000 lower limb amputations each year!<\/p>\n
Given the facts and numbers above, you can clearly say how seriously alarming Diabetes has become that you can\u2019t just treat it on your own, you will be needing the help of doctors to help you make a diabetes treatment plan because you have to closely watch your blood sugar levels, this treatment combined with medication, exercise and diet are said to be effective.<\/p>\n