Contents:
- Medical Video: Checking Your Blood Glucose | Diabetes Discharge | Nucleus Health
- At what age does a person start getting a diagnosis of diabetes?
- Risk factors that affect a person with type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes can actually be delayed
Medical Video: Checking Your Blood Glucose | Diabetes Discharge | Nucleus Health
In the past, type 2 diabetes was the most common thing in older people. The highest number of diabetics is in the age range between 40 and 59 years. But because of the widespread spread of a bad lifestyle, nowadays the disease is common at a younger age. At what age does a person start developing diabetes and get a diagnosis of official diabetes for the first time? It is important to know so you can anticipate various symptoms before it's too late.
WHO reports diabetes caused 1.6 million deaths worldwide in 2015, and will be the seventh largest cause of death in 2030. Nearly half of all deaths from diabetes even occur before age 70.
At what age does a person start getting a diagnosis of diabetes?
Thanks to the increasingly widespread unhealthy diet and all-life lifestyle, for a while, the average age of diabetes is shifting increasingly young. In fact, diabetes is usually diagnosed in adults aged 40 and older. Diabetes develops rapidly around the age of 45 to 64 years, and is rapidly increasing again in adults aged 65 and older.
WHO reports that the number of diabetes cases globally in ABG circles around the age of 18 has increased from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014. According to the American Diabetes Association, around 5,000 people under the age of 20 get a diagnosis type 2 diabetes every year. At least 352 million young people are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
A 2012 study published in "Diabetes Care" took into account the potential number of future diabetes cases in people under the age of 20. The study found that at present the number of people under the age of 20 with type 2 diabetes will increase by 49 percent by 2050. If the incidence continues to increase, the number of cases of type 2 diabetes in young children can increase fourfold .
How about in Indonesia?
Based on Infodatin 2013 data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health, the number of Indonesians aged 15 years and over who received an official diagnosis of diabetes reached around 12 million (6.9%). Meanwhile, people in the same age range who had prediabetes were reported to reach 116 million. Prediabetes consists of impaired glucose tolerance (TGT) and disturbed fasting blood sugar (GDPT).
Meanwhile, from the data above it can be concluded that the symptoms of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes have begun to appear in adolescence, which is around the age of 15 years. The Ministry of Health also notes that there are at least 8 million people aged 15 years and over who have diabetes in Indonesia, but have not received an official diagnosis.
Even so, this data does not record type 1 diabetes cases that are usually owned by children from birth because of heredity. Type 1 diabetes can develop into type 2 diabetes because it is influenced by bad lifestyle habits.
Risk factors that affect a person with type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is caused by lifestyle and health problems. Specific factors can increase an individual's risk, but an unhealthy lifestyle is a major problem in many cases.
Factors that can increase type 2 diabetes include:
- Being overweight or obese
- Live an unhealthy lifestyle
- Vascular disease (vascular disorders)
- Have family members with diabetes (genetic / genetic)
- Have a history of gestational diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Diagnosed with prediabetes is another major risk factor. Prediabetes is an early warning of diabetes. Prediabetes occurs when blood sugar levels start to exceed normal limits, but it is not too high to be categorized as diabetes. That is, they have experienced the initial symptoms of diabetes, but have not been diagnosed officially and do not / do not need a doctor's medication.
Having prediabetes does not mean type 2 diabetes has developed in you. However, if you have high blood sugar, there is a possibility of type 2 diabetes. Therefore it is important to start paying attention to food intake (such as low calories and sugar) and doing regular exercise
Diabetes can actually be delayed
Although diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the world, high blood sugar can be delayed, even completely prevented. The best ways include:
- Regular exercise
- Follow a low-calorie and low-fat diet
- Reducing the intake of processed foods and empty carbohydrates
The diabetes prevention program examined the effect of weight loss on the development of type 2 diabetes in the New England journal in the study of drugs. They found that reducing just 5-7 percent of your body weight can slow the development of type 2 diabetes.
Some people at risk can also delay the onset of diabetes by taking diabetes medications. It is important to discuss all your choices with the doctor for the best results. You may not be able to prevent diabetes completely. However, taking a few steps now might prevent related complications and improve your quality of life despite diabetes.
