2023-11-08 22:06:01
According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) of the year 2021, 12 million 400 thousand people in Mexico suffer from diabetesa chronic disease that can cause irreversible damage to the kidney, skin or eyesight.
Mellitus or type II is the most common in people over 60 years old, although it is true that it can occur at any age. This disease occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body does not use it effectively to regulate blood sugar.
When diabetes is not controlled, it causes hyperglycemia.
When diabetes is not controlled, it produces an effect called hyperglycemia, which means an increase in blood sugar. This, over time, seriously damages the blood vessels and nerves.
In the last 10 years, the incidence increased one percentage point, going from 9.2 percent to 10.2 percent, with a higher proportion in women. In addition to type II diabetes, there is type Iwhich is the one that occurs in childhood and youth, the gestational one (due to hormones associated with pregnancy) and the one caused by steroid medications that increase glucose.
Symptoms include feelings of thirst and hunger.
Regarding the annual death rate from diabetes mellitus, it is 361 per one hundred thousand inhabitants and type I is 30 deaths per 100 thousand. The consequences of the late care or lack of control of this disease are observed in the loss of kidney function, amputations, visual acuity problems, myocardial infarction, neuropathy, major cardiovascular events and chronic pain in extremities.
Finally, note that the common symptoms They are an increase in the volume of urine, fatigue, feelings of thirst and hunger, weight loss and tiredness. Sometimes it is even accompanied by rapid breathing and lack of vision.
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