Like every year, this year also "Insulin Discovery Day" and "World Diabetes Day" passed silently. Except few Doctors, nobody knew this. Whereas, Diabetes is like an epidemic today. It is spreading among the children and it is due to the same ‘Life Style’.
India is No. 1 in having Diabetic patient in the world. At this moment in India, no. of Diabetic patients is around 3.5 crores. By year 2025 this figure will cross 6.0 crores as predicted by Doctors. In Heart disease also India is topping. WHO has predicted that by 2010, world’s 60% patients will be Indian. Diabetes is the reason for many diseases in our body including Heart disease. Doctors say that in West Bengal diabetics are alarmingly increasing including among the children.
Insulin was discovered in 1921, 30th July and it was first applied to a 14 year old boy Leonardo Thomson of Canada. In the last these many years, the attack of Diabetes on children, boys and girls has not come down. The Diabetes which can not be treated other than taking Insulin is called TYPE-I Diabetes and which is treated with Medicine in place of Insuline, is called TYPE –II Diabetes. Nowadays Type-II diabetes is increasing among the children throughout the world. Main reason of this is Changed life style of the children . Today children don’t play on the play ground, don’t take part in any physical activities. They play with remote control either with TV or Computer. As a result there is no exercise of their body. More over consumption of Fast Food has increased among the children. Side by side stress due to parents’ constant pressure for study (scoring highest marks in the class) is also responsible. Due to this type of Life style, children are becoming victim of this disease.
As per doctors if diabetes is not detected at primary stage it will cause different problems at later stage. If a boy of 7 years is attacked by diabetes, at the age of 20 or before, different complications will be surfacing in his body. That’s why, prevention of the disease is most important and essential.
India is No. 1 in having Diabetic patient in the world. At this moment in India, no. of Diabetic patients is around 3.5 crores. By year 2025 this figure will cross 6.0 crores as predicted by Doctors. In Heart disease also India is topping. WHO has predicted that by 2010, world’s 60% patients will be Indian. Diabetes is the reason for many diseases in our body including Heart disease. Doctors say that in West Bengal diabetics are alarmingly increasing including among the children.
Insulin was discovered in 1921, 30th July and it was first applied to a 14 year old boy Leonardo Thomson of Canada. In the last these many years, the attack of Diabetes on children, boys and girls has not come down. The Diabetes which can not be treated other than taking Insulin is called TYPE-I Diabetes and which is treated with Medicine in place of Insuline, is called TYPE –II Diabetes. Nowadays Type-II diabetes is increasing among the children throughout the world. Main reason of this is Changed life style of the children . Today children don’t play on the play ground, don’t take part in any physical activities. They play with remote control either with TV or Computer. As a result there is no exercise of their body. More over consumption of Fast Food has increased among the children. Side by side stress due to parents’ constant pressure for study (scoring highest marks in the class) is also responsible. Due to this type of Life style, children are becoming victim of this disease.
As per doctors if diabetes is not detected at primary stage it will cause different problems at later stage. If a boy of 7 years is attacked by diabetes, at the age of 20 or before, different complications will be surfacing in his body. That’s why, prevention of the disease is most important and essential.
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