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According to WHO, the number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. The global prevalence of diabetes among adults over 18 years of age has risen from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014. In 2012, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes and another 2.2 million deaths were attributable to high blood glucose.<sup>(1)</sup> WHO projects that diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death in 2030.<sup>(2)</sup>

In 2015, the International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF) Diabetes Atlas estimates that:<sup>(3)</sup>
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 	<li>One in 11 adults has diabetes (415 million)</li>
 	<li>One in two (46.5%) adults with diabetes is undiagnosed</li>
 	<li>One in seven births is affected by gestational diabetes</li>
 	<li>Three-quarters (75%) of people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries</li>
 	<li>Every six seconds a person dies from diabetes (5.0 million deaths)</li>
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column offset="vc_col-md-6"][vc_single_image image="2219" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Type 2 Diabetes </strong>

Type 2 diabetes is a serious health condition in which your pancreas is unable to produce sufficient levels of Insulin or there is insulin resistance in the muscles or adipose cells taking up glucose from the blood eventually there is a state of Hyperglycemia (increased blood glucose levels) which can be life threatening if left untreated.

<strong>Is there a Cure?</strong>

There is no such permanent cure for Type 2 diabetes but there is a strong evidence that certain measures can help you decrease the intensity of the disease and put you in remission. It means sometimes your blood glucose levels are in control and it might not me necessary for you take the medicines.

<strong>Diabetic Complications</strong>

If symptoms are left untreated there can be severe complications, some of them can occur at any time and are called Acute complications and there are ones that happen over a prolonged period of time and are called Chronic complications

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<strong><em><u>Chronic Complications </u></em></strong>

<strong>Eye Damage: </strong>High blood glucose levels can lead to severe damage to retina known as Retinopathy which can affect the eyesight

<strong>Kidney Problems: </strong>Diabetes can lead to damage to your kidneys (nephropathy) which will ultimately affect clearance of toxic wastes from your body.

<strong>Nerve Damage: </strong>Diabetes might result in nerve damage (neuropathy) that will cause burning, numbness and pain in extremities specially in the feet (peripheral neuropathy).

<strong>Heart attack and Stroke: </strong>Uncontrolled diabetes can result Heart attack and Stroke that is mainly due to damage to the large blood vessels (Diabetic macro vascular disease)

<strong>Infections: </strong>poorly controlled diabetes will always lead to Fungal as well as Gum disease.

<strong>Sexual problem: </strong>Men and women having type 2 diabetes always suffer from sexual related problem that are mainly due to poor blood circulation.

<strong><em><u>Acute Complications</u></em></strong>

<strong>Hyperglycemia: </strong>Excessively high blood glucose levels

<strong>Hypoglycemia: </strong>When the blood glucose levels are too low

<strong>Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic state (HHS): </strong>It’s a life threatening state which results in severe dehydration because of intracellular water depletion and subsequent osmotic diuresis.

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