Asian Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Epidemiological Study on Complications of Diabetes and its Treatment Options


Affiliations
1 MNR College of Pharmacy, MNR Higher Education and Research Academy Campus, Fasalwadi (V), Sangareddy, Telangana, 502294, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


Diabetes is a major health hazard with its attendant acute and long-term complications. Globally type-2 diabetes were 15.1 million in 2000. The number of people with diabetes worldwide is projected to increase to 36.6 million by 2030. Diabetes incidence is higher in developing countries than developed countries. A physician’s based study was carried out in 4 Rayalaseema districts, Kadapa, Anantapuramu, Kurnool and Chittor. About 100 physicians who include Diabetologists, Cardiologists and General Physicians were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to determine the prevalence of diabetic complications and their possible treatment options. Physicians responded that about 46% of the diabetic population was having associated complications like diabetic hypertension, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy and diabetic foot. Among those females showing a significantly higher prevalence than males. Among the diabetics, the prevalence of diabetic hypertension, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic foot, diabetic gastroparesis and diabetic retinopathy were 30%, 25%, 15%, 10%, 8% and 7% of the patients respectively. The prevalence of the diabetes and its associated complications were increased with age and duration of the diabetes. All the diabetic populations need to be treated with suitable prevention and control strategies. As the prevention is better than cure community programmes need to be implemented to create the awareness among the diabetic population.

Keywords

Diabetes, Complications, Diabetic Neuropathy, Retinopathy
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Mohan V, Sandeep S, Deepa R, Shah B, Varghese C. Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes. Indian scenario Indian J Med Res. 2007; 125(3):217-30.

  • WHO (2016). Diabetes Fact sheet. Available at: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs312/en/. Accessed on 3 June 2018.

  • Park K. Park‘s textbook of preventive and social medicine. 23rd ed, Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur, India. 2013; 392-395.

  • Bhalvar R. Textbook of Public health and community medicine. 1st ed. AFMC Pune and WHO, New Delhi, India.2009; 1196-1200

  • Aswar Nandkeshav R, Kale Kalpana M, Ghorpade Kusumakar S, Doibale Mohan K, Balaji B. Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Urban Area of Nanded City (Maharashtra, India). Int J Health Sci Res. 2015; 5(2):1-10.

  • Vijayakumar G, Arun R, Kutty VR. High prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and other metabolic disorders in rural central Kerala. JAPI. 2009; 57: 563-7.

  • Mohan V, Deepa M, Deepa R, Shanthirani CS, Farooq S, Ganesan A. Secular trends in the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in urban south India – the Chennai urban rural epidemiology study. Diabetologia. 2006; 49:1175-8.

  • Arora V, Malik JS, Khanna P, Goyal N, Kumar N, Singh M. Prevalence of Diabetes in urban Haryana. AMJ. 2010; 3(8):488-94.

  • Abdallah AG. Familial clustering of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) diagnosed under the age of 40 years in Yemen: is it early onset type 2 DM or maturity onset diabetes of the young. Annals of Saudi Med. 1999; 19(4):308-16.

  • Kokiwar PR, Gupta S, Durge PM. Prevalence of diabetes in a rural area of central India. Int J Diab Dev Ctries. 2007; 27(1):8-10.


Abstract Views: 268

PDF Views: 0




  • Epidemiological Study on Complications of Diabetes and its Treatment Options

Abstract Views: 268  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

S. Sivaprasad
MNR College of Pharmacy, MNR Higher Education and Research Academy Campus, Fasalwadi (V), Sangareddy, Telangana, 502294, India

Abstract


Diabetes is a major health hazard with its attendant acute and long-term complications. Globally type-2 diabetes were 15.1 million in 2000. The number of people with diabetes worldwide is projected to increase to 36.6 million by 2030. Diabetes incidence is higher in developing countries than developed countries. A physician’s based study was carried out in 4 Rayalaseema districts, Kadapa, Anantapuramu, Kurnool and Chittor. About 100 physicians who include Diabetologists, Cardiologists and General Physicians were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to determine the prevalence of diabetic complications and their possible treatment options. Physicians responded that about 46% of the diabetic population was having associated complications like diabetic hypertension, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy and diabetic foot. Among those females showing a significantly higher prevalence than males. Among the diabetics, the prevalence of diabetic hypertension, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic foot, diabetic gastroparesis and diabetic retinopathy were 30%, 25%, 15%, 10%, 8% and 7% of the patients respectively. The prevalence of the diabetes and its associated complications were increased with age and duration of the diabetes. All the diabetic populations need to be treated with suitable prevention and control strategies. As the prevention is better than cure community programmes need to be implemented to create the awareness among the diabetic population.

Keywords


Diabetes, Complications, Diabetic Neuropathy, Retinopathy

References