World Diabetes Day-2016 is being marked on Monday (November 14) here like other parts of the world with a pledge to raise awareness against the disease so that its burden could be reduced through prevention, timely diagnosis and proper treatment facilities of the diabetics. While Pakistan ranked seventh in the world with over seven million diabetic people, it is expected that the burden of disease would increase manifold, if immediate measures are not taken to sensitize people about importance of healthy lifestyle.
To mark the day, awareness walks, seminars and free diabetic camps would be organised across the country. Focusing largely on the theme of the day ie, 'Eyes on Diabetes', health professionals called for strengthening policies for the prevention and control of diabetes and its complications.
They said that insulin was a life-saving drug. Patients with Type 1 diabetes used insulin from day one of their diagnosis till the last day of their life. Even in Type 2 of diabetes, they said, insulin was needed eventually because half of the patients required insulin after 10 year of oral drug use because of the progressive nature of the disease. Regarding misconceptions about insulin therapy, they said it was thought as the last stage of treatment, while practically it was the first stage of the management in diabetic patients.
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