Diabetes afflicts around two million in Sri Lanka

About two million people suffer from diabetes in Sri Lanka. It has been observed that diabetes patients are on the increase in the urban areas than the rural areas. Therefore it is clear that the disease affects all, irrespective of age, gender, including pregnant women and the younger generation.

Professor of Pharmacology attached to the Medical Faculty of Colombo University, Dr. Kusum Abrew expressed her concern about mal-function of vital organs such as heart, eyes and kidneys leading to coronary disease, vision impairness and paralysis due to this disease.

Children Hospital Specialist Dr. Pujitha Wickramasinghe reiterated that this disease is incurable but controllable when proper treatment is taken. “You could prevent this disease by maintaining the weight of the body in preparation to your height, curtailing consumption of sugar and oily food and engaging in proper exercise and avoiding stress. Grain-food, vegetables, fruit and food containing fibre should be essentially included in the meals,” he said.

It has been indicated that the Diabetes parents are in rapid increase in the world, Sri Lanka Diabetes Association strives very hard to battle the disease in Sri Lanka.

The World Diabetes Day is to be commemorated on November 14 under the theme ‘Awareness and Prevention of Diabetes,’ a media release from the Information Department states.

Statistical report of Sri Lanka Diabetes Association indicates that about 275 million people suffer from this disease in the world. Sri Lanka Diabetes Association Secretary Dr. Mahen Wijesuriya told at a media conference at the National Diabetes Centre, that annually 3.8 million people die of this disease in the world and seven million new patents are being diagnosed.

Source: Daily News