World Diabetes Day takes place this Sunday, November 14. In Toulon, conferences take place all day (9 am-5pm) at the Chalucet * media library, in the presence of many caregivers and patients. In France, over 3.5 million people are treated with medicine for diabetes. Last year, cases of type 1 diabetes increased by 4% according to Public Health France with one of the highest incidence in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur.
This increase concerns all types of diabetes according to Véronique di Costanzo, head of the endocrinology service at the Toulon-La Seyne Hospital Center: “For more than a year, cases have been increasing. Almost daily people find out they are sick“.
The effects of confinement?
And the professional continues: “We don’t have a precise explanation for this phenomenon, but the confinement may have something to do with it. People often stayed at home, snacking and not moving. Patients were also afraid to go to the hospital. hospital, so we have _late screening_. We may also wonder about the virus itself: does it affect the beta-pancreatic cells that make insulin? The question is legitimate because there is something unusual about this diabetes epidemic “.
The best prevention: physical activity
Véronique di Costanzo regrets that the authorities have not “insisted during confinement on the importance of physical activity. Being active is par excellence the free medicine that delays diabetes or improves its balance. You have to practice an adapted physical activity, at your own pace, starting by systematically climbing the stairs for example or by parking your car a little further. It’s really important. Physical activity combined with a balanced diet can have great effects on diabetes and immunity. ”
Faced with the resurgence of cases of diabetes and other chronic diseases, health professionals from the hospital and the liberals are launching the Chronic Disease House, a one-stop-shop that will allow prevention and screening operations to be carried out and to guide patients as best they can in a personalized process. This House will be officially presented this Sunday at the Chalucet media library in Toulon.
* Free day on registration: [email protected]
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