Tribunnews.com Reporter, Rina Ayu
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Deputy Minister of Health RI Dante Saksono Harbuwono reminded the importance of early detection to prevent diabetes.
This was expressed in commemoration of World Diabetes Day which falls on November 14.
According to Dante, doing treatment diabetes in the early stages can reduce the risk of developing other complications.
“Treat diabetes It’s not just treating the blood sugar level, but the most important thing is to prevent complications,” said Dante in a virtual press conference for World Diabetes Day 2021, Monday (15/11/2021).
The Indonesian Ministry of Health together with BPJS Health has a Basic Health Needs (KDK) program that can be used by the public to check blood sugar regularly.
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“From genetic epidemiological studies, no one is free from genes diabetes so that everyone has the potential to experience diabetes. Promotive and preventive factors must be done,” he said.
Often uncontrolled blood sugar triggers various other diseases so that the cost to the state is very large.
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Early detection and early treatment can reduce the high cost of treating the disease diabetes .
“With maximum efforts upstream, we will save on the cost of treating complications. So that costs are accumulated outside of disease.” diabetes can be suppressed. Treat diabetes from the beginning it is very important, “he said.
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