Blindness to amputation, complications of diabetes must be prevented

In his message regarding World Diabetes Day which fell on November 14, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that diabetes is often an undiagnosed condition until complications occur.

“It is a big cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and amputations of the lower body,” says Tedros.

Suastika also said that it is important for someone to be more aware of the dangers of diabetes in order to prevent complications. Here, treatment for people is very important to prevent short-term symptoms, to reduce complications that are at risk of fatal.

“The goal of treatment or management of people with diabetes is of course the first to relieve symptoms, because blood sugar that is too high also causes symptoms such as a lot of urinating, drinking, even tingling, this can be relieved by improving blood sugar in the short term.”

“But in the long term, we must aim to prevent chronic complications and reduce mortality.”

According to Suastika, preventing complications of diabetes means reducing the risk of the condition being fatal or disrupting his life, both socially and economically.

“So as not to cause pain, he does not cause premature death, and at the same time does not lose his job, in the social aspect, and also burdens both individuals and the government.”

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