Monday, 16 November 2020 – 13:19 WIB
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jpnn.com, JAKARTA – WHAT Do you think all the symptoms in diabetics are the same? Not necessarily.
Chairman of the Indonesian Endocrinology Society (PERKENI) Prof. DR dr. Ketut Suastika said, there are a number of symptoms that can be recognized to detect the condition of a person with diabetes, but these symptoms are not always clear.
“Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by an increase in blood glucose levels with classic symptoms such as lots of eating, lots of drinking, lots of urine and weight loss,” he said in a virtual media gathering with the theme “Never Give Up, Stand Up Blood Sugar”, the result of the collaboration between PERKENI and Good Doctor Technology Indonesia, Monday.
“Symptoms are not always clear. Sometimes the patient has fallen on complications,” he explained.
On the other hand, sometimes the symptoms between one patient and another are not the same, so checking blood sugar levels is recommended by doctors.
This examination can be done randomly or at any time, while fasting, or undergo the HbA1c test.
Previously, the President of the Indonesian Diabetes Association (PB PERSADIA), Dr. dr. Sony Wibisono said, blood sugar checks can be done once a year (if there is no family history of diabetes), as well as carry out a thorough medical examination.
“If everything is still normal, check it maybe 2-3 years,” said Sony.
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