But if there are symptoms, regardless of age, check it out
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Type-2 diabetes has three distinctive symptoms, if you feel it you need to immediately check your blood sugar level and consult a doctor, according to an internal medicine specialist from the Diabetes and Metabolic Endocrine Division, Department/KSM of Internal Medicine FKUI/RSCM, Dr. dr. Wismandari Wisnu, Sp.PD, KEM.
These three typical symptoms are weight loss for no apparent reason, constant urination (polydipsia) and frequent thirst (polyuria).
“The easiest symptoms are weight loss for no apparent reason, constant urination and thirst. If there are symptoms like that, it’s very typical, when you’re 12, 17 years old, check it out,” he said in a webinar on diabetes management, written on Saturday.
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These three symptoms also need to be watched out for those with excess weight or even obesity regardless of age.
In addition to these three symptoms, diabetes is also characterized by feeling tired quickly, tingling, itching, blurred vision, erectile dysfunction in men, and itching in the genitals in women.
Then, for those of you who do not feel any symptoms but have entered the age of 40-45 years, you should immediately check your blood sugar to make sure your blood sugar is normal.
“Classically, there is nothing, for example, at the age of 40-45 years, check whether there are symptoms or not. But if there are symptoms, regardless of age, check them,” said Wismandari.
For those who have already been diagnosed with diabetes, try to control their condition well, for example with an HbA1C (hemoglobin A1c) test result above 6.5. He can return to the doctor for check-ups every 3-4 months.
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But in patients whose sugar is still newly diagnosed, for example 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or more, they are usually asked to return to the doctor for control the following month.
“If necessary, if there are symptoms two weeks later, tell them to come. So, how often the control depends on how severe the patient’s condition is, how much the patient complains about. The more severe, the more frequent the control,” said Wismandari.
Diabetes refers to a group of diseases that affect how the body uses blood sugar or glucose. The underlying cause of the disease varies by type (type 1 or 2).
But whatever the type of diabetes, what happens is excess sugar in the blood and this will lead to more serious health problems, one of which is cardiovascular disease.
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Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetics. Those with diabetes were twice as likely to have heart disease or stroke than someone who didn’t have diabetes.
Cardiovascular diseases that often occur as a complication of diabetes are coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and peripheral arterial disease (PAP).
The 2018 Basic Health Research Data (RISKESDAS) noted that the prevalence of diabetes mellitus according to the results of blood sugar examinations increased from 6.9 percent in 2013 to 8.5 percent in 2018. This figure shows that only about 25 percent of diabetics know they have diabetes.
The prevalence of this disease in the population aged 15 years reached 10.9 percent or almost doubled in the last 10 years.
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016, diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in Indonesia, contributing 6 percent of all total deaths.
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Reporter: Lia Wanadriani Santosa
Editor: Suryanto
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