Diabetes is one of the most common illnesses people battle on a daily basis. The number of diabetic people at the moment is already super alarming, but what's more surprising is the rate at which the number of diabetic people rises. A charity from the United Kingdom has recently revealed that there are 4,500 people diagnosed as diabetic on a weekly basis.
These figures are only from the UK, so the number is much higher when taking the whole world into consideration. In 2015, a grand total of 235,000 people from the United Kingdom were diagnosed with diabetes. These figures were released by Diabetes UK to "highlight the crisis surrounding he illness," says charity chief executive Chris Askew per the Daily Mail.
Askew adds that although prevalent, there is still a lack of awareness towards diabetes in the United Kingdom. The Mirror states that Askew is warning those who do not realize the seriousness of diabetes.
Diabetes is a potentially life-threatening disease and in a considerable amount of cases, it results in the loss of limbs or of sight. The probability of these things happening lessens if the illness is detected early and properly treated, but medication is often scarce and expensive. Early detection methods are being innovated, but they still have to go through many stages of testing.
What's even scarier is that even children and young adults can suffer from diabetes. There are two types of diabetes, with Type 1 being more prevalent among the aforementioned age groups. Type 1 occurs when the body cannot produce insulin is the case for about 10% of all diabetics.
Type 2 diabetes on the other hand is more dependent on a person's lifestyle such as their eating habits and exercise routines and occurs when the body does not produce enough functioning insulin. This type of diabetes is common among those who are overweight.
