diabetes and patient safety

Infographic: Defeating the Effects of Diabetes

diabetes and patient safety

The following guest post was submitted by Union Quay Medical Centre.

Did you know that approximately 5% of the world’s population suffers from diabetes? This equates to 347 million, which is more than the populations of every country in the world except China and India. In an even more alarming development, the World Health Organization expects that the total number of deaths from diabetes will more than double within the next 10 years.

Union Quay Medical Centre
 in Ireland created this eye-opening infographic about the effects of diabetes. It demystifies a number of common misconceptions about diabetes, outlines symptoms and causes, and also offers helpful advice on how to tackle Type 2 diabetes, which affects 90%-95% of all diabetes sufferers and can be prevented with a series of lifestyle changes.

You may have heard in some quarters that women with diabetes should not get pregnant, or that gestational diabetes will disappear after a woman gives birth. In truth, women who manage diabetes effectively can have a normal childbirth, but gestational diabetes is unfortunately more likely to occur for both mother and child.

Other myths that this infographic hopes to debunk is that people can get off lightly with ‘a little bit’ of diabetes, and that diabetes sufferers cannot donate blood. They can give blood if the diabetes is controlled. As for having ‘a little bit’ of diabetes, this is a total lie. Anyone with the condition stands a high chance of developing further complications.

Read through the infographic below to discover more surprising facts about diabetes, a condition that has sadly become a global epidemic.

Defeating-the-Effects-of-Diabetes-Infographic

About John Trader:

John Trader is the VP of Communications for RightPatient® the industry’s most flexible and scalable biometric patient recognition platform. He has public relations and marketing experience working in the financial, publishing, non-profit, entertainment, sales training, and technology sectors. He holds a B.A. in International Studies from Towson University and a M.B.A. in International Business from Johns Hopkins University.

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1 reply
  1. Rahul Banerjee
    Rahul Banerjee says:

    This article has published a very important article on Diabetes and how to tackle it . I think anyone who is suffering from type 2 Diabetes should read this. We at http://www.drsafehands.com are also continuously suggesting people that they should not ignore symptoms of diabetes and should go to the doctor at the earliest possible opportunity or else what they can do is they can visit us online at http://www.drsafehands.com

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