Category : Diabetes
Millions of people worldwide suffer from diabetes, a global health concern. Regular health check-ups are an important part of managing and preventing diabetes. The secret to a happier, healthier, and diabetes-free life is routine health examinations.
Knowing About Diabetes
Diabetes is a complicated metabolic disease that interferes with your body’s natural ability to regulate blood sugar. Diabetes comes in various forms, each of which can have a unique impact on your health. It can result in a number of health issues if ignored.
Complications Related to Diabetes:
- Cardiovascular Complications: Unchecked high blood sugar can raise your risk of heart attacks and strokes, among other cardiovascular conditions. It has the potential to harm blood vessels and encourage the accumulation of fatty deposits in arteries.
- Damage to Nerves: Additionally, neglecting blood sugar can affect more than just your heart. It may harm nerves, resulting in numbness in the legs and feet. It occurs because damaged vessels are preventing enough blood from reaching the nerves.
- Kidney Issues: Damage to your kidneys can result from high Blood glucose, which can affect their function and later lead to its failure.
- Infections: Uncontrolled diabetes can impair immunity, increasing vulnerability to infections, particularly in the feet.
- Dental Problems: Diabetes can cause dental problems like gum disease and tooth loss.
- Retinopathy: If left untreated, high blood sugar can harm the blood vessels in the eyes, impair vision, and even result in blindness.
Each person may experience different complications, and the severity of each complication may differ based on age, gender, symptoms, medical history, and the severity of the condition. Therefore, to reduce these complications, diabetes must be properly managed.
Advantages of Early Diabetes Diagnosis:
- Frequent examinations aid in identifying health issues and empower people to make knowledgeable decisions about their health.
- Doctors can manage their patients’ blood sugar levels with diet, exercise, lifestyle modifications, and, if required, medication by measuring and tracking their levels.
- In order to evaluate the efficacy of their current medication or treatment and make necessary adjustments, doctors may recommend routine diabetes tests to patients who have already been diagnosed with the disease.
- Regular examinations assist in detecting complications of Diabetes early on, even before symptoms manifest, enabling doctor to quickly address any new problems and avert complications.
- Helps identify patients who are in the Prediabetic stage. This helps in better management and prevention of Diabetes.
Top Routine Diabetes Tests That Can Help:
Regular Diabetes Tests are essential to measure, monitor, and manage Diabetes. Those who have diabetes or are at risk can benefit from the following common diabetes tests:
- HbA1c Test
- Fasting and Post Prandial Blood Sugar Test
Keep in mind that prevention is always preferable to treatment, and early intervention can significantly improve diabetes. Therefore, don’t wait and get tested right now.
Diagnostic Lab at JSS Hospital, Mysusu is NABL Accredited. Kindly book different diabetes tests or diabetes packages for Diabetes management.
Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad
Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine
I/C Comprehensive Diabetic Care Centre
JSS Medical college and Hospital
Mysuru