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Faisal Alnasir 20141
Diabetes Mellitusthe plague of the century
Professor Faisal Abdul Latif Alnasir FPC, FRCGP, MICGP, FFPH,
PhD
Chairman; Dept. of Family & Community Medicine Arabian Gulf
University. Bahrain President; Scientific Council Family & Com.
Medicine Arab Board for Medical SpecializationsGeneral Secretary;
Int. Society for the History of Islamic Medicine
Faisal Alnasir 20143Content:DefinitionHistoryIncidenceEconomic
ImpactPrevention
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is a non-communicable chronic
disease. It occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough
insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it
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Faisal Alnasir 20145Diabetes name is from a Greek physician,
Aretus the Cappadocian (around the first century B.C.E), he called
itdiabainein, meaning "a siphon," or "to pass through," referring
to the excessive urination. The Greek wordmellitus, meaning like
honey, reflect the sweet smell and taste of the urine.
Faisal Alnasir 20146Discovery In views of some; Diabetes has
been discovered in the fifth century BC.An Indian doctor observed
the gathering of ants around the urine of patients who were
suffering from certain diseases. He was surprised and asked: What
could attract ants to urine? Scientific curiosity led him to taste
that the urine. And discovered that the urine was sweet . He then
knew that these patients suffer from a strange disease arises when
the sugar is present in the urine
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Old Egyptian 1550 BC
Faisal Alnasir 20148Old Egyptian 1550 BC
Faisal Alnasir 20149Diabetes, is an old disease since early
mankind. Anciently people noticed its symptoms and tried to invent
a treatment.It took many many years of attempts to uncover its
mysteries and its causes.
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Faisal Alnasir 201413Diabetes is plague of the century which is
pandemic and a ticking time bomb
Faisal Alnasir 201414Diabetes Can Be Silent:
Diabetes can go silently undetected for a long time without
symptoms. Many people first become aware that they have diabetes
when they develop one of its potentially life-threatening
complications, such as heart disease, blindness or nerve
disease.
Types: Type 1 diabetes: insulin-dependent diabetes or
juvenile-onset diabetes. It develops when the body's immune system
destroys pancreatic beta cells.Type 2
diabetes:non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or adult-onset
diabetes. It usually begins as insulin resistance, a disorder in
which the cells do not use insulin properly. It accounts for about
90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes.Gestational
diabetesis a form of glucose intolerance diagnosed during
pregnancy.Other types result from specific genetic conditions, such
as maturity-onset diabetes of youth; surgery; medications;
infections; pancreatic disease; and other illnesses. National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (7)Faisal Alnasir 201415
Prevalence and Facts:About 347 million people worldwide have
diabetes Diabetes is predicted to become the seventh leading cause
of death in the world by the year
2030www.who.int/features/factfiles/diabetes/en/index.html(11)Of 57
million deaths occurred in the world during 2008; 36 million (63%)
were due to NCDs, principally cardiovascular diseases, diabetes,
cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. 80% of these NCD deaths
(29 million) occurred in low- and middle-income countries NCD.
Deaths are projected to increase by 15% globally between 2010 and
2020 (to 44 million deaths).
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Source www.who.int/nmh/publications/ncd (12)
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www.who.int/nmh/publications/ncd_report_chapter1.pdf?ua=1
Prevalence and Facts:In the USAIn 20052008, based on fasting
glucose or hemoglobin A1C (A1C) levels, 35% of adults ages
