'Silent pandemic': One in five in the UAE has diabetes, which is 3 times deadlier than COVID-19

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00:00The WHO and the International Diabetic Federation this time showed by 2020, at present we have

00:11around 436 million people who have been detected with diabetes.

00:18This study was conducted among an age group of 20 to 79 years old.

00:25There was a huge surge from the year 2010 to 2020.

00:32Around 2017 we had around 19.3% of UAE population who have been affected by diabetes.

00:39Again the study was taken from the age group of 20 to 79 years.

00:43We have around 1 million people who have been affected by diabetes.

00:49Among the expats, the Asian community is at more risk and among the Asians it has been

00:56Indians who have been found to be at higher risk of diabetes and more prevalent among

01:01the Indians.

01:02My name is Delilah, I'm 49 years old, I'm from India and I'm a banker.

01:07I had typical symptoms of diabetes, my body was worn out for the last couple of months

01:13and I was feeling extremely lethargic with sudden weight loss.

01:16Not to forget the frequency of water intake and the urge to urinate increased significantly.

01:22I was diagnosed with diabetes on November 16th clinically but before that some of my

01:27friends gave me a heads up by looking at my falling health because I have a strong sweet tooth.

01:33What is the reason behind this increase in diabetes among the UAE citizens or the expats?

01:42The study shows one of the risk factors are age more than or equal to 35 years, a BMI

01:48of more than or equal to 30 that is suggesting an obesity, a waist hip ratio among men to

01:56be a 0.90 and among females more than 0.85.

02:01Other cause could be sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy food habits.

02:06What are the complications?

02:07The complications could be microvascular affecting the small vessel diseases and a

02:12microvascular causing big vessel diseases.

02:17A small vessel diseases consist of affecting your eyes, what we call as diabetic retinopathy

02:25which can lead to blindness.

02:28Another would be affecting your kidney, what we call as nephropathy, diabetic nephropathy

02:34which people will land up with dialysis, a long term dialysis.

02:39Another could be a neuropathy which is affecting the sensations of your legs which could lead

02:48to diabetic food.

02:50Another could be dementia.

02:52As you all know this is a progressive disease.

02:55If you do not control initially you will land up with progression of the diseases.

02:59You can lead to dementia, Alzheimer's etc.

03:03It may affect your gums in the oral, what we call periodontal diseases.

03:09Among the macrovascular we find people land up with strokes.

03:14So daily exercising, eating right food, eating on time, increase your hydration.

03:22Hydration by itself will help in decreasing your blood sugars.

03:26After consulting Dr. Shafiq my lifestyle and routine took a 360 degree turn and I had to

03:31immediately cut down on carbs in all forms to bring the sugar levels to an acceptable

03:36mark.

03:37I was advised to have 5 meals a day in small portions and dinner cannot be after 7.30pm.

03:4330 minutes walk or light workout and doctor visits are very essential.

03:47I have been taking the advices very seriously provided by Dr. Shafiq and ensuring that I

03:52do not miss on my food and medicine intake as advised.

03:55I generally never google any diseases but follow whatever Dr. Shafiq tells me.

04:00I think it's not right to diagnose or self-treat yourself.

04:04If you have any symptoms please seek medical advice as soon as possible.

04:08You have to shut your ears to some people as they will only confuse you.

04:12Maintain a healthy life and workout before the onset of any diseases.

04:16It's very important you have a healthy lifestyle, a healthy dietary habit, a proper medical

04:22management, you have a proper on time medications, you have a good hydration, you have a proper

04:30sleep.

04:31So with this I hope you would cope with your diseases of diabetes and you would come for

04:38a regular checkup and we are here always 24x7 to help you.

04:43So with this I would say have a healthy life and a stress free life.

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