Pakistan is facing a worsening diabetes crisis with around 34.5 million adults currently living with the disease and more than 10 million others at
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Experts urge tech-driven diabetes care
Pakistan is facing a worsening diabetes crisis with around 34.5 million adults currently living with the disease and more than 10 million others at high risk, senior diabetologists cautioned on Monday.
Digital healthcare and technology-driven initiatives were essential to tackle the growing epidemic, they emphasized during an awareness event where diabetologists, physicians, senior commander practitioners, educators and patients discussed the rising burden of diabetes and the need for standardised technology-based care across the country.
Experts stated Pakistan had one of the highest diabetes prevalence rates in the world, with nearly one in every three adults affected by the disease. According to the Global Diabetes Federation, the country's adult diabetes prevalence stands at 31.4 per cent while over 226,000 diabetes related deaths occur annually in Pakistan.
Endocrinologist Dr Syed Abbas Raza stated the disease had reached epidemic proportions and millions of individuals were developing serious complications due to delayed diagnosis, unhealthy lifestyles and poor disease control. "Almost 27% diabetic patients in Pakistan remain undiagnosed and continue living with the disease unknowingly. By the time many patients are diagnosed, complications have already started," he cautioned.
He stated uncontrolled diabetes was leading to kidney failure, blindness, amputations, strokes and heart disease, adding that unhealthy eating habits, junk food consumption, obesity, physical inactivity and poor sleep were senior officer contributors.
Professor Abbas Raza stated the country was facing a severe scarcity of diabetes specialists.
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