World Diabetes Day: Talk for senior citizens on world diabetes Awareness month

Mohali, November 17, 2021: “As high blood sugar level can cause multi problems in the body, while kidney diseases are most common in people with diabetes. About 30% of patients with Type 1 (juvenile onset) diabetes and 10-40% of those with Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes will eventually suffer from kidney failure”, said Dr Chhaminder Jeet Singh, Consultant Nephrologist and Renal Transplant Physician, Grecian Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali.
While interacting with senior citizens on ‘Diabetes and its effects on Kidneys’, Dr Chhaminder Jeet Singh further said albumin/protein in the urine, high blood pressure, ankle and leg swelling, leg cramps, going to the bathroom more often at night, high levels of urea and creatinine in blood, less need for insulin or anti-diabetic medications, morning sickness, nausea and vomiting, weakness, paleness and anaemia and itching, are few sings which indicates that the diabetic patients are suffering from kidney diseases.
Early diagnosis of kidney diseases and diabetes can have lifetime benefits by controlling the progression of the disease, increasing life expectancy, decreasing the humanistic and economic burden, he further added. 
Meanwhile, Dr Pooja Chauhan, Consultant General Medicine, Grecian Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali, said, “The earliest sign of diabetic kidney disease is an increased excretion of albumin in the urine. This is present long before the usual tests done in your doctor's office show evidence of kidney disease, so it is important for you to have this test on a yearly basis.”
Diabetes in India is a growing health concern, with over half the population at risk of developing the condition at some point in their lives. In India, more than 77 million adults are living with diabetes. Researchers predict that this will increase to 134 million by 2045.