14 percent of the population of the Valencian Community suffers from diabetes, although almost 50 percent does not know, as the doctor in Endocrinology of the Obesity Unit of the Quirónsalud Valencia Valencia Pablo Abellán Hospital on the occasion of World Diabetes Day has pointed out on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, that is commemorated tomorrow.
The origin of type 2 diabetes, the most frequent of diabetes, is found in multiple factors, being the most important weight, physical inactivity and poor diet.Other determining causes are the family history of diabetes, past history of gestational diabetes and age.
Changes in lifestyle, sedentary lifestyle and abandonment of the Mediterranean diet have caused an increase in overweight and obesity between the population that, as Abellán has indicated, "in the Valencian Community it reaches 62.2 % as a wholeOf the Valencians and this high prevalence, together with the aging of the population, another of the risk factors, prediction that by 2040 diabetes in Europe is increased by 22%. "
This disease usually does not give symptoms in the initial phases, "which causes, in many occasions, to diagnose diabetes years later, when it has already affected the body and given complications. Therefore, it must be actively looking for it," explains theSpecialist, "because if the glucose levels remain high, complications for diabetes appear."
80% of diabetes patients dies due to cardiovascular disease and in our environment is the first cause of blindness in adults, chronic renal failure with a need for dialysis, as well as non -traumatic amputation of lower extremities."All this is avoidable if a diagnosis is made in early phases and proper treatment is performed, which encompasses not only drugs but also changes in lifestyle, with a healthy Mediterranean diet and increasing physical activity," advises the specialist.
Bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery for losing weight is indicated for obese people with a body mass index greater than 40 or greater than 35 if it associates comorbidities.However, "due to the global epidemic of diabetes and obesity, which begins to be called diabhesity, for a decade the interventions towards the resolution of type 2 diabetes are being directed, even in patients underwear or obesity grade I thatThey are not yet morbid obese but suffering from type 2 diabetes, "explained Dr. Carlos Sala, a specialist in bariatric and metabolic surgery and head of the Quirónsalud Valencia Obesity Unit.
As for the benefits of this intervention, "80 percent of diabetics ceases to be, sending the disease; the remaining 20 percent improves substantially, in addition to achieving a loss of more than 70 percent of excess weight, even reachingTo the ideal weight if the patient incorporates healthy lifestyle habits, such as physical exercise and a healthy and balanced diet.
The doctor has assured that with that technique "lives more and better", although despite its benefits, only 5% of Spanish obese undergo this intervention, either for lack of information or access to these units.
These interventions are practiced rouoscopic via, through minimally invasive surgery, which reduces pain and possible complications.The patient is prepared to leave the hospital at 48 hours of the intervention.
