As type II diabetes is a silent disease and it sometimes remains asymptomatic for years, it is too often diagnosed during a routine check-up, when it has already begun its destructive work: 10 to 29% patients already suffer from retinopathy, 10 to 37% display early stage kidney disease and 14% ischemic coronary complications… This stresses the importance of monitoring our…
- 10 September 2015
TYPE 2 DIABETES IS OFTEN DIAGNOSED (TOO) LATE
Type 2 diabetes is a silent killer as it may remain asymptomatic for a long time. A large percentage of at-risk people have never had a glycemia test and therefore don’t know whether their blood sugar is normal or whether they display symptoms of prediabetes or even of full-fledged type 2 diabetes. This means that this type of diabetes is often diagnosed much too…
- 7 September 2015
DIAGNOSING PREDIABETES
Type 2 diabetes, formerly known as « non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus » usually appears in middle age. It is emblematic of the Western lifestyle and of our plentiful societies: by abusing sweets and foods rich in hidden carbohydrates, we gradually disrupt our metabolism. Fortunately, before developing diabetes, one always goes through an asymptomatic phase, i.e. symptom-free, during which one doesn’t feel sick at…