• The disease I have chosen for this project is Diabetes
REASON CHOSEN:
• The reason I have chosen Diabetes for
my project is that is a common disease that is affected and sometimes caused by the diet • Also there is a long history of diabetes in my family so I have first-hand and personal knowledge of the subject A HISTORY OF DIABETES: Diabetes is one of the oldest known diseases. • 1ST Centuary B.C – Aretaeus of Cappadocia, a Greek Physician, names the disease diabetes which means “to siphon” based on the fact that patients passed excessive amounts of urine • 1425 – The word diabete is first recorded in English medical text • 1900 – Drs. Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski discovered that the pancreas plays a role in diabetes • 1920 – A dietary exchange system is created to help develop a diet for diabetes • 1921 – Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin as diabetes medication • 1936 – Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are distinguished FIGURES OF THOSE AFFECTED: • Diabetes has become an alarming problem worldwide. • According to the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF), the number of people with diabetes has risen from 30 million to 246 million in the last 20 years, making that at least 7.3 % of the world’s population. • North America has the highest percentage with the Middle East and the Caribbean contributing to 12-20% of those affected. • At the present there are 260 million people in the world with diabetes and at the current rate by 2025, more than 418 million people will be diagnosed with diabetes • 80 years after the discovery of insulin there are still so many in need that cannot get access to it. CAUSES OF DIABETES: Type 1: Type 2: • Type 1 is slightly more • Type 2 tends to run in families common in women • Risk factors in developing • It is most common in people Type 2 would be having a of Northern European, African high-fat diet, obesity, high American and Hispanic alcohol intake and high blood American descent pressure • It can be caused by • Also developing age and environmental factors such as pregnancy can make a unavoidable viral infections. person susceptible to Type 2 • Type 1 can be partly inherited diabetes but it is more common to inherit Type 2 SYMPTOMS: Common symptoms of diabetes would be: • Fatigue • Unexplained Weight Loss • Excessive Thirst & Eating • Excessive Urination • Infections • Blurry Vision More than half of all people with diabetes do not know they are diabetics TREATMENT: • The major goal in treating diabetes is to minimize any elevation of blood sugar (glucose) without causing abnormally low levels of blood sugar • Treatment can differ for Type 1 and Type 2 TREATMENT: TYPE 1: TYPE 2: • Insulin injections • Weight reduction • Diabetic diet • Diabetic diet • Daily exercise • Exercise If these measures fail: • Oral medication • Insulin in severe cases DIETARY LINK: • Diabetes, especially Type 2, is affected and sometimes caused by the diet. • HOW TO MINIMIZE THE RISK: THANK YOU & GOODBYE For further information on diabetes you can visit: • http://www.diabetes-info.co.uk
"Unarvu" Impact Assessment of The Community Radio Awareness Programme For Tribal Development in Wayanad District, Kerala Community Radio Mattoli, Wayanad, India