Diabetes “epidemic” revived, Hanoi Health Insurance 1,000 billion VND for treatment
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It is estimated that about 7 million people in Vietnam have this disease, but up to half of them do not know they have it.
Diabetics suffer from complications that increase medical costs and reduce quality of life.
Dr. Nguyen Dinh Hang, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Health, speaking at the conference said that Hanoi has about 500,000 people with diabetes and 1.5 million people with prediabetes.
“In 2023, the Hanoi Health Insurance Fund will spend about 1,000 billion VND to treat this disease for people. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, because in reality, many diabetics need to buy more medicine, there are many.” People have diabetes but don’t know they have the disease,” Mr. Hung said.
According to Associate Professor Quan, half of people with diabetes do not know they have the disease, this is a huge risk.
Meanwhile, if diabetes is not controlled and treated, it can cause many dangerous problems such as heart, kidney, eye, nerve damage, foot damage… People with diabetes are at risk of Heart attacks are 5 times more likely than people without the disease. sick.
Not only is the number of people with the disease increasing rapidly, diabetes is also increasing over time.
According to this expert, diabetes is a chronic disease that requires lifelong treatment with medication, diet and exercise.
However, people with diabetes are inundated with advertisements on the Internet and social networks for “diabetes cures,” causing many patients to stop taking their medications and increasing the risk of serious illness and even death. .
Therefore, Associate Professor Quan advises that people can prevent diabetes by exercising regularly, having a healthy diet to maintain a moderate weight, and prevent obesity.
Everyone needs to control their blood pressure and risk of chronic diseases.
Associate Professor Quan said: “Controlling risk factors: blood pressure, dyslipidemia, overweight, obesity are things that need more attention. Get regular health check-ups, treat diabetes as soon as possible and follow instructions.”
Mr. Quan explained that everyone is at risk of diabetes, but the risk is higher in overweight and obese people;
Therefore, this is a group of people who need to pay attention to screening to detect the disease early.
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