A Brief Note On Diabetes And The World Health Organization

or insulin can be required (Diabetes UK 2012). This case study states at what stage he was diagnosed, and what were his present risk factors. The main factors contributing to diabetes is obesity, there also other pre-diabetic risk factors such as ethnicity, poverty, and age. Obesity has become a major factor also known as an increased BMI (body mass index). The world Health Organisation has mentioned that by 2015, 2.3 billion people will be obese. In UK alone the rates have doubled in the past years. Different ethnic minorities have higher prevalence in diabetes, figures have shown ethnicities such as African, Caribbean, and Pakistani origins are more obese in comparison to Bangladeshi and Chinese. This 45 year old gentleman incurred a trauma injury to the metatarsal and that had caused a wound, which later developed an infection, but was showing no signs of healing. He was admitted to the hospital and Further tests were done such as the HBA1c (glycated haemoglobin). Diabetes UK (2015) states An HbA1c of 48mmol/mol (6.5%) is recommended as the cut off point for diagnosing diabetes, other tests done were UE, FPG (fasting [plasma glucose test, FBC, ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) , and CRP, Raised Triglycerides and total cholesterol were also present. From this it showed he had undiagnosed type 2 diabetes for over 10 years, 2 years prior to this injury he was diagnosed with retinopathy. Retinopathy (is damage to the retina) this is a complication thatShow MoreRelatedA New Paradigm Substance Use Disorder Treatment1656 Words   |  7 Pagesthe fact that most of the medical and academic institutions define addiction as a chronic brain disease, it is too often treated on an acute basis. Chronic conditions are defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as requiring ongoing management over a period of years or decades and cover a wide range of health problems. 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