Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 13

"Diabetes in India has reached an endemic stage, with about 6 crore and 50 lakh people suffering with the disease. This often chronic and deadly disease is fast spreading its tentacles and is expected to affect 19 crore people in India by 2035. Punjab, alone, has over 65 lakh diabetics which are higher than other states."

Dr. Rohit Kapoor, diabetes expert stated these facts on a seminar held in view of World Diabetes Day which is on November 14.

He said the common symptoms of diabetes are increased urination, weight loss, increased thirst, increased hunger, fatigue, headache, itchy skin, nausea and delayed healing of wounds. These symptoms may develop rapidly within weeks or months in type one diabetes while they usually develop much more slowly and may be subtle or absent in type 2 diabetes.

Dr Rohit added that Indian genes make them four times more susceptible to diabetes as compared to Europeans. Dr Prateek, Senior consultant, Mind Plus says, "Diabetes and depression share essentially a bidirectional relationship with former predisposing to later (both biologically as well as psychologically) and latter leading to former (due to poor lifestyle choices and rarely medicine induced). Patients with diabetes are twice as likely to suffer from depression and their co-existence is associated with poor symptom control, increased suffering, increased healthcare expenditure, more disability, decreased quality of life and greater mortality," he said.

"People these days are moving towards nutraceuticals to combat diseases because of their increased efficacy and safety as opposed to allopathic medicines. FENFURO is one such nutraceutical which acts as your glucose manager. It is a first of its kind product derived from single herb with proven results for maintaining blood sugar levels. FENFURO contains a rich variety of saponins and flavonoids," he said.