Yet the majority of Canadians don't know enough about this prevalent condition, says Diabetes Canada
Between you, the reader – and me, the writer – and the editor who posted this story online, chances are one of us has diabetes.
"With 640 new cases daily, 26 hourly, or one every three minutes — it’s not slowing down. That is why Diabetes Canada is raising awareness around the impacts of this chronic condition, which affects 11.7-million Canadians and costs the health-care system almost $50 million to treat every day," said the news release.
She said another reason is that life expectancy has more Canadians living longer, compared to a few generations ago. She said it means as people live longer the incidence of diabetes is increasing. Syron added that even if you live a healthy lifestyle, your own genetics can betray you because diabetes happens among some groups more than others, simply because of who they are.
"There's a lot of misunderstandings," she said. "And there's also this sense of stigma that somehow you've brought it on yourself." She said people have to understand that diabetes can occur to anyone living a regular life. Syron added that despite many assumptions, Insulin is not a cure for diabetes, but merely a means to help manage their diabetes, because there are other complications. She said 50 per cent of adult blindness is caused by diabetes and 40 per cent of adult heart attacks are related to diabetes.
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