Experts have said that hypertension and diabetes can increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke, and as such, should be covered under the Nation Health Insurance Scheme
The experts, which comprised professors of medicine and endocrinology, registered dieticians, and others, warned that having both conditions also increase the risk of kidney disease and problems with the blood vessels of the eyes, which could lead to blindness.
Speaking at a one-day Diabetes Summit in Lagos, organised by Sanofi-Aventis, a global biopharmaceutical healthcare company, a professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde, Cameroon, Jean Claude Mbanya, lamented that only a few people living with diabetes are achieving treatment clinical goals in Africa.
His words, “The three main reasons why people living with type two diabetes are not able to control their blood sugar level, glycaemic goals, include lack of diabetes education, ignorance of the right insulin dosage as prescribed by the physician, and lack of experience in self-management.”
Mbanya added that people living with type one diabetes do not also achieve sugar level control due to fear of low level of blood glucose, hypoglycaemia, lack of insulin titration and lack of diabetes education.
“Living with and managing diabetes is distressing for people suffering from the condition; a situation that readily contributes to emotional distress and sometimes, depression. The only way to achieve control over the blood sugar level is to adhere to doctor’s advice,” Mbanya said.
While giving a presentation titled, ‘Management of Hypertension in Diabetes,’ a professor of Endocrinology and the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Felicia Anumah, warned that hypertension is a clear risk factor for hardening of the arteries, known as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. “When an individual suffers from type one diabetes, hypertension often results from underlying kidney disease, while it coexists with other risks of having diabetes, heart disease or stroke in persons living with type two diabetes. Nevertheless, good medical attention can delay the onset or prevent the progression of chronic diseases that are likely to develop due to the condition.
Source: The Punch News
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