Sensitise people about diabetes
EDITOR—I write in response to your story, “Diabetes on increase, says official†published on October 4. I agree with Dr james Ssekajugo about the diabetes situation in Uganda today. However, there are inexplicable issues on the phenomenon.
EDITOR—I write in response to your story, “Diabetes on increase, says official†published on October 4. I agree with Dr james Ssekajugo about the diabetes situation in Uganda today. However, there are inexplicable issues on the phenomenon.
I will give my own experience. In 2003, during my routine medical checkups, I was found to have abnormally high traces of glucose in my blood and was put on anti-diabetic treatment.
But in 2004, Dr Richard Mwesige, the Kabarole Hospital superintendent put me on what is known as ‘DRO’ (diet regimen observation). Since then, my glucose has remained normal! Perhaps Dr Mwesige is the best doctor the district can boast of as far as diabetes is concerned.
He has several options for diabetic patients.
In 2006, I discontinued treatment altogether but continued with periodic checkups but my glucose has remained stable. Out of curiosity, I undertook several tests but all proved negative. Recently, I was put on ‘GID’ (glucose inducing diet) for two weeks but still my glucose level has remained normal, something that has puzzled doctors.
During my search on the Internet, I have come across terms like infant diabetes, latent diabetes and window diabetes. In the last, one can have the disease without showing any symptoms. I have also come across the term ‘glucose trigger-off factors which tries to explain high traces of glucose in blood.
According to one author’s observation, high traces of glucose do not necessarily mean one is diabetic. It seems there is a new strain of diabetes attacking young people.
Why has the Ministry of Health not come out with a statement on this one?
There was a research by British doctors which revealed that a person can remain a potential victim from the day he is born without showing any symptoms at all! Do episodic abnormal traces of glucose in blood mean someone is suffering from diabetes?
What are commonly known as ‘glucose trigger-off factors’? I suggest that more awareness programmes about diabetes be designed because it seems everybody is at high risk of contracting diabetes.
O. B. Kahuma
Fort Portal
I will give my own experience. In 2003, during my routine medical checkups, I was found to have abnormally high traces of glucose in my blood and was put on anti-diabetic treatment.
But in 2004, Dr Richard Mwesige, the Kabarole Hospital superintendent put me on what is known as ‘DRO’ (diet regimen observation). Since then, my glucose has remained normal! Perhaps Dr Mwesige is the best doctor the district can boast of as far as diabetes is concerned.
He has several options for diabetic patients.
In 2006, I discontinued treatment altogether but continued with periodic checkups but my glucose has remained stable. Out of curiosity, I undertook several tests but all proved negative. Recently, I was put on ‘GID’ (glucose inducing diet) for two weeks but still my glucose level has remained normal, something that has puzzled doctors.
During my search on the Internet, I have come across terms like infant diabetes, latent diabetes and window diabetes. In the last, one can have the disease without showing any symptoms. I have also come across the term ‘glucose trigger-off factors which tries to explain high traces of glucose in blood.
According to one author’s observation, high traces of glucose do not necessarily mean one is diabetic. It seems there is a new strain of diabetes attacking young people.
Why has the Ministry of Health not come out with a statement on this one?
There was a research by British doctors which revealed that a person can remain a potential victim from the day he is born without showing any symptoms at all! Do episodic abnormal traces of glucose in blood mean someone is suffering from diabetes?
What are commonly known as ‘glucose trigger-off factors’? I suggest that more awareness programmes about diabetes be designed because it seems everybody is at high risk of contracting diabetes.
O. B. Kahuma
Fort Portal