The national campaign that offers patients with type 2 diabetes from 17 February to 14 March, returns to Lombardy, free specialized advice with a diabetologist, bookable on the toll -free number 800042747. In Lombardy there are 8 specialized centers where you can perform consultancy, where you can perform consultancy, More information here.
Located by the Italian Society of Diabetology (SID) and the Medici Diabetologi Association (AMD), with the attachment of the Diabetes Italy Association and the pharmacy system of Italy and in collaboration with Astrazeca, the initiative strives to increase the consciousness of the approximately 4 million Italians affected by type 2 -diabetology. The aim is to promote the right information, to improve patient education and prevent kidney and cardiovascular complications by encouraging an early diagnosis.
In Italy, chronic diseases meet 24 million people and are responsible for 85% of the total deaths. The progressive aging of the population also corrected to an increased risk of pathologies such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, heart failure and chronic kidney disease – diseases that are strictly related to each other – which are strongly influenced on the quality of life of patients. In 2022, in Italy, 21.5% of the population – according to the last ISTAT 2022 – data – to at least two chronic pathologies, with a prevalence that grows as age increases: in the more than -75s, more than 3 of the 5 people showed at least two chronic diseases.
Under chronic pathologies, diabetes represents one of the most common and can produce serious repercussions about cardiovascular and kidney health. According to the most recent data from the global disease burden, type 2 diabetes in Italy is 5.6% on the years in disability, which positions herself one of the most disleasing chronic diseases.
For this reason, timely diagnosis and adequate therapy are to reduce the speed of the progression of pathology by investing in therapeutic innovation, essential to improve the management of type 2 diabetes and to reduce the risk of complications injury. In Lombardy there are 587,000 people who declare that they are diabetic, with a prevalence slightly lower than the national average (5.9% compared to 6.6%), but there are hospitalization for the disease with larger complications for the national average.
If not diagnosed, diagnosed lately or not appropriately treated, diabetes can give rise to cardiovascular complications (23% can incur at least one cardiovascular event in their lives and 22% are suffering from heart failure with a risk from 2 to 4 times higher than developing it compared to non -Diabetic) and kidney, one of the most impactful complications, which can potentialy bring to bring to dialysis. That is why it is important to identify and treat patients in the most timely and effective way.
“Type 2 diabetes has an extremely high economic and social impact: in Italy there are around 4 million diagnosed patients, which is added of more than a million people who are not aware of their condition and another 4 million run the risk of developing it,” DR notes. Federico Bertuzzi, director of complex Diabetology structure of the Niguarda hospital in Milan. «However, if it is not diagnosed quickly and sufficiently, this can lead to a progression of the disease and an increased risk of complications. Type 2 Diabetes in fact presents a high prevalence of heart failure and chronic kidney disease, disorders associated with a high cardiovascular risk and mortality. For this reason, it is essential to keep attention high on pathology and their management. “
The campaign is intended to inform the public about the current strategies for the management of Diabetes Mellitus type 2, which are not limited to the care for the defined disease, but are intended to prevent complications that prefer the training of patients and the active involvement of the caregiver.
“We welcome initiatives such as ready diabetes, which offer a fundamental opportunity to spread a greater awareness of pathology, to promote the right information and offer patients concrete support to patients,” says Eng. Stefano Nervo, president of Diabete Italia. Type 2 Diabetes is in fact often related to an underestimation of a person’s condition by those affected by it, which increases the risk of deterioration of the disease and the development of cardiovascular and kidney complications increases an increase in the quality of the quality of patients. Projects of this type can support the patient in a concrete way, help him control and manage his pathology in a more effective way and prevent the worsening of his consequences “
Multidisciplinary and integrated management, involving doctors, specialists, community pharmacies and patient associations, is essential to improve disease management and to guarantee better quality of life for patients.
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