Get To Know The Risk Of Diabetes With Prediabetes Counting Understanding

JAKARTA - The commemoration of World Diabetes Day falls on November 14 every year. This year, the commemoration is carried out by carrying the theme Know Your Risk, Know Your Response to remind the public of the importance of screening, especially for people who experience prediabetics and have diabetes-derived factors.

Internal medicine specialist from the Association of Indonesian Internal Medicine Specialists (PAPDI) dr. M. Ikhsan Mokoagow, M.Med.Sci, Sp.PD., Subsp. EMD, FINASIM recommends the public to periodically check blood sugar levels to recognize and avoid prediabetics.

"People whose blood sugar levels have not reached the threshold value of diabetes, but, they are already above the normal threshold, so they are said to have experienced prediabetics," said Ikhsan as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 14.

A person who does not get calorie intake for eight hours normally has blood sugar levels below 100. If blood sugar levels are the same as or above 126, it means they have diabetes.

So, people who have blood sugar levels are the same as or more than one hundred, but, below 126, it is said to have prediabetes. However, the metabolic and diabetes endocrinological subspecialist says that in general people who experience prediabetics do not have symptoms so they often do not realize these conditions.

He also advises people who are at risk of developing diabetes, such as children with diabetic parents or people with excess weight, to screen and check their blood sugar levels regularly every six months to once a year. In addition to controlling blood sugar levels from an early age, appropriate screening is also important to prevent complications that may arise from diabetes.

"In addition, they must also carry out a good diet and carry out adequate sports activities in order to maintain their ideal body weight," said Ikhsan.

Quoting the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Ikhsan stated that Indonesia's ranking with the highest number of diabetes or diabetes sufferers in the world increased from 7th in 2019 to 5th in 2021.

"This is probably because we are now doing better screening, so that many people are diagnosed with diabetes earlier. Even so, this shows that diabetes is a real problem," he said.