Review Article
Year: 2019 | Month: April-June | Volume: 4 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 64-75
The Facts About Diabetes Mellitus-A Review
Latha Sh1, Vijayakumar R2
1Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India..
2Professor, Department of Physiology, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.
Corresponding Author: Latha S
ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus is a growing health problem in the world that causes severe morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of diabetes was rising day by day. The facts about the diabetes mellitus, its prevalence, morbidity, and mortality were published in many statistical reports. It is unfortunate that there is the unavailability of a recent compilation of the diabetes-related evidence in one article. The main aim of the present review is to compile the reports related to diabetes and their prevalence in India as well as in the world. This review includes the contents which briefly explain the facts related to the development of diabetes, history of diabetes, burden of diabetes in the world as well as in India, complications of diabetes, its treatment and the alternative remedies. The relevant pieces of evidence were obtained from many currently available articles and statistical reports. This review will be useful for new researchers in the field of diabetes.
Key words: Diabetes mellitus, mortality, morbidity.