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Diabetes: The Role of

Pharmacist in Overcoming

this Issue

Arpana Khanal

Batch 2018

The word ‘Diabetes’ is being familiar

to us. Nowadays all age group,
throughout the globe are suffering

from this disease.

What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic parents have type 1 diabetes, the

disease characterized by elevated risk is even higher); genetic (Having

levels of blood glucose (or blood specific genes may increase the risk

sugar), which leads over time to of type 1 diabetes) and environment.
serious damage to the heart, blood It usually develops in younger adults

vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. and children.

Generally there are two types: Risk factor for type 2 diabetes are
Type 1 diabetes & Type 2 diabetes. overweight/obesity, family history of

Type 2 diabetes is the most common, diabetes, tobacco use, excess alcohol

usually in adults, which occurs when intake, prior history of gestational
the body becomes resistant to insulin diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance

or doesn’t make enough insulin. and physical inactivity along with the

Type 1 diabetes, once known above mentioned risk factor of type 1
as juvenile diabetes or insulin- diabetes.

dependent diabetes, is a chronic Risk factors for gestational diabetes

condition in which the pancreas are much the same as other kinds of

produces little or no insulin by itself. diabetes such as hereditary, unhealthy
Gestational diabetes is the type diet, obesity, etc.

of diabetes that is first recognized According to the WHO, there is no

during pregnancy. Gestational exact data of patients with diabetes
diabetes resolves after the birth of the in my country Nepal. But, the 2016

baby. Diabetes Profile has shown that 9.1

Risk factor for type 1 diabetes, while percent Nepali population are living

not known, may be diverse such as with diabetes. It includes 10.5 percent
autoimmune; hereditary (If both men and 7.9 percent women. 9