group 65 years

A consultant endocrinologist and director of the Diabetes Center at Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Hospital in Riyadh, Dr. Eman Bint Abdul Rahman Shshah, revealed that the rate of people with diabetes in the Kingdom increased from 5% in 1985 to 24% in 2014, according to scientific field studies and official statistics. Noting that the percentage reached 50% for the age group 65 years and over.

Dr. Shishah stressed in an awareness lecture she gave yesterday at the center of the center in the framework of awareness and educational activities and activities of the National Diabetes Awareness Program "Diabetes Sehsahlh" "launched by the program for a number of specialists and patients on the importance of the diabetes control program at home, through measuring blood sugar from one to three times On the day, by the patient and writing the results to be presented to the doctor in order to obtain the appropriate medical advice in addition to eating the right foods, exercising and monitoring the blood sugar level while adhering to taking the medications prescribed for him.

She explained that the National Diabetes Awareness Program aims to reduce the number of patients who need to sleep in hospitals and raise health awareness has and control the proportion of sugar with a change in treatment if the patient''s condition calls for that, and she said that the diabetic should learn from the diabetes specialist the correct way to measure blood sugar He has, and knows the appropriate times for him to measure blood sugar every day, and also learn from him how to change the medications he takes and the diet that he follows and the exercise program he exercises to control his blood sugar.

Dr. Shusha reviewed the symptoms of the high and sharp decline in blood sugar levels, in addition to methods of prevention, conservation and coexistence with the disease, and the program targets health practitioners who deal with diabetics, and the campaign included an introductory lecture on dealing with diabetes for a number of patients presented by Dr. Iman Shesha (Director The Sugar Center at Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Hospital), an awareness lecture in this regard, which was held during it

Submit blood glucose meters to the audience.