November 14 is World Diabetes Day. Up to 800,000 Austrians suffer from the widespread disease, most of them from type 2 diabetes – previously known as ‘adult diabetes’. But the term is misleading because more and more young people are affected by it. But they don’t even know their risk.
Experts describe diabetes as a widespread disease that is still underestimated. Up to 800,000 people in Austria are living with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus – and the trend is rising. While type 1 diabetes – caused by damage to the pancreas – often occurs in childhood and adolescence and cannot yet be prevented, type 2 diabetes, which is much more common, has long been considered solely a disease of old age and is also common. is considered adult-onset diabetes.
Source: Krone
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