Three minutes to walk you through thousands of years of “A Brief History of Diabetes”

Milk tea, cake, ice cream, high sugar, dangerous!

Prick your finger, measure blood sugar, and do it every day! wanna die!

Myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, sugar net, sugar foot, sugar kidney, there are countless complications!

This is diabetes!

As the most reliable medical storyteller in the universe, Shen Du Jun will take a good look at the disease of diabetes today!

ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?

What is diabetes?

The book states that diabetes is a group of diseases caused byabsolute or relative insufficiency of insulin secretion and/or dysfunction of insulin utilization , caused by carbohydrate, protein, fatmetabolic disorders, withHyperglycemia is the main marker.

My dear friends, why don’t you cover the book and read it with your sharp teeth and read it in a second to talk about Gu Xiaosheng. Tell us about the history of diabetes.

Around 1500 BC, ancient Egyptian physicians noticed a “polyuria“, possibly the earliest description of diabetes.

The camera goes back to China

In the Yin and Shang era, the oracle bone inscriptions have “diarrhea” “The record is very similar to diabetes.

The medical book “Huangdi Neijing” in the pre-Qin period also records: “…its qi overflows and turns into thirst…”, which is very consistent with the symptoms of diabetes.

Since then, medical scientists of all dynasties have expressed concern about “< strong>Xiao Ke Disease” and provides a clear diagnosis and treatment.

For example, Zhang Zhongjing’s Synopsis of the Golden Chamber: Diabetes, Chao Yuanfang’s Theory of the Origin of Diabetes: Diagnosis of Diseases, Sun Simiao’s Prescription of Qianjin· Thirst, etc.

It can be seen that diabetes has a long history!

The camera comes to modern times

In the 17th century, British physicianThomas Willis first mentioned that urine is sweet as honey, and attracted attention . Hence the name for this millennia-old disease—diabetes.

In 1889, medical scientists discovered that dogs suffered from a developed diabetes and realized that diabetes is related to the pancreas.

1921, Canadian PhysicianBantingand Physiologist< strong>Bestsuccessfully extractedinsulin, confirming the magic Hormones can lower blood sugar.

After 6 months, insulinbegin to be used clinically, rescue and prolong the the lives of countless patients.

People pay tribute to BantingDr. His Birthday November 14 , as World Diabetes Day.

Are there many people with diabetes now?

Data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in 2017 shows that there are about 426 million adults with diabetes worldwide, and it is estimated that by 2045, the number of diabetic patients may reach 629 million .

According to statistics, in 2017, the number of diabetic patients in the population of 20-79 years old was about There are 114 million, ranking first in the world.

The latest data in 2020 show that the prevalence of diabetes among Chinese aged 18 and over The rate was 12.8%.

In other words, one in ten adults in our country will have diabetes.

Diabetes has a high incidence rate.

Knock on the blackboard:

The incidence of diabetes is high, but the proportion of people who receive scientific treatment is not so high.

Diabetes in my countrydiagnosis rateonly 30%~40%.

The most pitiful thing is that the early symptoms of diabetes are not obvious. Many people go to check after complications occur, and the condition is delayed like this.

Deep reading Jun’s suggestion, the following people should be screened for diabetes regularlyYo!

1. People over 40 years old;

2. Obese people;

3. People with cardiovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension;

4. People with family history of diabetes.

Listen to Mr. Shen Du, be careful to be attacked by the devil of diabetes!

diabeteshigh incidence, strong occult, and great harm, belonging to the A chronic disease that is hated.

Deep Reading Jun, as the first person in disease science, must stand up and talk about diabetes systematically and scientifically.

How do you get diabetes? What is the disease process like? What are the symptoms of diabetes? Will it kill people?

Deep Reader will explain everything about diabetes for you thoroughly and clearly, see you in the next episode!

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