Diabetes a bane on Barbados
By George Alleyne
As Barbados approaches
another World Diabetes Day on
Nov. 17 the island is struggling
to come to grips with
this scourge that afflicts more
than one-fifth of its population
— and those are the known
cases.
The International Diabetes
Federation (IDF) states that as
of 2017 some 425 million people
on this planet are struck
with diabetes, equating to a
world average of one in 11 persons,
but the prevalence rate in
Barbados of one in five persons
places this island way above the
world average.
This above average fact for
the disease caused Diabetes
Association of Barbados President,
Trudy Griffith, to observe,
“within our daily lives we interact
with persons with whom
we have a biological connection,
and in our workplaces,
our communities and social
settings … we probably interact
with multiple persons who
are living with diabetes.”
A Barbados ‘Health of the
Nation’ study in 2015 showed
that 19 per cent of persons
aged 25 and older have diabetes.
That almost one-in-five
ratio worsens when those over
65 years old are examined separately
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because the affliction
percentage in that age grouping
is 46 per cent, meaning
almost half of the nation’s elderly
population has diabetes.
Figures from that study -
which must be considered dated
in light of the rapid growth of
this affliction in Barbados —
show that the number of persons
with pre-diabetes, conditions
in the body that set them
on course to diabetes if habits
are not changed, is at 14.6 per
cent of the population.
There is a strong likelihood
that a large percentage of those
at the pre-diabetic stage have
gone over to becoming fullblown
diabetics.
This means that the overall
odds of encountering someone
over 25 years with diabetes
during a stroll in downtown
Bridgetown are more than onein
five.
The theme for World Diabetes
Day is ‘The Family and Diabetes
… Protect the Family.’
“Diabetes affects everyone,
and the fundamental societal
unit bears the brunt of the disease,
the family,” Griffith said
in the days leading to the World
Diabetes Day observance.
“We have a responsibility to
our families in whatever setting
to ensure that they are
living well. Uncontrolled diabetes
is the cause of all the complications
we fear and desire
to avoid, which are stroke,
heart attack, poor oral health,
impaired circulation to the
feet, amputations and renal
disease,” she said.
Diabetes is also a leading
cause of blindness and early
death
Stressing the importance of
family support Griffith, a pharmacist,
pointed out that living
with diabetes can be difficult,
especially when it is discovered
late or uncontrolled for long
periods, and persons can develop
complications that cause a
burden on the family.
Barbados medical experts
have noted that complications
from diabetes cover a wide
swath of issues including direct
medical care, frequent illness
of those affected and their inability
to work, along with the
time spent by loved ones caring
for such persons.
A 2015 study of Latin America
and the Caribbean showed
a total cost of complications
from diabetes to be in the range
of $16 to 26 Billion.
Barbados’ share of that
annual expense is somewhere
between $73 and $92 million.
“Diabetes concerns every
family in every setting, and
we need to now, more than
ever seek to address this threat
against the family.”
Diabetes Association of Barbados President, Trudy Griffi th.
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