By Alloycious David
The Liberia Diabetes Center has released a scaring statistics that threatens the country's population.
The center
disclosed that three million Liberians are diabetics or pre-diabetics.
Liberia has a population of over four million people.
Pre-diabetes is a
condition that comes before diabetes. It means your blood glucose levels
are higher than normal but not high enough to be call diabetes.
Diabetes can lead to other serious health problems like heart disease and stroke, kidney problems, nerve damage and blindness.
Frequent urination, being very thirsty, Tingling, pain, or numbness in the hands or blurry vision are symptoms of diabetes.
Liberia Diabetes
Center Chief Executive Officers (CEO) James Momoh, said the numbers are
staggering and called on Liberians to visit the center, situated on
Front Street for free testing.
According to him, 500 persons who recently visited the center were tested positive for diabetes.
"This is very
serious. Every five persons tested here are diabetics. People need to
pay attention and know their blood level," he said.
Mr. Momoh indicated
that diabetes is on the raise and said when people know their status
they are better positioned to control their blood level.
He said diabetes has no boundary and noted that the best way to control the disease is to know your status.
Momoh disclosed
that the Liberia Diabetes Center, which is not a clinic, also helps
people to know their weight because it is associated with diabetes.
"Individuals, who
were losing their sights and manhood are now recovering due to free
vitamins being provided them by the Liberia Diabetes Center," Momoh
disclosed.
Momoh, who just
returned from the United States of America, said the center is at the
verge of entering an agreement with an international group to provide
free medication for individuals who would be tested positive for
diabetes.
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