Early Detection & Appropriate Treatment for Diabetes

BioScan touch i8 regular screening, early detection and appropriate treatment of chronic complications can help reduce Diabetes morbidity and mortality.

There are two main types of diabetes, type I and II. Type I generally affecting younger age group and is the most severe of the two in which the patient becomes dependent on insulin. Type II is non-insulin dependent. In this population the insulin is produced but not enough to meet the demand especially when the person is overweight.

Understanding the importance of assessing Body Composition in diabetic patients can help patient outcome.

Diabetes patients are at increased risk of renal impairment. Chronic kidney disease may predict cardiovascular disease in the general population. Sarcopenia in diabetes patients occurs much earlier than expected.

Some characteristic changes on Body Composition depending on the type of Diabetes:

• Higher Bone Mass and Mineral density
• Malnutrition
• Changes in Body Composition

What has been noticed with the introduction of insulin therapy Body Weight, Fat Mass and Fat Free Mass increases. Bone Mineral loss and osteoporosis occurs in diabetes person. The Body Composition of type II diabetes person is different. They tend to be overweight or obese in some cases with higher than average abdominal fat compared to patients with type I diabetes.

Its estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes in 2012.

Another 2.2 million deaths were attributable to high blood glucose.

Type II diabetes person will have a higher Bone Mass and Bone mineral density. Diabetic patients are already at risk of poor healing and have poor health outcomes due to the complications of the disease. Malnutrition is often unrecognised and untreated in this group of people as little is known about the effects of Malnutrition in diabetic patients.

Malnutrition is a deficiency or excess (imbalance) of energy, protein and other nutrients which causes adverse effects on Body Composition and clinical outcome. Malnutrition predisposes patients to disease, delays recovery from illness, and adversely affects body function, wellbeing and clinical outcome.