Health, Mexico Maternal Diabetes
From: Secretary of Health, Mexico Maternal Health, Gestational Diabetes
Introduction:
Diabetes has become the number one killer in Mexico in the last decade and a half; 14% of all deaths in our country can be attributed to this disorder. Gestational diabetes can be linked to up to one third of those deaths. Gestational diabetes especially impacts those in low-income or rural areas, who lack the access to basic technology like glucometers necessary to diagnose altered blood glucose levels. Older, overweight, hypertensive, diabetic women of color are the most prone to developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy and put themselves at risk for Type 2 diabetes later on in life as well as impaired cognitive abilities for themselves and …show more content…
Mexico has the third most prominent rate of diabetes of any country in the world, and around a quarter of the patients in the world living with the disorder are in Mexico., Diabetes is a chronic disease where the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. 14% of all deaths in Mexico are attributed to this disorder, and it is believed that, for some age groups, gestational diabetes could be linked to a third of all cases., Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes mellitus, along with Type 1 and Type 2, that occurs in pregnant females. In 1988, as many as 4.3% of pregnant women in Mexico had gestational diabetes; by 2012, that number had risen 12.9%., Diabetes is linked to weight gain, and as Mexican citizens maintain their unhealthy lifestyles, diabetes rates, especially Type 2 and gestational, will continue to rise. The current lifestyles our citizens are living has accelerated diabetes in overtaking heart disease to become the leading cause of death in Mexico since the year 2000.4 If this obesity trend continues, studies estimate that the number of diabetics in Mexico in 2010 will almost triple by the year …show more content…
These increasing rates have been preceded by the eating habits of an increasingly unhealthy Mexican population, and contribute to more long-term diabetic disorders and decreased cognitive ability in both the mother and the child. Having gestational diabetes during a pregnancy can increase a woman’s odds of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life by over 70%. This progression from a nine-month illness to a lifelong chronic disorder drastically reduces a person’s likelihood of adhering to treatment. Poor treatment of diabetes can lead to debilitating outcomes including nerve damage, eye damage, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage, Alzheimer’s disease, and limb amputation. These encumbering sequelae are the primary reason that diabetes contributed to almost 800,000 DALYs in Mexico in 2005, more than any other condition. Diabetes-related conditions are highly cumbersome disabilities, and often remove people from the workforce and diminish their ability to contribute to Mexico’s growing economy. Untreated gestational diabetes has also been proven to reduce the mother cognitive abilities by up to three points on an exam and significantly reduce an infant’s mental and psychomotor development., The sequestering of intellectual capacity by gestational diabetes limits people from living up to their potential and helping the country of
Introduction:
Diabetes has become the number one killer in Mexico in the last decade and a half; 14% of all deaths in our country can be attributed to this disorder. Gestational diabetes can be linked to up to one third of those deaths. Gestational diabetes especially impacts those in low-income or rural areas, who lack the access to basic technology like glucometers necessary to diagnose altered blood glucose levels. Older, overweight, hypertensive, diabetic women of color are the most prone to developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy and put themselves at risk for Type 2 diabetes later on in life as well as impaired cognitive abilities for themselves and …show more content…
Mexico has the third most prominent rate of diabetes of any country in the world, and around a quarter of the patients in the world living with the disorder are in Mexico., Diabetes is a chronic disease where the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. 14% of all deaths in Mexico are attributed to this disorder, and it is believed that, for some age groups, gestational diabetes could be linked to a third of all cases., Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes mellitus, along with Type 1 and Type 2, that occurs in pregnant females. In 1988, as many as 4.3% of pregnant women in Mexico had gestational diabetes; by 2012, that number had risen 12.9%., Diabetes is linked to weight gain, and as Mexican citizens maintain their unhealthy lifestyles, diabetes rates, especially Type 2 and gestational, will continue to rise. The current lifestyles our citizens are living has accelerated diabetes in overtaking heart disease to become the leading cause of death in Mexico since the year 2000.4 If this obesity trend continues, studies estimate that the number of diabetics in Mexico in 2010 will almost triple by the year …show more content…
These increasing rates have been preceded by the eating habits of an increasingly unhealthy Mexican population, and contribute to more long-term diabetic disorders and decreased cognitive ability in both the mother and the child. Having gestational diabetes during a pregnancy can increase a woman’s odds of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life by over 70%. This progression from a nine-month illness to a lifelong chronic disorder drastically reduces a person’s likelihood of adhering to treatment. Poor treatment of diabetes can lead to debilitating outcomes including nerve damage, eye damage, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage, Alzheimer’s disease, and limb amputation. These encumbering sequelae are the primary reason that diabetes contributed to almost 800,000 DALYs in Mexico in 2005, more than any other condition. Diabetes-related conditions are highly cumbersome disabilities, and often remove people from the workforce and diminish their ability to contribute to Mexico’s growing economy. Untreated gestational diabetes has also been proven to reduce the mother cognitive abilities by up to three points on an exam and significantly reduce an infant’s mental and psychomotor development., The sequestering of intellectual capacity by gestational diabetes limits people from living up to their potential and helping the country of