STUDY ESTABLISHES THAT BIABETIC PEOPLE CAN LIVE LONGER.

This is a good news for diabetic people. The news is that diabetic people are living for more than 40,50,60 years after having diagnosed with diabetes.It is true that diabetes affects the lifespan of an individual.A few studies have established that the diabetic patient live 8-10 years less.
But the longevity of people with diabetes is also, now, has come to be known.As Dr.Mohan says it is due to the lifestyle and meticulous control of diabetes.  Studies are going on to know whether any protective gene is responsible for this.

 The other findings are

About 25 percent of people who have lived for more than 40 years with diabetes had no complications about heart,kidneys,foot or eye.They have had a fairly good quality of life.
Even children detected with type1 diabetes  as young as three years old are living as grandfathers and have had children also.
Patients with type 2 diabetes are still living even after 40 years on tablets , not depending on insulin as believed to be the only way out.
Further the doctors says that the key for their longevity is the way they had been with their treatment, irrespective of the kind of treatment.They had followed to the last word of their doctor's treatment advice.The pattern , in all the above patients,seams to be regular exercise,correct recommended diet,blood sugar tests,and maintaining their AIC level to 7.
 

Patients should take their diabetic condition seriously from the very beginning and keep the blood sugar under control. If they do so their life will be a healthy one.