Tuesday 26 February 2019

Record numbers living with diabetes in UK with 4.7 million at risk of amputations and blindness, charity warns

Record numbers living with diabetes in UK with 4.7 million at risk of amputations and blindness, charity warns A record 4.7 million people in the UK are living with diabetes, and nearly a million are undiagnosed and unknowingly at risk of foot amputations and losing their vision, charities have warned.

The number of people diagnosed with some form of the condition rose by 6.8 per cent across the UK last year, to more than 3.8 million adults in total, the latest figures from Diabetes UK reveal. Another 900,000 are unaware they have the condition. The Independent

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