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Diabetes in the pensioners.

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steveis36

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Hi all
I just heard on the radio that diabetes has rocketed
And I wondered, do you think that the increase has been in pensioners?
As my mum‘s friend has been diagnosed with diabetes and her friend has been diagnosed with diabetes and there’s nothing about them. They are very slim and active but one thing I did think is it possible that they haven’t got the muscle to suck out the glucose?

It’s just a passing thought

Thanks
 
I have a thought too , firstly as a T1 I admire T2 diabetics , for me I eat what I want I just adjust my insulin to suit I think it’s much harder for T 2s to control I don’t think I could manage it that well , my theory ( and I don’t want to stand on anyone’s toes ) as we get older certain parts of our bodies don’t work as efficiently , but like the engine on an old car ,
so maybe just maybe the same could happen to pensioners ( being a pensioner myself some parts of my body are certainly needing an MOT and replacement ) it’s only a theory
 
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Art Of Flowers said:
See https://assets.publishing.service.g...30269c82d/Diabetesprevalencemodelbriefing.pdf

Percentage of people with diabetes in the UK rises from 9% aged 45-54 to 16.9% aged 65-74 to 23.8% aged 75+
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Thank you for sharing this report. The details are very interesting.
Unfortunately, I do not think it addresses the question.
The numbers include diagnosed and undiagnosed and it is about the prevalence rather than number of people diagnosed at different ages. Unless they die beforehand, someone diagnosed with Type 1 as a teenager (for example), will still have it when they are 45, 65. 75.

Do you know of any papers that discuss the age of diagnosis?
I saw something along these lines for diagnosis of Type 1 about 10 years ago but have not read anything about all types of diabetes.
 
I would say it's got to be an age thing , the older we get some of our parts are going to wear out , the better we treat them the longer they are going to last but you try telling that to a youngster , I was the same , we think we will last forever .
 
My blood sugars were perfectly fine, in fact they were always in the low 5’s . My partner and I tested regularly, at least 20 years prior to me being diagnosed. We did it just because we had access to a meter. My partner would test because their blood sugars were always border line, but still no diabetes to date. We are both thin and toned and very fit. No excess fat on either of us. My raised blood sugars came out of the blue. Perfectly fine in the early Spring of 2019 then 6 months later, raised blood sugars and very unstable. They went up and they have not come down since. I’m 63 now.

Not every pensioner becomes diabetic. The majority of overweight and obese folk do not become diabetic. It begs the question what’s with this rise, old age isn’t a new thing. I will concede that obesity has become a world wide problem, but most obese people do not become diabetic.
 
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