If you are from a family with diabetes, it is advisable to do regular blood tests. Photo Illustration: pixabay
jpnn.com, JAKARTA – Are you from a family who has a history of contracting diabetes?
If so, then you need to have more frequent blood tests for early detection.
Early detection is important because you are classified as more at risk than most other people.
“If the risk is higher (for example, there is a family history factor), immediately screen, check blood sugar,” said an internal medicine expert who had served as Executive Board Member, International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Western Pacific Region, Prof. Dr. dr. Sid journalist Soegondo, during the Virtual Diabetasol Media Briefing – World Diabetes Day 2020, Tuesday.
Apart from family history, a person’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes can increase if he has pancreatic disease and several infections. Meanwhile, for type 2, there are also lifestyle factors that lead to obesity, lazy exercise (less than three times a week) and insulin resistance.
President of the Indonesian Diabetes Association (PB PERSADIA) Dr. dr. Sony Wibisono said, checking blood sugar can be done once a year (for example when he is 40 years old), as well as conducting a comprehensive medical examination (MCU) which includes cholesterol, triglycerides.
“If everything is still normal, check it not every year, maybe 2-3 years. But if there are moderate or severe risk factors, not a year, it can be more closely held, for example every 6 months or 3 months,” he said. said the experience of someone having been born with a weight of more than 4 kg can also be a consideration for him to immediately do a blood sugar check.
In general, there are two types of blood sugar checks, using a finger prick monitoring device or a continuous glucose monitor, for example a glucometer to measure blood sugar and an HbA1c test conducted by a doctor to describe a person’s average blood sugar level over the past three months.
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