Gupta PC, Duggal M, Morya AK. Diabetes is affecting everyone everywhere. World J Diabetes 2024; 15(2): 305-307 [PMID: 38464374 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v15.i2.305]
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Arvind Kumar Morya, MBBS, MNAMS, MS, Additional Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibi Nagar, Hyderabad 508126, Telangana, India. bulbul.morya@gmail.com
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
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Parul Chawla Gupta, Department of Ophthalmology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh 160012, Punjab, India
Mona Duggal, School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160002, Punjab, India
Arvind Kumar Morya, Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad 508126, Telangana, India
Co-first authors: Parul Chawla Gupta and Mona Duggal.
Author contributions: Morya AK designed and formulated the study; Gupta PC and Duggal M did research and wrote the paper; Morya AK did the editing of the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Arvind Kumar Morya, MBBS, MNAMS, MS, Additional Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibi Nagar, Hyderabad 508126, Telangana, India. bulbul.morya@gmail.com
Received: October 23, 2023 Peer-review started: October 23, 2023 First decision: November 30, 2023 Revised: December 8, 2023 Accepted: January 12, 2024 Article in press: January 12, 2024 Published online: February 15, 2024 Processing time: 104 Days and 3.1 Hours
Abstract
The article titled “Accessibility and Utilization of Healthcare Services Among Diabetic Patients: Is Diabetes a Poor Man’s Ailment?” gave insights into a pandemic systemic disease known as diabetes mellitus. This modern-era pandemic affects everyone, regardless of their financial background. As a result, diabetes is not a systemic disease which just involves people of low socioeconomic status.
Core Tip: Diabetes is fast becoming a chronic debilitating disease due to poor glycemic control by the patients. We have done a short research on the incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus and found that it is equally affecting the developed as well as developing countries. This metabolic disorder affects many organs of the body like kidney, eye, heart, liver, brain and skin.