Cairo (INA) – A scientific study of students of the Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University in Egypt confirmed that 14.11% of Egypt's population suffers from diabetes, or nearly twenty million Egyptian citizens, stressing that the most common factors causing the disease are obesity, genetic influence, high blood pressure and increased age. The study revealed that 75.09% of people with diabetes suffer from disorders of the digestive system, 70.23% suffer from inflammation of the peripheral nerves, 62.09% suffer from eye problems, and 19.93% suffer from kidney problems. The study also revealed that the periodic follow-up of the level of diabetes in the blood amounted to only 38.99%, and only 10.06% of patients follow up with the attending physician regularly. The student, Ahmed Sabry Al-Hamouli, leader of the research team, explained that the study was carried out by selecting a random sample of 5832 individuals from Cairo as a representative of the cities and from Menoufia as a representative of the rural governorates, between the ages of 20-79 years. Weight, height and waist size. The research team revealed the details of the study at the ninth international conference of the Arab Society of Diabetes and Metabolism, held under the auspices of the League of Arab States and the International Federation of Diabetes, in the presence of Sir Michael Hirst, President of the International Federation of Diabetes. (I finish)
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