The Deputy Director, Medical Services of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Campus, Dr.Emmanuel Umenweke, has urged people living with diabetes to frequently visit their doctors with a view to crosschecking their status as well as checking for other illness that may complicate their medical conditions.
Dr.Umenweke in a press statement on this year’s World Diabetes Day, explained that such checks are imperative to update their diabetes status which must be accompanied with their regular drugs intake.
The medical expert urged that efforts should be made by people from 30 years and above to go for blood sugar tests to ascertain their sugar levels.
According to him, behavior modifications such as avoidance of alcohol intake, cigarette smoking etc should be adopted.
He called on people who are obese to reduce their weights to reduce their chances of developing the ailment.
Dr. Umenweke also advised people who live sedentary lifestyles to exercise regularly to keep fit.
The medical expert who is the Awka Zonal Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, used the forum to felicitate with the governor- elect of Anambra state, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, and his deputy, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, on their electoral victory, trusting that the duo will enhance the medical sector when they eventually come on board.
