It is estimated that more than 1.5 million Spaniards suffers from Diabetes Mellitus or still does not know.

-Clinical London held a day of open door of their clinics offering free of charge, to anyone want you, an analytics to detect when

Spain, November 2011- 8.1 per cent of the age of 18 Spanish suffers from Diabetes Mellitus, which is more than three million people affected, according to the study di@betes.es. But what is even more striking and worrying is that there is another 3.9% of the population who still does not know that it suffers from this disease, a total of 3.111.641 people.

La Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disorder that manifests itself by glucose in the blood (blood sugar) levels beyond the normal limits. The cause is an anomaly in the production or the functioning of insulin by the pancreas. If it is not properly, these levels reach too high values, giving rise to acute or chronic complications of Diabetes ” explains Elena de la Fuente, clinical nutritionist, London.

When there is no insulin (Diabetes Mellitus type I) or the production system is not working properly (Diabetes Mellitus type II), the sugar does not pass blood to vital organs and its function is poor. Some symptoms that can lead to suspicion of a Diabetes undiagnosed are the polyphagia, polydipsia and polyuria. Found that those affected and who still have no diagnosis they eat more food because glucose does not fit well into the cell and more hungry (polyphagia), drink plenty of water because their blood glucose concentration is high and this results in thirst (polydipsia) and urinate much by the large amount of liquid ingested (polyuria) ” explains Dr. Eduardo Morejón, head of the unit of obesity and nutrition clinic London.

Cardiovascular Risk

A sick untreated runs a significant risk of some form of cardiovascular disease as well as having a systemic vascular impairment causing lesions in multiple tissues, with particularly significant harm in the small vessels of the retina, kidneys and the peripheral nerves – continues Dr. Morejón-. This is one of the leading causes of blindness, amputations and terminal kidney disease ”.

Weight loss is a significant health improvement

In this sense clinic London specialists explain that the onset of Diabetes tends to be associated with overweight and obesity, so monitor weight and follow appropriate nutritional guidelines will make you lose weight but also it will positively affect health. For example, a study carried out among more than 360 patients who have lost weight made multidisciplinary nutritional programmes confirms that they also have significantly improved their health. Thus 85% improve or cure your blood sugar levels, more than 90% improve his high blood pressure or cease to be hypertensive, and 80% removes their respiratory problems such as the sleep apnea

For all these reasons clinic London yesterday offered free analytics all over 18 who came to their clinics.

Clinic London has 13 centres in Spain, more than 10 years of experience and belongs to the Bavaria group. It was the first clinic European in getting the certificate of quality ISO 9001-2000.