Open AccessScreening for diabetes among tuberculosis patients registered under revised national tuberculosis control program, Bhopal, India
Author(s) -
Vivek Nagar,
Priyanka Prasad,
Devendra Gour,
Akash Ranjan Singh,
D. K. Pal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Danish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_14_18
Subject(s) - medicine , prediabetes , tuberculosis , diabetes mellitus , incidence (geometry) , public health , tuberculosis control , environmental health , pediatrics , type 2 diabetes , optics , endocrinology , physics , nursing , pathology
Tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) remain a global public health problem. India has the largest number of TB cases; in 2015, out of total global annual incidence of 9.6 million TB cases, 2.2 million were estimated from India. There are 62.4 million people with type 2 diabetes and 77 million people with prediabetes in India, and these numbers are projected to increase to 101 million by the year 2030. Diabetes and TB affect each other at many levels. Screening for diabetes in patients with TB will not only help in early case detection but also better management of both comorbidities.