Diabetes Risk Screening

Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high.

According to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority :

According to statistics, there are more than 410 million people suffer from diabetes mellitus around the world. It is expected that the number will rise to 640 million in 2040. Currently, there are some 700,000 people with diabetes mellitus in Hong Kong, representing 10% of the total population, which means that in every 10 people in Hong Kong, there is one people with diabetes mellitus. And the number is increasing sharply. The prevalence ranges from 2% in people aged less than 35 years to more than 20% in those older than 65 years.

According to the WHO: 

• Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation.
• In 2016, an estimated 1.6 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes. Another 2.2 million deaths were attributable to high blood glucose in 2012.

Early Stage symptoms :

• frequent thirst
• frequent urination
• frequent hunger
• weight loss
• fatigue
• blurred vision
• poor wound healing
• itching skin, women may feel itchy in private parts

Some patients may not have any of the symptoms above, thus regular body check is recommended to avoid delayed medication.

Click on “Check-Up Items” for details.

High-risk groups :

• whose immediate family member suffers from diabetes mellitus;
•  who suffers from hypertension or hyperlipidemia (excessively high level of lipids in blood);
• women who has history of gestational diabetes mellitus (a type of diabetes mellitus that occurs only during pregnancy) or gave birth to overweighted baby (weighting 4 kg or above);
• who is obese (with BMI over 23);
• who is in the middle age (aged 45 or above)

Sources: WHO / Hospital Authority

Booking Procedure

For more details on the program, please click check-up item.