'Silent Killer'

Dr Muhammed Farood Khan convenes the session on diabetes

“Why is diabetes known as the silent killer?” Dr Muhammed Farooq Khan posed the question this morning at the beginning of his talk on the most common, yet underestimated life-threatening condition afflicting humankind today.
Of the seven replies he received, perhaps the wittiest and most matter-of-fact reply came from his wife, Banoo Apa: “Because diabetes does not make any noise. I know many people suffering from diabetes but honestly, I have not heard its sound!”
Jesting apart, Banoo Apa was not far from the truth because most of us are not even aware of the advent of diabetes or the fact we could be living with it. As Dr Farooq put it: “Whether it is blurred vision, weakness, disorientation, heart stroke or the collapse of some other vital organ, all of this can be traced to diabetes. And yet, we take it lightly. We better be mortally afraid

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of diabetes.”
Explaining the different types of diabetes, Dr Farooq pointed out that the symptoms are easy to detect, but there is no cure. “Please remember that diabetes is not a disease,

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it is a condition,” he underlined. “If you are overweight or should diabetes be running in the family, you need to worry. That apart, there are lifestyle factors like not exercising or walking enough, gorging on junk food, etc. we need to take care of.”
Elaborating on how the body requires food to draw its energy and the role of insulin produced by our pancreas in this regard, the good doc pointed out that even the sugar we consume these days is routinely contaminated by as many as 32 chemicals: “All of this gets into our bloodstream and impairs the functioning of the pancreas. Eventually we land up with diabetes.”
The talk is to be continued over the next two sessions with Dr Farooq taking up questions from the audience in the end.
Dilip Babani:.
Today Dr Farooq-ji gave useful information on diabetes to all members of Big Laaf. He explained in detail about diabetes. Thanks a lot, Dr Farooq-ji.
Yusuf Rassiwala:
Farookh-sa'ab, your talk today on diabetes was excellent and very informative. We would like you to elaborate in detail the prevention and safety measures to be taken to control diabetes in your next session, which we hope to organise at the earliest.
Lt Col Angad Singh:
India is the world capital of diabetes. It is basically a lifestyle condition. The more physically active one is, the more one is likely to be saved from it. Our Club activities are a precursor to enjoying and leading an active life. However, beware of the sweet tooth!
Karun Sharma:
It was nice to note the way Dr Farookh had mastered the flow of information. He was structured and shared valuable information in a sequence that benefited us a lot. Thank you Doctor Sir.