Robin Lawrence calls for testing after charity reveals 50,000 people in West Midlands may have diabetes without knowing it

9.00.00am GMT Fri 13th Nov 2009

Robin Lawrence (photography: Bryan Lewis)

Councillor Robin Lawrence - Wolverhampton South West Parliamentary Candidate

Anyone who is at high risk of diabetes should have no hesitation in asking to be tested, says local Liberal Democrat campaigner Robin Lawrence in advance of World Diabetes Day tomorrow (November 14).

According to worrying research by the charity Diabetes UK there are already 255,405 people diagnosed with diabetes in the West Midlands region and around 50,000 more people who have the condition but are not yet aware of it or being treated.

Robin is backing calls by the International Diabetes Federation for greater efforts to identify hidden sufferers of the potentially fatal condition, which develops when the body loses the ability to regulate glucose in the blood.

Robin said "It is worrying that as many as 50,000 people in the West Midlands and 750,000 people in the UK may be living with type 2 diabetes without knowing it and this number is only set to increase. Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating and costly disease but with early diagnosis many of the more serious complications may be avoided.

Robin added "I would encourage anyone at risk to go ahead and take the latest diabetes test which is really simple, only takes a few minutes and could save their life. The traditional warning signs of type 2 diabetes are often missing or hard to detect, which makes a quick test even more important."

World Diabetes Day takes place on the 14th November every year. The date was chosen because it marks the birthday of Frederick Banting, who along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin, the main treatment for diabetes.

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