Diabetes is a common, growing, serious, costly but potentially preventable public health problem .Being diagnosed with diabetes and living with the disorder could be one of the most difficult challenges to come to terms with, especially when realised that it is a life-long illness.
This was the plight of Ganiat, a 33-year-old housewife who was diagnosed diabetic few years ago at the age of 25. Initially she had no idea what was wrong with her until she took ill for about a month and was admitted in a hospital.
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