Department of Diabetology
Treatments & Procedures
The Department of Diabetology understands that diabetes is a benign disease that can lead to health complications in no time without proper treatment. The department has the following treatments and procedures:
- Fasting plasma glucose test (FPG)
- Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
- Microalbuminuria to diagnose diabetic nephropathy
- Lipoprotein
- Treating Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
- Doppler test to check the blood circulation
- Biothesiometry to check sensation of the feet
- Chiropody services
- screening for diabetic retinopathy
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Diabetes in Pregnancy (GDM ) Screen
Preventive care packages
Early detection of diabetes can help keep it under check and under control; however, most people in India ignore the early symptoms of diabetes and come in for consultation at later stage, when the disease has become complicated. Each individual should undergo regular check-ups to nip the disease at an early stage. Regular check-ups become pertinent when a person has a history of diabetes. To detect diabetes early and to keep it in check, Department of Diabetology has the following health check-ups*:
- Global Executive Diabetic Check up
- Global Master Diabetic Check up
- Global Dia Pack
- Global Dia Screen
- Global GDM Screen
( *Subject to change. Please ask for the current check up programmes on offer)