Three and a half million French people are today treated for diabetes. Type 2, the most common, is acquired over the course of life.
Treatments exist, but prevention and screening remain essential. “I should have gotten off work much earlier, and above all not had a series of business meals that were a little too rich and lavishly watered,” admits Bernard, now 70 years old. It was at the hospital that he was diagnosed with diabetes five years ago. After a stroke which left him with after-effects... and which almost cost him his life!