Dr. Tommy Ty Willing

PDA chairman and president Tommy Ty Willing explains, "For some, being afflicted with a debilitating disease such as diabetes means death.It is death of lifestyle and well being."

Having pursued his Fellowship on Endocrinology at the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom and the University of California in San Francisco, Willing has this to say to doctors who treat patients with Type 2 diabetes: "More than communicating scientific ways on how to manage a patient, a doctor has to empathize with his patients on how they feel.This, in turn, leads to closer relationship between the patient and the doctor which makes the management of the disease easier."

"As doctors, we can help our patients accept their condition, comply with treatment and manage diabetes by empathizing with their sufferings," Willing says.

Because of this, the Designs on Diabetes is a way for doctors to show and express their empathy.Since art is universal, Willing relates that creating artworks among doctors and Type 2 diabetes patients has proven to work effectively in expressing their emotions and denial of their condition.
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However, to qualify, Willing explains that only doctors treating Type 2 diabetes are qualified to join.

Dr. Tommy Willing, president and chairman of the Philippine Diabetes Association (PDA), said the region will bear the brunt of the epidemic compared to Europe by 2010.

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"It's the hidden epidemic of the 21st century.Diabetes is a time bomb," Willing said in a forum held at the Filipinas Heritage Library in Makati City.

Globally, the disease is increasing dramatically with more than 245 million persons living with diabetes and by 2025, it is expected to increase to over 380 million as seven million individuals develop the disease every year.

Willing said half of all diabetes patients do not know that they have it while 50 percent of those with Type 2 diabetes have already developed complications at the time of diagnosis.

Dr. Tommy Ty Willing, Vice-President of the Philippine Diabetes Association (PDA), said that diabetes claims as many lives each year as the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, popularly known as AIDS, which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.

"It is just sad that people give more importance to AIDS since it is a new disease even while other diseases are just as fatal," he said.

Willing said that more than 200 million people worldwide were diagnosed to have diabetes.Every year, the number increases by six million, he added.

Duque, Sindall and Willing were part of the resource group during the expo attended by medical health organizations, pharmaceutical companies, consumer product companies, non-government organizations and other concerned individuals.

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At age 20 plus, nagda-dialysis na, possibly stroke and heart attack," says Dr. Tommy Ty Willing, president of the Philippine Diabetes Association (PDA), during the recent observance of World Diabetes Day in November.

Pediatric endocrinologist Sioksoan Chan-Cua said that patients as young as five years old are coming to her clinic with type 2 diabetes, a disease usually associated with people 40 years old and above."I'm getting patients with blood sugar of more than 1,000.They come in with diabetic ketoacidosis, a breakdown of fat tissues when the body cannot utilize the glucose very well anymore," she said.

Tommy S. Ty Willing, MD Chairman & President:

Tommy S. Ty Willing, MDPresident, PDA

Chairperson : Tommy S. Ty Willing, MD