{"id":188445,"date":"2026-05-21T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188445\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:44:30","slug":"doctors-diagnose-30-new-diabetes-cases-per-day-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188445\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors diagnose 30 new diabetes cases per day in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 21, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian physicians diagnose around 30 new cases of diabetes every day in Minsk, Volha Salko, chief consultant endocrinologist at the health ministry, has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diabetes is the most common endocrine disease in the Belarusian capital, followed by thyroid disorders, with more than 100,000 registered cases among adults, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past 20 years, the prevalence of thyroid diseases has increased eightfold, a trend which Salko attributed to wider access to thyroid testing, improved diagnostics and greater public awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endocrinologists identify three main thyroid disorders as major medical and social concerns: hypothyroidism, or reduced thyroid function; hyperthyroidism, or excessive thyroid activity; and thyroid cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salko noted that thyroid nodules larger than 1 cm previously underwent fine-needle aspiration biopsy as a standard procedure, but doctors now use a more targeted approach based on the suspected risk of malignancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, doctors performed 5,089 thyroid biopsies on residents of Minsk, around 1,000 more than in 2024. A total of 619 thyroid surgeries were performed, with 27 percent involving non-cancerous conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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