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What we treat

The conditions a family practice in Cairo sees every week, each explained in plain language: what it is, how it is found, and what a visit involves. Where Egypt has published national data on a condition, that data is on its page with the source.

Published data

The numbers behind these pages.

National figures for Egypt, each with its source and year. Where credible sources disagree, we leave the figure out rather than pick the one that sounds best.

15.5%
of Egyptian adults have raised blood glucoseRaised blood glucose has no symptoms for years. A single blood test finds it, and finding it early is what keeps eyes, kidneys and feet intact.Source: Egypt STEPS survey, ages 15–69 (WHO, Ministry of Health and Population, CAPMAS), 2017
Top 10
Egypt is among the ten countries with the most adults living with diabetesThis is not a rare disease here. If it runs in your family, testing is a routine part of a check-up rather than something to wait for.Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas, International Diabetes Federation, 2025
≈3 in 10
Egyptian adults live with high blood pressureRecent national estimates cluster around 29–30%, though studies range widely. High blood pressure causes no symptoms until it causes damage — a two-minute measurement is the whole test.Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, WHO EMRO, 2022
35.7%
of Egyptian adults are living with obesityWeight is the single biggest driver of the diabetes and blood-pressure numbers on this page — and the one most open to change with steady, unglamorous support.Source: Egypt STEPS survey, ages 15–69 (WHO, Ministry of Health and Population, CAPMAS), 2017
22.7%
of Egyptian adults currently use tobaccoSmoking is behind most of the repeat chest infections a family doctor sees, and behind the cough that turns out to be something else.Source: Egypt STEPS survey, ages 15–69 (WHO, Ministry of Health and Population, CAPMAS), 2017
90.3%
of Egyptian adults eat fewer than five servings of fruit and vegetables a dayNine in ten. This is not a personal failing — it is what the country eats, and it is why a doctor talks about food at an ordinary check-up.Source: Egypt STEPS survey, ages 15–69 (WHO, Ministry of Health and Population, CAPMAS), 2017
87% / 93%
of Egyptians with hepatitis C were diagnosed, and 93% of those were treatedEgypt was the first country in the world to reach WHO's gold tier on the path to eliminating hepatitis C. It is the clearest proof available that screening a whole population actually works.Source: World Health Organization, 2023

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