Patients with diabetes In addition to insulin they need to carry diet and physical activation.
The mutual aid group of "San Juditas" is one of the 500 groups in the state of Guanajuato composed of patients with diabetes or other chronic noncommissible disease, where its members have reached control of the disease accompanied by the medication, but above allwith diet and physical activation.
The Coordinator of the State Health Program of the Elderly and Diabetes;He pointed out that the first step is to recognize the disease as a partner for life like any other diagnosis.
“All we have to do is take our medication and go to our health center so that the doctor, the nutritionist, the nurse, the physical activator oriente about what we are going to do, we are not going to leave everything to the medication, ifIt serves, but it is not magical, we have to carry physical activity, carry healthy eating and above all take care of rations. ”
In this way, the complications of the disease are lengthened, for this you have to have a stable glucose;and prevent the future retinopathy, nephropathy and diabetic foot that implies leg amputations, renal failure or blindness.