A sudden loss of weight, the insatiable thirst he suffered and permanent fatigue were the causes that led Ana measures, 28, to the medical consultation.The diagnosis was unexpected, because he did not imagine that the symptoms he presented were the cause of diabetes.

According to measuring, before medical evaluation, soda soft drinks, fried foods and candy without limit.All this food pattern changed from the moment she was informed of her health problem and that if she did not take care of her, she could take her to death.

Now your diet is based on a nutritious diet.This change in the lifestyle now shares it with the people around you or everyone with whom it files a conversation, because it also knows that with more than 100,000 capitalists suffering from the disease.Of the total of patients who present this pathology and who go to the University School Hospital (HEU), 20% are young people.Similarly, diabetes is in the first place of morbidity in conjunction with hypertension, Omar Videa, a HEU specialist.

Attention to the capital

The National Diabetic Institute operates in the Central District, which serves about 200 patients with the disease every day.Of the total of patients who arrive every day to the welfare establishment, 40% are people under 50 and mostly women.So far this year, about 12,000 patients have been treated in the specialized center.

"We are working on the training of personnel in health establishments so that from there care is given to people who require control of this disease," said Nubia Díaz, representative of the Institute.In the same way, he informed that within the date the complications of people living with this disease have been reduced by 70%.The improvements in patient conditions have been achieved through education, according to Díaz."The main factor to allow the patient for a better living condition is education," he said.

community support

With more than 8,000 affiliates in the capital, the Association of Diabetics has attended people with this disease for decades, which for fifty lempiras join the guild."We collaborate with the payment of four nurses and surveillance," said Oscar Flores, administrator of the association.The members of this group explained that a nephrologist is currently required.At the San Felipe General Hospital, the Activate Honduras clinic that has a professional team to attend patients with diabetes, hypertension and other noncommunicable diseases is maintained at the disposal of the sick.

Local Service

In the health establishment of the San Miguel neighborhood, a club for people affected with diabetes also works.The club is made up of about 300 people, but in a constant way about 100 participate. "We perform walks, physical activity, training for our patients to feel supported and lose fear of suffering an amputation of a member of your body," he explainedEricka Flores, social worker