In Querétaro, diabetes is the condition that most afflicts citizens, because according to the delegate of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Ernesto Luque Hudson, approximately 60 percent of the 2 million consultations that are provided a yearIn the IMSS in the entity, they are to attend precisely diabetes patients.
“Most people have diabetes.We are fearing that almost 2 million consultations per year could tell you that approximately 60 percent is diabetes.Here an important fact is that most people, that this is what we would love to do, have the culture of prevention very present, ”he said.
The delegate asked patients living with diabetes, which are estimated about 47 thousand in the state -that they go at least twice a year to their medical check -ups, as it is proven that following their doctor's recommendations they canhave a good quality of life.
“There is something very important here;We can have a great quality of life if we have diabetes but many of them do not know that they have diabetes, many of our right holders, and what happens, that they would not only have diabetes later if not a dialysis problem, hemodialysis, they can have a topicof hypertension also, obesity or also a situation of having a transplant, that is, diseases such as diabetes can be contained with a high quality of life if they go to our prevention programs, ”he noted.
Followed by diabetes that is the main disease for which the Queretans come to consultation, according to the delegate, are the cardiorespiratory or respiratory problems and the monitoring of pregnancy;This last matter where he assured that he has also been able to advance significantly.
And he said that "less and less deliverWhere the majority continue to concentrate, "we are having approximately 700 per month," he noted.