One in 10 Paraguayans is diabetic and many are unaware of their situation, which is why specialists urge the population to carry out their check-ups and take care of themselves with food, in addition to doing physical activities.
“Let’s remember that one in 10 Paraguayans is diabetic and many are unaware of it, hence we urge glycemia controls to see if they are in a normal state, or prediabetes, from 100 to 125 mg/dL, or with diabetes, greater at 126 mg/dL”, indicated Prof. Dra. Rosa Vega, specialist in the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Faculty of Medical Sciences UNA, Hospital de Clínicas.
In this context, Prof. Dra. Vega, said that the Department of Endocrinology has a Facebook page Endo Clinicswhere they share different educational capsules, with the aim of facilitating access to education for people with diabetes and the general population.
Risk factor’s
The specialist mentioned that among the risk factors are a family history of diabetes, overweight or obesity, a sedentary lifestyle or lack of physical activity, or having presented gestational diabetes. Also hypertension or dyslipidemia (cholesterol and triglycerides). Given these detections, it is important that people undergo a medical check-up, in order to make an early diagnosis and prevent complications.
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complications
Diabetes has complications that lead to the disability of the patient and can be determined as the macrovascular, which can be acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident; and the micro vascularincluding retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, therefore these disorders should be avoided.
During the day, capillary glycemia controls, height and weight measurement, educational talks on diabetes and physical activities were carried out. Instructional materials were also provided.
From the Podiatry area, the professionals carried out control of the diabetic foot and through the Department of Nutrition, the nutritional workshop was carried out.
