Ana Suárez Guerra, Director of Care and Nursing Management of the Health Area III, will highlight the importance of the patient's role.

The 'Diabetes and You, a possible coexistence' cycle of the Culture Classroom of Avilés, coordinated by Armando Arias and sponsored by Cofés Toscaf, will continue on Monday the round of conferences that so much citizen interest is awakening due to the proximity of the theme.

Ana Suárez Guerra, Director of Care and Nursing Management of the Health Area III, will be in charge of teaching the following talk under the title 'My diabetes: issue of self -care'.

With her speech, the expert wants to highlight the importance of the role of the patient himself during his illness, which will dictate the development of it in the short and long term.Suarez will start from the beginning, when the diagnosis is a 'shock' for those affected.At that time, the change in these people must be immediate, which usually causes the unknowns and insecurities.

In the same way, Suárez Guerra will highlight the transcendence of the accompaniment and support that family members and other people close to patients can provide, especially in the face of follow -up, since it is normal for the so -called 'rebound effect'.

The nurse encourages all those affected to go to the talk because "health education, attitude and support of the environment can be the real injection and impulse so that in the end the objectives of the day to day and the future are attainable".All this to provide diabetes patients with a series of sufficient guidelines and tools for the self -management of their care and decision -making capacity.

The talk will begin at 8:00 p.m. at the University Services Center, but half an hour before the wind-madera trio composed of students of professional teachings Ana Lucía Pérez, Inés Petricorena and Abel García will offer a recital to all present, which mayAttend free of charge.