Cuernavaca.- The use of alternative medicine, ignorance, neglect and feeling good are the most recurring factors for which people living with diabetes do not adhere to medical treatment.
free.de-diabetespaul Frenk, specialist in internal medicine, explained the above during his presentation "ATTENGE TO TREATMENT" within the El ABCD of Diabetes in Mexico.
The member of the American Diabetes Association explained that the treatment of the disease focuses on three pillars: changes in eating habits, exercise and medication with oral hypoglycemic drugs, insulin or other injectable medications.
He reiterated that among the factors by which patients do not stick to their treatment are oblivion and neglect, the fear that medications have side effects in other organs and believing that diabetes will be controlled alone or only with exercise and diet.
Being able to control the disease, which in its type two occupies the first place of cardiovascular mortality, it is vital importance to have frequent checks of fasting glucose and after food, he explained.
As well as attend the doctor on a regular basis, carry out laboratory studies every time they are requested and not abandon or suspend the treatment that the doctor prescribed.
The graduate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) said that for diabetes mellitus, new oral treatments reduce the amount of pills that patients should take and facilitate adherence to it.
"We are sure that the new directions of research will allow us to improve the quality of life of people living with diabetes worldwide," he concluded.
