Protocolo de tratamento do paciente adulto jovem com Diabetes mellitus tipo 2

Abstract

The alteration in the food patterns associated with the sedentary lifestyle increased nowadays presents as one of the factors for the diabetes mellitus, specially the type 2 (DM2), has become a world epidemic, generating serious health consequences, such as the increase in the occurrence of microvascular (neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy) and macrovascular complications (myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident). This work had as objective to realize a literature review about the diabetes mellitus type 2, as well as to present a treatment protocol for young adult patients with this illness, attended by the Family Health Program Engenho de Serra nucleum of Formiga (MG). With this protocol, we search an adequate metabolic control of the patient, the prevention of complications of the disease, the importance of the self care and the reduction of mortality associated with diabetes, which nowadays is a serious public health problem.