Impacto do estilo de vida para pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus tipo II

Abstract

Science can evolve with research, develop new medicines and develop different treatments to control Type II Diabetes Mellitus, which despite all the arsenal, many patients will continue to have the disease uncontrolled, progressing to complications, especially in the elderly. The issue is not in the disease, but in the patient, most of the time, for not adequately changing their sedentary lifestyle and unbalanced diet. As can be seen, throughout history, Diabetes control has always been associated with lifestyle changes. Thus, in this intervention project, some strategies used by the health team will be presented with multidisciplinary monitoring with different professionals Nutritionists, Physical Educators, Psychologists, Pharmacists and Nursing, involved in hyperglycemic control through a balanced/balanced diet with gradual volume reduction, without restrictions. specific, associated with daily 5- minute physical exercises and capillary blood glucose measurements, dressings for peripheral complications such as ulcers and, when necessary, adjustment of oral medications in use, or insulin, being evaluated monthly for a minimum period of 6 months, in order to assist and make people living with the pathology co-responsible for adopting small changes in their lifestyle that will contribute both to adequate control of the disease and to the significant improvement of its quality life and preventing the risk of complications.