2024-07-19 03:23:07
With care and follow-up, in the Iztapalapa Diabetes Clinic Patients diagnosed with or suffering from prediabetes can prevent their condition from worsening and with a eating routine, accompanied by exercise, improve your quality of life.
This sanatorium offers a comprehensive first-level care scheme to people who have a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, focused mainly on those who do not have social security or who are referred from more than 220 Health centers From the capital.
The doctor Ruben Silva Tinocohe stressed, in an interview for 24 HOURSthe importance of people going for an assessment, mainly when detecting risk factors to provide a diagnosis.
According to the prediabetes, He explained that glucose (blood sugar) begins to rise above what normal, but it still does not meet the criteria for diabetes, because in diabetes, the fasting glucose is above 125, while in prediabetes it ranges between 100 and 125.
“What we want is to prevent people who have prediabetes evolve over time into diabetes,” he explained.
Sedesa indicated that the program Prediabetes Type 2 currently has 62 patients, of which 80 percent have managed to reduce their blood glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol and lost body weight, thereby avoiding being diagnosed with diabetes.
An example of success stories is that of Mrs. Olivia Fragosowho came to the clinic for a comprehensive assessment and came back with a result of prediabetes.
“I was a candidate to enter the program in September of last year, I am coming to the consultations and the truth is that it has been very beneficial for me. BI lost weight, my glucose levels are fine and I have already made a habit of exercising. and eat healthy,” he told this newspaper.
The 56-year-old patient shared that surprised for the care she received there, where, she said, she felt supported and accompanied.
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2024-07-19 03:23:07