2024-08-29 16:00:00
Them diabetes in Mexico It is a public health problem that increases every year. Today alone it is estimated that at least 14 million people have this condition. Although the most important thing is that many people do not know it or take many years to know the disease because they do not go to the doctor.
It is also important to emphasize that 95% of all cases correspond to type 2 diabetes, which makes patients with type 1 forgotten. This is why it is important to support everyone regardless of the type of illness they are dealing with.
What is type 1 diabetes?
It is a condition that occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce insulin. Many cases occur during childhood or adolescence and the most important thing is that there is no cure for the condition.
What are the symptoms of type 1 diabetes?
- You are very thirsty
- Frequent urination
- Feeling very hungry or tired
- Weight loss for no apparent reason
- Finding wounds that take time to heal
- Dry and itchy skin
- Loss of sensation or tingling in the legs
- Blurry vision
Public policies against diabetes in Mexico?
Him A change in Type 1 Diabeteswhich brings together 25 groups of patients living with this condition throughout the Mexican Republic, announced important advances made in terms of public policies on the differentiation of diabetes types in several Mexican states.
This joint effort between patient groups and key legislative actors has led to the presentation and approval of amendments to state health laws to bring them in line with the General Health Act.
Currently, the addition of article 159 Bis to the General Health Law stands out, published in the Official Journal of the Federation on May 10, 2023. This amendment, promoted by vice Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba and Senator Alejandra Reynoso, with the support of Congressman. Emmanuel Reyes Carmona and Senator Margarita Valdez Martínez, established the mandatory distinction of types of diabetes.
Representative and President of the Movement for One Voice in Type 1 Diabetes, Lic. with this condition.
In the state of Jalisco, the representative Mónica Magaña, in collaboration with AMD Jalisco by Maria Elena Mota, presented the legislative reform initiative that establishes the mandatory differentiation of the different types of diabetes, in accordance with article 159 Bis of the General Health Law in December . 2021. This was approved in October 2022 and published in November of the same year.
For their part, in Tamaulipas, Representative Casandra Prisilla de los Santos Flores and Representative Gustavo Adolfo Cárdenas Gutiérrez, Dr. Judith Cornejo, Pediatric Endocrinologist at the Tamaulipas Children’s Hospital, and the Diavivir Association, are promoting such a reform202 in March 202. published in February Second year 2023.
Other plans against diabetes in Mexico
In Morelos, representative Andrea Gordillo Vega introduced the initiative in October 2023. It was approved in July 2024 and is pending publication in the Official Gazette of the state. This reform also seeks to clearly differentiate between the types of diabetes, allowing for more personalized and effective treatment.
In Guanajuato, the joint work of representatives Alejandro Arias Ávila and Irma Leticia González Sánchez, with many local organizations such as INSULCE Guanajuato, Mexican Diabetes Association in Guanajuato Santa Fe de Guanajuato Chapter, AC, Mexican Diabetes Association in Guanajuato, AC León, and the Mexican Diabetes Association in Guanajuato, Valle de Santiago Chapter, AC, led to the initial presentation in December 2021, approved in April 2024 and published last June.
Likewise, in CDMX, representative Circe Camacho Bastida, with the representatives of Polimnia Romana Sierra Bárcena and Alberto Martínez Urincho, supported by the Mexican Diabetes Federation, AC, Movement for a Single Voice in Type 1 Diabetes and the association Con Diabetes Sí se Podemos, presented initiated in November 2022.
It is currently pending approval but is expected to soon be added to the reforms already implemented in other states, representing a continuous effort to improve health policies in the capital.
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