Abstract

PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, Arnoldo  and  BERENGUER GOUARNALUSES, Maritza. Some considerations on diabetes mellitus and its control in the primary health care. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.3, pp. 375-390. ISSN 1029-3019.

Diabetes mellitus, a chronic non-communicable disease, is considered a serious health problem to be solved in the whole world. To such effects, an exhaustive literature review was carried out to expose some aspects related to this disorder (definition, pathogenia, risk factors, vital aspects for the diagnosis, classification, complications and clinical pattern, among other) and the treatment of the affected patients as the behaviour to continue in the primary health care were emphasized

Keywords : diabetes mellitus; non-communicable chronic disease; primary health care.

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