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LEAL RUIZ, Elizabeth; RODRIGUEZ MENDEZ, Leonardo  y  FUSTE BRUZAIN, Mercedes. Chronic complications in patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.2, pp.136-139. ISSN 1029-3043.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus represents a current health problem with high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. A descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study with 200 patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and admitted at “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Clinico-Surgical University Hospital in Santa Clara was done from January to December 2017 with the objective of describing chronic complications in this type of patient. The 80 % of the diagnoses was confirmed by fasting blood sugar tests. The presence of chronic complications and concomitant diseases such as diabetic polyneuropathy, skin diseases and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis were detected. Despite 100 % of patients had some risk factor, the disease was not diagnosed early; it was detected through exams indicated for other reasons and a late diagnosis was done when chronic complications appear. The necessity to health prevention and promotion activities was evidenced in order to avoid morbidity rates, as well as, the spread of the disease.

Palabras clave : diabetes mellitus; type 2/complications.

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