Paciente femenina de 53 años de edad con sobrepeso y diabetes mellitus tipo 2.

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, degenerative disease caused by different etiologies, characterized by insufficient insulin production accompanied by insulin resistance. On the other hand, overweight is the increase in body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat this represents a significant risk to the health of people who suffer from it. The present work describes the clinical case of a 53-year-old female patient treated in the emergency room of the Alfredo Noboa Montenegro General Hospital for presenting general malaise, asthenia, hyporexia and headache, so she self-medicated analgesic, when she does not find improvement she goes to this health home. Patient with a history of diabetes mellitus the same that indicates not to adequately avail himself of the medical or nutritional treatment and capillary glycemia is performed the same that reports high values, when evaluated by the Treater of Internal Medicine decides the admission for monitoring and control of part of the area of Internal Medicine and to carry out interconsultation to the area of Nutrition and dietetics. The area of Nutrition and Dietetics proceeds to perform the nutritional assessment and review laboratory tests the results reveal overweight and some biochemical alterations secondary to type two diabetes mellitus, eating disorders and lack of physical activity. Through the process of comprehensive nutritional care, the desired results were obtained, the eating plan which helped to reduce the values of blood glucose, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and weight.

• Main Author: Migues Toro, Ana Gabriela (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Diabetes; Sobrepeso; Crónicas; Degenerativa; Astenia
• Online Access: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/10350