Necesidad de glucómetro para los adultos mayores con diabetes en tiempos de pandemia

Susan Míriam Oblitas Guerrero

doi:10.24314/rcae.2020.v5n1.05

Necesidad de glucómetro para los adultos mayores con diabetes en tiempos de pandemia

Ciencia y Arte de Enfermería ◽

10.24314/rcae.2020.v5n1.05 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 29-31

Author(s):

Susan Míriam Oblitas Guerrero

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus

Frente a la emergencia sanitaria por la pandemia ocasionada por el COVID19, considerando las medidas de confinamiento, se reflexiona sobre la situación de los adultos mayores que sufren diabetes. Ellos necesitan tener conocimientos sobre muchos aspectos de su enfermedad: el tratamiento farmacológico, la alimentación adecuada, ejercicio, controles periódicos de laboratorio y controles médicos. Dentro de ello, es básico el automonitoreo de glucemia capilar, que debería constituirse en una de las primeras destrezas que cada paciente con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus debe adquirir para conocer su nivel de glicemia. Este examen se realiza de la manera más sencilla mediante el glucómetro. Por eso se recomiendo la necesidad de que el adulto mayor cuente con un glucómetro en casa y que, además de la monitorización; reciba junto a su familia, las orientaciones sobre su manejo, cuidados y signos de alarma.

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Peer Relationship Problems in Children with Tourette's Disorder or Diabetes Mellitus

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1017/s0021963098002480 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 39 (5) ◽

pp. 663-668 ◽

Cited By ~ 53

Author(s):

Harry N. Bawden ◽

Aidan Stokes ◽

Carol S. Camfield ◽

Peter R. Camfield ◽

Sonia Salisbury

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Peer Relationship ◽

Tourette’S Disorder ◽

Relationship Problems ◽

Tourette's Disorder

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Intramuscular Nerve and Neuromuscular Junction Alteration In Extraocular Muscles of Diabetic Mice

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100120102 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

pp. 682-683

Author(s):

Bruce R. Pachter

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Peripheral Nerves ◽

Sudden Onset ◽

Extraocular Muscles ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Oculomotor Palsy ◽

Third Nerve Palsy ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Intramuscular Nerve ◽

Oculomotor Nerves

Diabetes mellitus is one of the commonest causes of neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy is a heterogeneous group of neuropathic disorders to which patients with diabetes mellitus are susceptible; more than one kind of neuropathy can frequently occur in the same individual. Abnormalities are also known to occur in nearly every anatomic subdivision of the eye in diabetic patients. Oculomotor palsy appears to be common in diabetes mellitus for their occurrence in isolation to suggest diabetes. Nerves to the external ocular muscles are most commonly affected, particularly the oculomotor or third cranial nerve. The third nerve palsy of diabetes is characteristic, being of sudden onset, accompanied by orbital and retro-orbital pain, often associated with complete involvement of the external ocular muscles innervated by the nerve. While the human and experimental animal literature is replete with studies on the peripheral nerves in diabetes mellitus, there is but a paucity of reported studies dealing with the oculomotor nerves and their associated extraocular muscles (EOMs).

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