Caused by the progressive loss of insulin in pancreatic ß cells, frequently due to a basal insulin resistance.
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They Won't Teach You This in School: Education in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a Social Media Campaign
Daniela Edith Sánchez (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Karla Alejandra Villarreal Arizpe (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Fidel H. Torres (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Mirna E. Dávila-García (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Betzabe Irene Mesías-Gámez (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Jesús Antonio Morón-Mosso (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Daniela García Escandón Miranda (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Daniela GarzaVara-Stringel (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Bella Gabriela Alvarez (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), Mildred Lopez (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico), and Nancy de los Angeles Segura-Azuara (Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2022
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8783-6.ch007
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) has shown growing global morbidity, thus becoming a public health priority. In 2017, approximately 425 million people suffered from diabetes, and it is estimated that by 2045 the number will increase to 629 million. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), with 90% of reported cases, is the most common type and is followed by type 1. In 2018, 8.6 million people over 20 years of age were diagnosed with diabetes in Mexico. This represents 10.6% of the population. In some states with a higher incidence such as Nuevo León, it is estimated that 12.6% of the population above 20 years has been diagnosed with DM. This chapter seeks to inform about type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, its way of acting and complications that it entails, and how social media can be advantageous in patient education.