RESUMO
La diabetes afecta de manera diferente a hombres y a mujeres, y la presunción equivocada de igualdad en su expresividad clínica puede tener como consecuencia errores y demoras en el proceso diagnóstico y en la estrategia terapéutica que se adopte. El objetivo del artículo es mostrar las diferencias de género que influyen en el abordaje de esta patología y cuál es el papel del médico de familia en el seguimiento de la mujer con diabetes. Es una revisión sobre el impacto de la diabetes en las distintas etapas de la vida de la mujer, cómo los cambios hormonales afectan al control glucémico, la diabetes gestacional, cómo afecta la diabetes al desarrollo de las complicaciones crónicas en la mujer y sus consecuencias, las diferencias existentes en el control de los factores de riesgo cardiovascular y los aspectos diferenciales por sexo de las distintas familias de fármacos utilizados en el tratamiento de la diabetes. (AU)
Diabetes affects men and women differently and the mistaken assumption of equality in its clinical expression can lead to errors and delays in the diagnostic process and the therapeutic strategy adopted. The objective is to show the gender differences that influence the approach to this pathology and what the role of the family doctor is in the monitoring of women with diabetes. It is a review of the impact of diabetes at different stages of a woman's life, how hormonal changes affect glycemic control, gestational diabetes, how diabetes affects the development of chronic complications in women and their consequences, the existing differences in the control of cardiovascular risk factors and the differential aspects by sex of the different families of drugs used in the treatment of diabetes. (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Feminino , Diabetes Mellitus , Caracteres Sexuais , Diagnóstico , Glicemia , Diabetes Gestacional , Identidade de GêneroRESUMO
Diabetes affects men and women differently and the mistaken assumption of equality in its clinical expression can lead to errors and delays in the diagnostic process and the therapeutic strategy adopted. The objective is to show the gender differences that influence the approach to this pathology and what the role of the family doctor is in the monitoring of women with diabetes. It is a review of the impact of diabetes at different stages of a woman's life, how hormonal changes affect glycemic control, gestational diabetes, how diabetes affects the development of chronic complications in women and their consequences, the existing differences in the control of cardiovascular risk factors and the differential aspects by sex of the different families of drugs used in the treatment of diabetes.
