O papel da atenção primária à saúde no cuidado ao paciente com Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

The Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a cronical condition whose pathophysiological aspect is defined by a persistente increase of the glycemic levels, resulting in metabolic and vascular changes. It has a prevalence of 9.1% in the national territory, as Brazil represents the fifth country with the highest number of carriers of the disease in the planet. From this importance of diabetes in public health context, it happened to be necessary a state intervene through Primary Health, which has enough reach to provide care to the largest number of patients. The objective of this study was to bloadly analyze the behavior of Primary Health in the care of patients with diabetes in order to understand their role in facing the comorbity. As it’s methology, the present paper was written as an bibliographic descriptive revision, with analysis on results and conclusions of 10 pertinent artciles, from 2017 to 2021. The studies revelead the Primary Health has great capilarity along with multidisciplinar and integral operation, promoting an effective confrontation to diabetes, exhibiting that adopted measures by primary health assisted in prevention, diagnosis, self-care as well as control of comorbity. Thus, it is possible to conclude that Primary Health has an strategic role to fight the increasing prevalence regarding diabetes, in such a way, expand and enhance the primary health function at diabetes bearer care is crucial.