Artemisa, Cuba - Diabetic patients' care and treatment in San Antonio de los Baños, involves a group of specialists, responsible for improving the quality of life of patients and carrying out preventive actions.

The outpatient consultations and the hospital admission allow the treatment of the disease, in addition to the work in the family doctor's office, who inform about the importance of the use of the correct footwear, the compliance with healthy eating habits and personal hygiene. The territory has more than 500 people suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes increases mainly in women, conditioned by obesity and sedentary lifestyle.

Diabetes is within the group of chronic noncommunicable diseases, therefore prophylactic measures are the most important actions before or after the diagnosis. Specialists provide information and recommend that people with a family history of diabetes should have healthy life styles, the only way to stop the progression of this illness.

Diabetes mellitus is a serious health problem and within it, the diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of its major complications. Heberprot-P, a novel and unique medication prescribed for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, is applied in San Antonio de los Baños by a team of professionals composed of endocrinologists, podiatrists and angiologists, with the aim of accelerating the healing of wounds and reducing the risk of amputation.