Prylińska Monika, Husejko Jakub, Wąsicki Mariusz, Modrzejewski Mateusz, Szewczak Dorota, Lamtych Martyna, Osiak Joanna, Bryfczyńska Marta, Trawka Paulina, Rogala Dorota, Kwietniewska Milena, Kędziora-Kornatowska Kornelia. A person with diabetes as a patient - basic rules of conduct. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(9):112-120. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3386702 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7371 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.08.2019. Revised: 15.08.2019. Accepted: 05.09.2019. A person with diabetes as a patient - basic rules of conduct Monika Prylińska, Jakub Husejko, Mariusz Wąsicki, Mateusz Modrzejewski, Dorota Szewczak, Martyna Lamtych, Joanna Osiak, Marta Bryfczyńska, Paulina Trawka, Dorota Rogala, Milena Kwietniewska, Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, UMK w Toruniu, Poland Abstract: BACKGROUND: Diabetes is very widespread disease. More and more patients suffer from hyperglycaemia and low levels of insulin because of obesity, aging and wrong diet. The most important in treatment based on health condition is to normalize glucose level. It is recommended to treat patients to avoid many complications of hyperglycaemia, e.g. cardiovascular diseases, stroke episodes, neuropathy or nephropathy. The most common cause of death are cardiovascular problems and renal failure. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A proper review of published literature provide to define laboratory indexes, risk factors, complications to precise methods of treatment among patients with diabetes. RESULTS: The problem of growing number of people suffering from diabetes is an important issue to find solutions to conduct their treatment. Basic method is a change of diet and body loss. The most important medicament in treatment is metformin. To achieve the best results of conducting therapy should be extended by pioglitazone or liraglutide. Also addition of aspirin lower dyslipidemia problems. Such a combination provides to minimise side effects of sickness. CONCLUSIONS: Number of people suffering from DM is still and will be growing over the next years. It is significant to diagnose these people because untreated diabetes provides to many complications e.g. stroke or acute coronary syndrome. It is important to examine patients correctly what allows to turn on correct treatment. Basic standards in treatment should contain lower glucose levels, avoid complications to enhance life quality. . Expanded therapy is also concentrated on hypertension, acidosis and ketoacidosis coma to obtain beneficial effects. KEYWORDS: diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular, hyperglycaemia, neuropathy, nephropathy, treatment, metformin