Introduction: Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represents, in Brazil and in the world, a public health problem: estimates show that, in 2017, 42,420 new cases of HIV were diagnosed in Brazil. Despite these high rates, it is noted that underdiagnosis is still a problem: data show that, in the United States, almost 15% of people infected with the HIV virus are unaware of this diagnosis. Objec...
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a set of pathologies that have chronic hyperglycemia in common. The disease, and especially its poor control, can cause an increase in blood glucose and the high rates can lead to complications in the heart, arteries, eyes, kidneys and nerves, and, thus, the aim of this study is to demonstrate the main chronic complications resulting from diabetes mellitus. Objective: to ...