[Treatment results of diabetes type 2 with obesity in the elderly]

The aim of these investigations were the estimation of methods and results of treatment obese diabetics over 65 years and presentation of the most common mistakes of treatment. Two groups of elderly obese diabetics type 2 were compared. The first group involved the patients who kept closely to a low caloric diet and they achieved a decrease of their body mass. The second group consisted of the patients who failed to keep to a low caloric diet and their body mass after treatment either remained the same or increased. In almost all the cases of the first group a significant improvement was observed. The improvement manifested itself by the decrease of glycemia and glycosuria as well as by a lower demand for hypoglycemic drugs. In the second group the decrease of hypoglycemic drugs was not possible and in many cases the increase of hypoglycemic drug doses was necessary. The body mass reduction in obese diabetics also those of advanced years is a significant factor in the process of treatment and it is equally important to pharmacotherapy.