[Cognitive functions and diabetes].

In the presented work, the researches of foreign and Polish authors were reviewed. The aim of this project was to find the answer to the question connected with the character and the cause of diabetes' influence on cognitive functions of patients. Diabetes is a metabolic condition of a various etiologyaetiology. It is distinguished by chronic hiperglycemia with the disorder of metabolism of carbohydrates, fat and proteins as a result of giving off defects and/or working insulin. Cognitive functions are these psychological functions which the human needs in order to be knowledgeable about surroundings, to get the information about oneself and your body, to analyse the situations, to formulate conclusions, to take a right decisions or to function. In the last few years, this typical somatic disease, as the diabetes is, puts pressure on cognitive efficiency of the human body. The vita issue is to get to know this problem not only from medical or psychological point of view but also it has a great influence on patients' better life. The knowledge of this subject should be known among medical surroundings as well as in all the places where the patients live (school, workplace and family).