There are different ways to control diabetes: drugs,
care, diet, controls, etc. Effective treatment of diabetes depends largely on
the daily management of the disease.
Living with diabetes requires you to take an active role
in their health care. This includes carrying out daily checks of blood sugar,
meal planning, and for some, applied insulin injections.
Control Blood Sugar
Controlling blood sugar should be done several times a
day and is a key factor in diabetes management. The process is simple:
The patient takes a small drop of blood (usually
fingertip pricked) and dropped onto a strip of special paper.
The paper changes color according to the amount of glucose
that contains blood.
It is compared to a table on glucose levels.
To obtain a more accurate measurement, the drop of blood
can be placed in a measuring blood sugar. The result appears on the monitor
screen. Most diabetic supply stores have a variety of gauges.
Nobody enjoys to prick your finger four or five times a
day, so researchers are trying to develop less painful ways to control blood
sugar. New techniques include the use of ultrasound to measure the sugar
without hurting the skin. Early clinical studies in this area have yielded
promising results.
The Food of the United States and Drug Administration
(FDA) has approved a device shaped wristwatch to measure blood sugar called
GlucoWatch®. By electronic stimulation blood sugar extracted through the skin
to measure. However, this device does not completely prevent the need for
finger prick.
Care and Diet for Diabetes
Understand how accurately measured the levels of blood
sugar is vital for the proper treatment of diabetes. Every three or four months
you can make a glycosylated hemoglobin test. This test measures the efficiency
with which the patient has controlled its own level of blood sugar over the
past three months. If the results and events of the past few months (eg,
stress, diet, alcohol consumption) review, you can create a program customized
diabetes management for each patient.
Getting used to a diet for diabetes can be difficult.
Because diabetes is a disorder of blood sugar, food is an important to keep
diabetes under control factor. Consult a nutritionist to develop a diet that
includes foods for diabetes. Read the labels of foodstuffs for the content of
calories, fats and carbohydrates. Invest in a good cookbook for diabetics to
help control food consumption.
How to Fight Diabetes
Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas, which is
necessary for the cell to extract energy from sugar in the blood. Without it,
the cells cannot produce energy and the body cannot regulate blood sugar
levels.
For diabetics type 1 (insulin-dependent), injections
provide this vital hormone and are available in different formats. Some brands
of fast acting insulin, but only remain in the blood stream approximately one
hour. The long-acting insulins may remain in the blood for 10 to 12 hours. Many
people use more than one type of insulin as the body's needs.
Medications for Diabetes
In general, type 2 diabetics do not need injections. In
many cases, diet and exercise are sufficient to achieve a level of proper blood
sugar. Some type 2 diabetics need to take pills to help the body metabolize
sugar. In more severe cases of type 2 diabetes, you may need insulin injections
as the disease progresses.
If the doctor thinks your condition warrants it, you may
be prescribed medication to help control high blood sugar. Rosiglitazone
(Avandia tradename) drug, for example, reduces the insulin resistance. Avandia
increases the sensitivity of cells to insulin. Thanks to this, the body use
insulin more effectively available, and so the cycle is interrupted resistance.
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