Methods of treatment and prevention of diabetes | healthy care
Methods of treatment and prevention of diabetes
"Treating type 2 diabetes"
Treatment of diabetes varies from person to person, according to the personal laboratory tests that each patient performs and their blood glucose (sugar) values. It is worth noting that, according to the complications of diabetes that we presented earlier, the risk of microscopic vascular disease and vascular disease seen in high (microvascular & macrovascular) is higher the blood sugar concentration over the long periods of the disease. In addition to cardiovascular diseases, which also increase the risk the greater the patient's age and the longer the duration of diabetes. That is why we
have to treat this category seriously and balance blood glucose (sugar) concentration values as closely as possible. Treatment in this group of people should include prevention of acute hypoglycemia (hypoglycemia), or acute blood circulation (acute hypotension).
As well as attention to the overall health of the patient and the overall medications that are treated with it so that the patient can have diabetes with more than one disease in addition to diabetes.
Divide the treatment of diabetes into several sections.
| --- | Lifestyle changes
Healthy and appropriate nutrition for this group of patients.
The physical exercise that is recommended by the treating physicians, and which is suitable for each patient in particular, according to the total diseases that he suffers from, which can affect the regular and proper physical exercise, such as heart diseases, physical disabilities, and other diseases.
Weight loss and BMI that help the body reduce insulin resistance and that cause diabetes.
| --- | Oral medications
Metformin: It is considered a primary treatment line especially for obese people. It works by inhibiting the production of glucose in the liver, which leads to a decrease in its concentration in the blood.
A known side effect of this drug is weight loss and effects on the digestive system. People with chronic kidney failure can have this kind of medication not only appropriate but also harmful.
Sulfonylurea: It is one of the drugs that help to release insulin in the body through changes in the electrical charge of the membrane of cells that secrete insulin.
A common and common side effect of these medications is excess weight gain and a sharp drop in blood glucose (sugar) concentration (Hypoglycemia).
Elderly people who are subject to frequent cases of a sharp drop in their blood glucose (sugar) concentration (Hypoglycemia) should be careful not to take these medications, which may be inappropriate for them.
(thiazolidinediones): This type of medicine improves insulin resistance in the body, and it can also stimulate insulin secretion.
Meglitinides: These drugs work similarly to Sulfanil-Uria. A known side effect of this class of medications is gaining extra weight.
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors: These drugs work by slowing the absorption of sugar into the digestive system. A common side effect of this class of medications is flatulence (flatulence) and diarrhea.
DPP-IV inhibitors: These medications help regulate the glucose (sugar) concentration in the body. In general, these medications are not potent and are not highly effective for significantly reducing HBA1C hemoglobin.
It is worth noting that these medications do not increase weight and are not at high risk of causing a sharp drop in the concentration of glucose (sugar) in the body.
GLP-1 drugs: These drugs work by the role of peptides in the digestive system to balance the concentration of glucose in the blood, including GLP-1. Common side effects of this medicine include weight loss, vomiting, nausea, and diarrhea.
| --- | Injection
Insulin: Insulin therapy has become more popular in the recent period, although many patients refuse to accept treatment with injections daily. Insulin therapy is divided into two types:
Treatment with insulin has long-term effectiveness, which is a daily injection that provides the body with the basic amount of insulin. This eases the patient's acceptance of treatment more due to the lack of the need to inject more than once per day. This type of treatment can be prescribed along with other oral medications to balance the disease more effectively.
Treatment with insulin is of short-term efficacy, which is insulin that is taken immediately after eating daily meals and the amount of food is usually adapted to the amount of insulin consumed shortly afterward.
Pramlintide: Generally given by insulin escort injection.
| --- | Monitor blood glucose concentration
Monitoring the concentration of glucose (sugar) in the blood, especially in the morning hours, is important and usually gives us information about the disease balance in these patients.
Also, doctors usually take care of these records to decide the appropriate treatment for patients and the need to add other drugs to better
In addition to direct treatment to reduce the concentration of glucose in the blood, there is no less important treatment, which is concerned with reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, which includes:
| --- | Treatment of hypertension
| --- | Treatment of hyperlipidemia
| --- | Treatment with aspirin
As we mentioned earlier, living healthy and safe in terms of food and sports.
Treatment of type 1 diabetes
| --- | Monitor and record glucose concentration (sugar in the body) values
Research has proven the importance of monitoring and recording blood glucose values daily for more than once, and the extent of their assistance in treating this group of patients better, as well as to suit the appropriate insulin dose.
We can monitor and record blood glucose concentration values in two ways:
Measurement with a special fingerstick to measure the concentration of glucose with a drop of blood from the finger.
Advanced electronic devices under the skin to measure the concentration of glucose in the body successively and throughout the hours of the day (according to a program pre-programmed from the treatment).
| --- | Insulin injection
We can divide the insulin therapy into this category into two categories:
Insulin therapy is a long-term (daily) activity, which is a daily injection that provides the body with the basic amount of insulin. This eases the patient's acceptance of treatment more due to the lack of the need to inject more than once per day.
Insulin therapy has a short-term efficacy, which is insulin that is taken immediately after eating daily meals. The amount of food and blood glucose concentration is usually appropriate for short-term insulin intake afterward.
Pregnancy diabetes
To maintain the health of the fetus and prevent complications during childbirth, the blood sugar level must be balanced.
In addition to ensuring a healthy diet and exercise, diabetes treatment may also include monitoring blood sugar levels and even using insulin in some cases.
The treating medical staff will monitor the level of sugar in the blood, including during the birth process. Because of the blood sugar level of a pregnant woman rises, the fetus’s body may secrete the hormone insulin at a high concentration, which will lead to a drop in the blood sugar level immediately after birth.
Prediabetes Treatment
By maintaining a healthy lifestyle, many people with prediabetes can restore their blood sugar level to a normal (proper) level, or at least, prevent it from rising to levels similar to those registered with type 2 diabetes.
It may also be beneficial to maintain a healthy weight, by exercising and eating a healthy diet.
For people in a high-risk group, medications may sometimes be a suitable and effective treatment alternative to diabetes and diabetes treatment. These include cases in which “pre-diabetic” disease is exacerbated, or in which the diabetic patient suffers from another disease, whether it is
Cardiovascular disease, FLD - Fatty liver disease, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome ovary syndrome).
The medicines intended here are diabetes medications that are taken orally, such as Metformin.
In other cases, medications are needed to balance the level of cholesterol in the blood - especially statins and medications to treat hypertension.
Your doctor may prescribe a low dose of aspirin (Aspirin) as a measure to prevent the disease. However, a healthy lifestyle remains the key to success.
Prevention of diabetes
It is not possible to prevent type 1 diabetes, but a healthy lifestyle that contributes to the treatment of pre-diabetes stage and symptoms, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes can also contribute to preventing and preventing it.| --- | Ensure a healthy diet
| --- | Increased physical activity
| --- | Get rid of extra weight.
Sometimes medications can be used. Oral diabetes medications, such as metformin and rosiglitazone, can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is extremely important.
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