Diabetes affects almost all organs in your body and a specialized team is needed to treat effective diabetes. Doctors, nutritionists, counselors, eye experts, dentists, etc. are included. Each person suffering from diabetes has different needs. Please contact the medical team to better understand which treatment is right for you.
Seven steps for diabetes treatment
Step 1: Educate about Diabetes
The more you learn about diabetes, you can manage it. You can understand what type of treatment you must take. You are being diagnosed.
For example, patients with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin daily. Diet and daily physical activity are useful for Type 2 control. Most type 2 patients should also take diabetes medications or insulin.
Diabetes is a serious disease, sorrow, most people suffering from diabetes do not know that they are suffering.
Identify factors that put you or your loved ones at risk of diabetes.
For those at risk,
1. Overweight
2. Over 45 years old
3. You have relatives who have diabetes
4. Gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy)
5. suffer from hypertension
6. I have a high history of cholesterol
7. Follow lifestyle sitting
If you know any of the risk factors for diabetes, please advise your doctor about taking the exam.
Step 2: Follow the regular care regime
In the case of diabetes, please do follow-up regularly by a doctor. Please make sure that you comply with the treatment regime. Ask family, friends, and collections to support you.
Please do not forget:
1. Ask your diabetes specialist if you need to see them frequently for examination.
2. Please fill in the date and time of your next schedule.
3. Write down all the questions and problems you would like to consult with your doctor at the next visit.
Step 3: Learn how to manage diabetes
Diabetes affects many organs of the body. It is important to monitor the food you eat, the level of physical activity, the way you take care of yourself.
1. Follow a balanced diet plan
2. Examine your foot everyday
3. Monitor your glucose level
4. Smoking cessation
Do regular physical activity
Step 4: ABC to Know Your Diabetes
One of the main goals of diabetes treatment is to control ABC:
A = A1C (average blood glucose level)
B = blood pressure
C = cholesterol
Step 5: Monitor ABC
By monitoring ABC, you can reduce the risk of diabetes-related complications such as kidney disease, blindness, leg infection.
1. Complete A1C test.
In the A1C test, the doctor can measure the blood glucose level over the past 3 months. It can tell you how well you are treating your diabetes. And you will be told that it was done twice a year. The A1C target value of most diabetic patients is less than 7.
2. Monitor your blood sugar level
Check your blood glucose regularly and check. Maintain your record of results and show it to your doctor. Some glucose strips report blood glucose levels as plasma glucose values that are 10-15% higher than the whole blood glucose level. Please consult your doctor if your meter or strip will result in whole blood or plasma.
a) The target glucose range using whole blood is 80 to 120 before meals and 100 to 140 at bedtime.
b) The target glucose range using plasma is 90 to 130 before meals and 110 to 150 at bedtime.
Your own blood glucose check
You may need to periodically check your blood sugar level to control your diabetes. It will tell you what your blood sugar is when testing. Record your results and show it to your medical team. Some meters and test strips have blood glucose levels reported as plasma glucose values 10 to 15% higher than whole blood glucose levels. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if your meter and strip will provide whole blood or plasma results.
· The target glucose range of most people using whole blood is 80 to 120 before meals and 100 to 140 at bedtime.
· The target glucose range of most people using plasma is 90 to 130 before meals and 110 to 150 at bedtime.
Monitor blood pressure
Hypertension works your mind. This can cause other problems such as stroke and kidney disease. You may need to check your blood pressure each time you see a doctor
· The target blood pressure of most diabetic patients is less than 130/80.
Control your cholesterol level
Low density lipid (LDL) is bad cholesterol that accumulates in your blood vessels. It narrows and hardens the blood vessels and can cause heart attacks. Doctors need to check the LDL level at least once a year.
· The target LDL cholesterol of most diabetic patients is less than 100.
Step 6: Prevent long-term diabetes problems
People with diabetes need to control blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol to prevent related problems such as heart attacks, kidney problems, nerve injuries, leg infections, gingival diseases.
· Eat a balanced diet defined by your dietician.
· Increase the level of physical activity
· Sometimes you take your medicine.
· Please improve your feet. Please periodically investigate your injuries.
· Periodically inspect tooth problems.
Step 7: Receive periodic tests, check long-term problems and treat them
Regarding problems causing diabetes, please consult a doctor on a regular basis. Regular medical examination helps to prevent problems and enable treatment and management at an early stage.
