4 principles of the prevention of complications of diabetes

Source: Health Net

Many diabetic patients, only emphasizing the treatment of diabetes, complications of diabetes on the human body, but know not much hazard. Diabetes is a preventable, treatable, controllable disease is not terrible, horrible thing is that harmful complications.

Complications of diabetes up to more than 100 kinds, is more harmful to humans mainly as follows: 1, gastrointestinal disorders (dilute volatile dry stool) 2, eye disease (blurred vision, retinal hemorrhage, retinopathy, and detached cataract) 3, cerebrovascular disease (cerebral arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage) 4, cardiovascular disease (coronary heart disease, cardiac disorders, etc.) 5, nephropathy (urinary protein, nephritis, renal failure, uremia, etc.) 6, nerve endings lesions (hand-foot-numbness, cold, neuralgia, arthralgia, etc.) 7, diabetic foot (lower extremity gangrene, ulcers, etc.).

According to the World Health Organization statistics, the highest diabetes mortality rate for cardiovascular disease 50%, followed by kidney disease for more than 10%, more than 95% of patients with diabetes complicated by retinopathy is one of the four major causes of blindness. Diabetes caused by non-traumatic amputations accounted for more than 85% of amputations. Therefore, from 2001 to 2005, November 14 every year "World Diabetes Day" will be the focus of attention on the complications of diabetes prevention and control. This is because scientific research confirmed that the main hazard from diabetes complications.

Clinical statistics show that the incidence of diabetes within 10 years or so, there will be 30% ~ 40% of patients with at least a complication occurs. Once complications, drug therapy is very helpless, it was stressed that as soon as possible to prevent the occurrence of these serious consequences, inhibiting or delaying the progress of diabetic complications, the prognosis of patients with diabetes and life has become particularly important. The prevention of complications of diabetes, focusing on the following points have to do a good job.

Education for high-risk groups need to control the diabetes knowledge of medical science education, emphasizing the importance of prevention, early for some patients to early detection of patients having a guide to the right in order to avoid and prevent complications.

Early diagnosis, many diabetic patients as a result of the initial no obvious symptoms, especially in some elderly patients, the symptoms tend to more than 80% cover. Less severe diseases, it is difficult to find, but once found, often have lost the opportunity of early treatment, even some patients to serious complications when treatment. Therefore, the following should be some early warning signals: 1. Less than a dinner time meal hungry or thirsty. 2. Flustered easily before dining out sweat, fatigue and so on. 3. Wound infection is not easy to heal. 4. Clear vision into the period of decline. 5. No obvious reason for the hand, foot numbness, pain, feeling cold, such as anomalies. 6. Easily, fatigue and other emotional changes. 7. Urination increased frequency.

Regular monitoring should be developed diabetes and regular blood glucose self-monitoring system to the hospital to check the habit. Stable blood sugar can be measured once a week fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose two hours and make timely adjustments in accordance with changes in blood sugar drug. Large fluctuations in blood sugar when you need a day to monitor blood glucose and fasting blood glucose after meals, until the blood sugar stabilized. Go to the hospital every three months testing glycosylated hemoglobin and microalbuminuria. Ophthalmology at least every six months to a patient to check whether fundus of diabetic retinopathy. Regular measurement of blood pressure, electrocardiogram done to understand the heart and brain function.

Sustained long-term treatment of diabetes, and even for life, and the impact of factors related to diet, exercise, emotional, drug, etc., it needs to establish in patients with disease-fighting conviction, perseverance, and resolutely fight against diabetes. Emphasis on treatment of blood glucose, blood lipids, blood pressure and glycosylated hemoglobin standards must be, should not have the sense of self can not be randomly drug, and other reductions.