With the continuous improvement of living standards, changes in diet, the incidence of diabetes was an upward trend year after year. To really prevent exacerbations and complications, in addition to early diagnosis, timely treatment, more importantly, to do a good job of diabetic elderly home care.
The event as a result of diabetes, with almost life-long and long-term medication to the patient a heavy financial burden and mental stress. In particular, fear of complications, most patients with the spirit of malaise, depression, loss of confidence in the fight against the disease. In view of this situation, the patient once the diagnosis, we should sympathize with comfort, while the incidence of diabetes awareness, prevention, treatment of the relevant knowledge, enhance their confidence in the fight against disease.
Diabetic patients the most important thing is diet control. Standards should be strictly controlled diet, diabetic diet master calculation. Total daily calories in the control of standards under the premise of increasing the high-cellulose, low-fat diet, each meal deprivation, the daily number of meals.
Daily life should be strengthened elderly diabetic oral and skin care to prevent infection; attention to warm, the prevention of upper respiratory tract infection and pulmonary complications, the prevention of urinary tract infection; accurate records of urine, measurement of body weight on time.
The family home to buy the best measurement of blood glucose and urine sugar measurements of the paper and on time to the elderly diabetic blood sugar, urine sugar, but this self-test can not be replaced regularly measuring hospital. If it is found that fluctuations in blood sugar have to be on time. Injection of insulin for diabetes should pay attention to the elderly dose and time, one should be accurate, in half an hour before injection; Second, we must pay attention to the regular replacement of the injection site to prevent scleroma organizations; three partial strictly disinfected to prevent infection; four to watch for excessive insulin or oral drugs for adverse reactions. But also to observe the elderly diabetes have low blood sugar phenomenon, once the symptoms of hypoglycemia should immediately oral carbohydrate food, on the heavier should immediately go to the hospital for medical treatment.
Suffering from diabetes to light the elderly should be encouraged to participate in appropriate physical and sports activities in order to avoid the body fat can also reduce the burden on the patient's spirit. Such as severe ketoacidosis and other complications, should be an absolute bed rest, to wait for his condition improved, depending on the patient, and gradually increase the volume of activities.
