As we all know, diabetes is a [lifelong disease]. Once diagnosed with diabetes, it bears this [sweet burden].
In the treatment of diabetes, some misunderstandings are very common, such as:
I have had blood sugar accidents for several years, but it is high anyway, and I can’t help it.
With diabetes, I can’t eat anything. I eat chaff and swallow vegetables every day. It’s really boring to live.
Today, Dr. Clove summed up the 6 most common misunderstandings in diabetes treatment, and concentrated them on analysis to help everyone avoid misunderstandings and correctly control sugar.
If blood sugar is not measured, the eye is out of sight.
Some sugar lovers hold this [ostrich mentality], do not carry out blood sugar monitoring, and even think [as long as I don’t know the blood sugar is high, it will be fine].
It is true that the progress of diabetes is hidden and often gives sugar lovers the illusion of “nothing”. But don’t forget, the accident of blood sugar does not mean that blood sugar is not high. If blood sugar is not measured, we will not know the progress of our disease and the treatment plan cannot be adjusted in time, which will inevitably affect the control of the disease.
If the blood sugar control is not good for a long time, it will bring many diabetic complications. If the blood sugar monitoring is not carried out, it will ultimately hurt yourself.
Therefore, insisting on blood sugar monitoring is the first step in the standardized treatment of diabetes.
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Suffer for saving small money and spending big money.
Treating diabetes is really expensive. Blood sugar test paper, hypoglycemic drugs and injection needles all cost money. If you encounter several more times of unstable blood sugar, you need to be hospitalized, which will greatly increase your expenses.
However, many friends with diabetes have retired or are about to retire. Their monthly wages and pensions are already tight to cope with their daily life. In addition, the burden of diabetes treatment is really a little out of breath.
As a result, some sugar lovers began to do [save] and [simplify] treatment: measure blood sugar a few times less, use injection needles repeatedly, stop taking drugs on their own, etc.
However, this method saves a small sum of money, but it may lead to a big hidden danger: various diabetic complications. However, a large number of investigations and studies have shown that the treatment cost of sugar lovers with complications is several times higher than that of those without complications.
Therefore, when treating diabetes, everyone must listen to the doctor’s advice and cooperate well with the standardized treatment. The account for diabetes treatment must be calculated clearly, and never spend a lot of money to save money.
Abandoning oneself and not cooperating with treatment
Once diagnosed with diabetes, some sugar lovers begin to abandon themselves and feel that with the current medical level, diabetes is incurable anyway. They begin to pursue the current [comfort] and neglect the treatment.
Little imagine, although diabetes cannot be cured, if well coordinated treatment, it can be achieved to control the disease.
Even some sugar lovers, after systematic treatment, have good blood sugar control and can stop taking drugs under the guidance of doctors. They can maintain treatment simply by diet and exercise. Their life is actually the same as that of ordinary people.
If you abandon yourself in the treatment of diabetes, the disease that could have been controlled will also worsen. Once the complications come to you, not only you but also your family will suffer in the end.
Be too careful and scare yourself
In addition to abandoning themselves, some sugar lovers have gone to the other extreme: they attach too much importance to diabetes and often scare themselves.
In particular, some new sugar friends learned that they had diabetes and were extremely nervous. They could not sleep well and could not eat.
For example, the message that diabetes doctors see most is:
Doctor, I just ate XX, does it matter? Will the disease worsen?
In fact, the diet of diabetes is not as harsh as everyone imagined. It can be said that apart from smoking and alcohol, diabetics have nothing to eat, but we should pay attention to the amount of consumption. Generally speaking, it doesn’t matter much to eat a little occasionally.
If you are really worried about the instability of blood sugar caused by eating, here is a very practical judgment method: measuring blood sugar.
For example, if you want to know that the apples you eat in the afternoon affect the disease control, you can measure the blood sugar before dinner. If you exceed the control target set by the doctor, don’t eat it next time, or don’t eat so much.
The side effects of hypoglycemic drugs are also often worrying.
Although hypoglycemic drugs may have some side effects, these possible side effects are dwarfed by the serious consequences of poor blood sugar control.
When selecting drugs, doctors will fully consider the physical condition of sugar lovers. As long as the drugs are standardized under the guidance of regular doctors, there is no need to worry about side effects.
Blood sugar fluctuates, eager to stabilize blood sugar
Many sugar lovers have such doubts:
I clearly control my diet, exercise regularly and take drugs on time. Why is my blood sugar always not well controlled?
There are many reasons that affect blood sugar. Apart from the well-known diet, exercise and medication, emotional changes, sleep conditions, some diseases and non-hypoglycemic drugs may all lead to fluctuations in blood sugar.
In these cases, after a period of time, the blood sugar will stabilize and there is no need to worry too much.
Moreover, in the process of drug adjustment, as it takes a certain period of time for the drug to achieve the best therapeutic effect, poor blood sugar control may also occur during this period, sugar lovers need to regularly monitor blood sugar and patiently cooperate with treatment.
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Believe in advertisements and change plans without authorization.
Some sugar lovers are eager to cure diseases and often suffer losses when they see some small advertisements claiming to be able to [cure diabetes].
These widely circulated [folk prescription] and so-called [health care products] are often unknown in composition and safety, and have not undergone rigorous clinical trials to verify the curative effect.
If you believe these small advertisements and change the treatment plan without authorization, it will not only waste money, but also delay the illness.
In fact, when dealing with diabetes, we should have such an attitude: despise it strategically and attach importance to it tactically. To deal with diabetes correctly, we should be [four] sugar people: knowledge, ideal, action and persistence.
Knowledge: Knowledge related to diabetes, able to identify truth from falsehood, not confused by various rumors.
Ideal: I believe that through correct treatment, diabetes can be overcome and the disease condition can be well controlled.
There are actions: put the treatment into action, shut up, take your legs, measure your blood sugar, and use good medicine. Some treatment links will not be relaxed.
Persistence: Diabetes treatment is a long-term battle. Only by insisting on treatment can we win the final victory of the battle sugar.