Tag: Endocrinology Department

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DPP-4 Inhibitor: Controlling Blood Glucose, Protecting Active Power

Many sugar lovers always eat a lot of three meals a day or cannot help eating a lot of snacks because they eat a lot of food. In this way, the total energy exceeds the standard and the blood sugar is naturally not well controlled. Today, Dr. Clove will introduce a class of oral hypoglycemic drugs, [dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor], abbreviated as [DPP-4 inhibitor], which can solve this problem well. [DPP-4 inhibitor] is a relatively new oral hypoglycemic drug listed in China in recent years. The drug name is often [XX liptin], including rigliptin, sigliptin, sagliptin, agliptin and vegliptin. Blood sugar war, cover meritorious After people’s blood sugar rises, they need insulin to reduce their blood sugar. At this time, there Read More …

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Blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid cannot be lowered. Perhaps there is something wrong with this place.

Recently, aunt Zhang often feels that she does not have enough to eat. Her appetite has increased by half, but her weight has been lighter by nearly 10 kg and she is still a little dry. Neighbor aunt Li is an old diabetic patient. She asserts that aunt Zhang must have diabetes. After going to the community hospital for a test, Aunt Zhang’s blood sugar was indeed on the high side, especially the postprandial blood sugar was 12 mmol/L (normally below 7.8 mmol/L). The doctor prescribed hypoglycemic drugs to Aunt Zhang. She took them strictly according to the doctor’s advice, but her weight was still losing and she also had symptoms of palpitation and shaking hands. Two weeks later, she Read More …

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Remember four words, diabetics feel at ease for the holidays and have a happy dinner.

The Spring Festival is coming soon. When it comes to the festival, relatives and friends gather together, and it is always necessary to have a few good meals. At this time, diabetics can be worried, eat, afraid of high blood sugar, don’t go, itching in the heart, face also can’t pass. Today, Dr. Clove told you four words. Remember, diabetics can also have fun and have fun. First sentence: Wait for me for 5 minutes When you go out for dinner, what you think most is probably which restaurant is delicious or what the traffic conditions are. As sugar lovers, how long do we need to be mindful and spend 5 minutes checking two very important [equipment] before departure: hypoglycemic Read More …

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Some diabetes can not take medicine? What’s going on?

As we all know, diabetes is a [lifelong disease]. With diabetes, many friends will have to deal with various hypoglycemic drugs and insulin needles from now on. However, there are also some sugar friends who are relatively [lucky] and can control their blood sugar well without taking medicine or injections. Who can take no injection or medicine? Come and have a look with Dr. Clove. Some diabetics may not take drugs. Indeed, some diabetics do not take medicine or injections, and their blood sugar is well controlled. Generally, the following situations are included. 1. Type 2 diabetes patients who have just acquired diabetes and adjusted their lifestyle to reach the goal of blood sugar control. If diabetes is mild and Read More …

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Is diabetes hereditary? Bad news and good news

Now, the prevalence rate of diabetes is getting higher and higher, with 1 in 10 people suffering from diabetes. Many people have such worries: I have diabetes, will it be passed on to my children? My parents have diabetes in my family. What should I do? Today, Dr. Clove will talk to you about the genetic problem of diabetes. A Bad News: Diabetes May Be Hereditary Let’s get straight to the point, diabetes is probably hereditary. Diabetes mellitus is very complicated and has many pathogenic factors. Modern medicine has not thoroughly studied diabetes mellitus. However, [diabetes has genetic tendency] is a consensus reached by medical experts from all over the world. Some studies have found that: Type 1 diabetes mellitus Read More …

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Sugar friends have high blood pressure, too fat or too thin? Eat according to it, stabilize sugar, reduce blood pressure and control weight!

As we all know, it is very important to keep your mouth shut in the treatment of diabetes. Many sugar lovers have other problems besides diabetes, such as high blood pressure, overweight or being too thin, which also need to be paid attention to in diet. Today, Dr. Clove summarized several diabetes diet methods widely respected at home and abroad: Mediterranean diet, DASH (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) diet and moderate low carbohydrate diet [1, 2, 3]. Not only can you control your blood sugar, each diet method also has some additional characteristics of its own, such as controlling blood pressure, controlling weight, etc. You can look at it according to your own situation. For those with high blood pressure, Read More …

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Got diabetes, [sad] and [hurt brain], how to do?

A domestic investigation has found that the prevalence rate of cerebrovascular diseases is 12.6% and that of cardiovascular diseases is 17.1% among type 2 diabetes patients hospitalized in 3A hospitals. In other words, every 10 diabetics have cerebrovascular problems, while almost every 5 diabetics have cardiovascular problems. These cardiovascular and cerebrovascular problems mainly include coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, etc. Why is diabetes still associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases? Sugar friends have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, is it serious? Today, Dr. Clove will tell you about diabetes and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Diabetes induces and promotes cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases People with diabetes have a higher incidence rate of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases than ordinary people, and Read More …

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This kind of new hypoglycemic drug, let the kidney help you reduce blood sugar!

Seeing this topic, people may feel strange: Can kidneys also help reduce blood sugar? Indeed, most oral hypoglycemic drugs focus on insulin, either promoting insulin secretion or enhancing insulin sensitivity. Or, deal with the digestive system responsible for sugar absorption and metabolism, and act on gastrointestinal tract, liver, etc. A urinating organ, kidney, is actually related to hypoglycemia? This is about to mention our main character today, the hypoglycemic drug SGLT-2 inhibitor. [Qiao Daughter-in-Law] Kidney Helps Stabilize Blood To say this hypoglycemic drug, we first need to know what the kidney is doing every day. Some people may say: This is not simple, it is to produce urine! The answer is right, but we can’t underestimate the matter of [producing Read More …

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In 3 minutes, I will teach you to understand the thyroid function report.

Thyroid function (abbreviated as [thyroid function]) and thyroid color Doppler ultrasound are two magic weapons for examining thyroid diseases. This article will introduce how to interpret the thyroid function report. What are the indicators included in the nail test? The narrow sense of thyroid examination only includes TSH, T3 and T4 hormone indexes, while the broad sense of thyroid examination also includes TPOAb, TgAb and TRAb antibody indexes. The human body is a precise and complicated system. The above indicators are interrelated and influence each other. TSH and T3, T4: The function of TSH is to promote thyroid gland to secrete more T3 and T4. If T3 and T4 secrete too much, it will in turn inhibit the production of Read More …

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Spring Festival party, afraid of unstable blood sugar? Attention should be paid to these 5 activities!

In the Spring Festival, it is rare to take a long vacation. Apart from having dinner with family members, various recreational activities are also indispensable. However, there are some recreational activities that sugar lovers need to pay special attention to. Dr. Clove summed up 5 recreational activities that need to be paid attention to or even avoided. Come and have a look at them quickly. Playing cards and mahjong: walk a lot Poker and mahjong should be regarded as one of the most popular entertainment activities. However, when you are entertaining, don’t forget your own situation. Hyperglycemia makes blood in a state of hypercoagulable, and when sitting for a long time, lower limb blood circulation is not good, it is Read More …