Treatment for Diabetes
Proper treatment for diabetes should be given to cure and control the disease. Some patients manage level of blood sugar by controlling intake of diet and exercise. There are different ways for controlling both types of diabetes.
Healthy diet
- It is not necessary that the diabetes patient should eat test less and boring food, but you can add more fruits, green vegetables and whole grains in your regular diet
- Vegetables, fruits and whole grains contain less fats, high amount of fibers and all necessary nutrients required for normal functioning of the body
- Fruits contain sugar which is easily absorbable in the blood and utilized for physical activity
- Diet with low fat will avoid the obesity and problem of cholesterol
- It is very important how much, how many times and what you eat, because it affects the level of sugar in the blood
- Avoid overeating
- Keep away from salty, oily and chilly food
- Sugar free diet or diet with low sugar
- You will get more information about the diet from expert dietitian
Exercise
- Exercise is good for health for everyone, it is not necessary that only diabetes patient needs exercise
- Exercise keeps you healthy and smooth working of the heart and lungs, which will minimize the blood sugar
- In the beginning you can take advice from the expert regarding what and how to exercise
- Walking, jogging, swimming playing tennis and cricket are good exercises
- Perform exercise for thirty minutes everyday
- To get good results you can do aerobics as well as stretching exercises
Medicines
- Medicines control the sugar level, blood pressure and cholesterol of the body
- According to the sugar level and blood pressure of the patient, the doctor prescribes the treatment
- Insulin is injected intravenously for decreasing sugar level
- Drugs show side effects like decrease in level of sugar, weight gain and problem in stomach functioning
Alcohol consumption
- Alcohol is dangerous for health, therefore it is good to eliminate it completely from life
- Low or moderate level of alcohol can increase or decrease the level of blood sugar
- Drink alcohol and then count blood sugar level, immediately you will get the idea of how alcohol can change the blood sugar level
Smoking
- It is studied that diabetic patient with smoking habit has less life span
- Smoking and chewing tobacco affects functioning of the lungs as well as the level of sugar
- Smoking destroy the blood vessels and it creates problems in blood circulation
Hormones
- Female reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone can change the level of sugar into the blood
- Estrogen hormone makes cells active for insulin hormone and progesterone hormone deactivated the cell for insulin
- In women, there is fluctuation in the sugar level due to hormones
- Women can control diabetes by adjusting diet along with exercise, if there is high level of sugar in the blood then drugs can be prescribed for reducing blood sugar
