Does sugar control only require medication? wrong! Remind sugar friends: If these 4 things are not done well, it will be difficult for blood sugar to stabilize!
After being diagnosed with diabetes, doctors usually give the patient knowledge about the dangers of diabetes. This not only makes patients aware that their blood sugar has exceeded the standard, but also needs to be more vigilant for diabetic complications.
Because from the clinical point of view, the real scary part of diabetes is all kinds of serious complications that may be fatal and disabling.
Because of this, after diabetes is diagnosed, it is necessary to cooperate with doctors to actively treat it with medication, and when necessary, it needs to be combined with insulin injection. People with type 1 diabetes, in particular, require lifelong insulin injections. However, this does not mean that patients can control the increase in blood sugar with only medication, because the treatment of hypoglycemia needs to be carried out comprehensively.
If the patient just takes medication, the following problems in life may also cause blood sugar fluctuations:
1. Lack of sleep
Staying up late for a long time and poor sleep quality are not only not conducive to the recovery of physical strength and energy the next day, but also cause abnormal fluctuations in blood sugar. Because people with diabetes tend to weaken the body's sensitivity to insulin when they stay up late .
Insufficient sleep will put the body in a state of chronic stress , and the sympathetic nerves will be highly excited , prompting the secretion of a large amount of catecholamines. This hormone often inhibits the secretion of insulin, which is not conducive to blood sugar metabolism and then causes blood sugar fluctuations.
In addition, staying up late and insomnia for a long time can also cause neurasthenia and mental tension . In this case, it is more difficult to control blood sugar;
2. Does not cooperate with sports
This is mainly aimed at patients with type 2 diabetes. It is necessary to know that obesity caused by long-term sedentary and excessive eating is the most important environmental factor that promotes type 2 diabetes. The less physical exercise, the more severe the symptoms of insulin resistance, the lack of glucose consumption, which will naturally affect blood sugar .
Through reasonable exercise, it can not only control weight gain, but also improve the uptake and utilization of glucose by muscle tissue, which in turn has the effect of indirectly stabilizing blood sugar;
3. Blind drug use
In life, there are many prescription or over-the-counter drugs that can disrupt blood sugar levels, such as steroids for autoimmune diseases, inflammation, asthma and other diseases , which can cause blood sugar to rise.
In addition, antiepileptic drugs, antipsychotic drugs, birth control pills, diuretics, cough medicines , etc., can also cause blood sugar fluctuations. Therefore, when taking medication on the basis of diabetes, patients should inform their doctor of their condition in advance;
4. The influence of diet
The main reason for poor blood sugar control in diabetic patients is that patients do not make scientific dietary adjustments. You know, all the nutrients our body needs every day come from different foods.
If a person with diabetes chooses the wrong eating patterns and types of food, blood sugar fluctuations may occur. For example , eating a lot of food, overeating, choosing high-sugar or high-calorie foods, choosing foods with a high glycemic index, etc. , will cause postprandial blood sugar to rise.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that the treatment of diabetes needs to be comprehensive, and drugs are the basis for controlling blood sugar.
However, on this basis, patients should also have a reasonable diet, scientific exercise, and good work and rest habits, so as to fully stabilize blood sugar and reduce the chance of complications that may occur in the future.
In addition, diabetic patients also need to test fasting and postprandial blood sugar regularly and regularly to understand the overall control of blood sugar.