Treatment
Labels Diabetes
There is no cure for diabetes. Treatment is based on a combination of
diet and weight control; physical exercise; injected insulin or oral medications
to reduce blood sugar levels; and home monitoring of blood glucose
levels. The goal of treatment is to control blood sugar levels and to lower
the patient’s risk of blindness, frequent infections, heart disease, and
other complications of diabetes:
diet and weight control; physical exercise; injected insulin or oral medications
to reduce blood sugar levels; and home monitoring of blood glucose
levels. The goal of treatment is to control blood sugar levels and to lower
the patient’s risk of blindness, frequent infections, heart disease, and
other complications of diabetes:
- Diet: Patients with type 2 diabetes usually need to lower their
weight. In addition, they must learn to eat roughly the same size
meals at the same times each day so that their insulin doses will not
lower their blood sugar level too quickly or too far. - Exercise: Exercise reduces the patient’s risk of leg ulcers, stroke,
heart disease, kidney failure, and other complications of diabetes. - Insulin and oral medications: Patients with type 1 diabetes must
use injected insulin. Type 2 diabetics can be treated with oral medications
that increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin, stimulate the
pancreas to produce more insulin, or decrease the amount of glucose
produced by the liver. They may need insulin injections in
addition to these oral medications. - Home monitoring. Patients with either type of diabetes must
check their blood sugar levels four times a day—before each meal
and at bedtime—and keep a careful record of the test results.
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