How many times a day do you need to check your blood sugar if you have diabetes?

Once diagnosed with diabetes, monitoring blood sugar is essential. Some patients do not know how many times a day to check blood sugar, and whether there is a difference between fasting and postprandial blood sugar in what. Let’s give you a detailed introduction to several indicators for monitoring blood sugar and some problems that need attention. Glucose monitoring at home in how? Glucose meter is a standard configuration and necessary tool for diabetics. In addition to doing examinations in hospitals, Diabetes patients need to monitor their blood sugar level at home through a rapid blood glucose meter. In the outpatient department, There are still a few patients who never monitor their blood sugar, Always by feeling. Today, my head is Read More …

Diabetes patients should not only guard against hyperglycemia, but also guard against hypoglycemia.

When the blood sugar is as low as 2.8-3.8 mmol/L, patients may feel various discomfort. For patients with high blood sugar on weekdays, symptoms may occur as soon as the blood sugar is lower than 5.5 mmol/L. Too strong? Abnormal decrease of blood glucose level Patients who use oral hypoglycemic drugs or insulin injection, if the drug effect is too strong, will cause abnormal fluctuations in blood sugar, leading to hypoglycemia. The efficacy of drugs is closely related to diet, exercise and physical condition. As always, the dosage may be due to low diet, excessive exercise and other factors, suddenly make the blood sugar drop too low. For patients with good blood sugar control, the average blood sugar value is Read More …

What misconceptions about blood sugar control have you been fooled by?

We know that poor blood sugar control will bring many adverse effects, such as increasing the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and easily leading to obesity and various complications. Therefore, everyone is responsible for controlling blood sugar. However, in life, there are many rumors and misunderstandings. Let’s take a look first. What have you heard? Myth 1: As long as you don’t eat sweet food, The blood sugar response will be lower. Sweet sugar will raise blood sugar. But starch without sweetness will also become glucose after digestion. Therefore, All starchy foods, Such as rice, flour, coarse cereals, potatoes, It is also possible to raise blood sugar. Myth 2: Diabetics should pay attention to choosing sugar-free products. Read More …

Blood sugar fluctuation is also related to non-hypoglycemic drugs.

Have you ever had such experiences: Eating, exercising and taking drugs are all in accordance with normal habits. What has not changed, but suddenly blood sugar rises and falls, which is not well controlled? At this time, quickly recall, have you recently taken other drugs from what? Some non-hypoglycemic drugs can also cause blood sugar fluctuations, so we should pay special attention to them. Hyperglycemia Non-hypoglycemic drugs that cause hyperglycemia can cause insulin resistance, make the body insensitive to insulin, and weaken the hypoglycemic effect of insulin. Or lead to significant weight gain, further aggravating insulin resistance, thus raising blood sugar. These drugs mainly include: Thiazide diuretics: such as hydrochlorothiazide and chlorothiazone, which are mainly used to reduce blood pressure Read More …

Satisfaction: Right, controlling blood sugar can also reduce body weight,

I believe that many diabetics and people who have lost weight are familiar with the word “satiety”. How can satiety help us better control sugar, weight and health? Is satiety and satiety index what? We often say that satiety can be divided into two types. One is satiety after eating, which can help us stop eating. The other is that there will be no hunger between meals, or for sugar lovers, hypoglycemia will not occur between meals. We have all had such experiences. Some foods feel full after eating a little, and some foods feel full after eating more. This is because food types are one of the important factors that affect satiety. For this reason, nutritionists have defined the Read More …

Bad blood sugar control? Don’t make these 6 kinds of treatment misunderstandings!

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 Read More …

Got diabetes, blood pressure, blood lipid, blood uric acid is still high, how to do?

I believe everyone must have heard of the three highs: hyperglycemia, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Now [the fourth highest] hyperuric acid is also increasing. Moreover, these four [highs] often gather together to make trouble. Many sugar lovers are not only high in blood sugar, but also high in blood pressure, blood lipid and uric acid. They can be called [experts]. Why do so many [high] generation diseases prefer sugar lovers? Is there any way to prevent transformation? Today, diabetes doctors will tell you about this. [Four Highs] This is a Brother [Four Highs] Love comes together for the simple reason that they are all born to the same mother, whose name is [Metabolic Syndrome]. Hyperglycemia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia are all Read More …

Baby’s throat hurts uncomfortable, is there a what method?

Baby’s throat hurts uncomfortable, is there a what method? Pediatricians really have a good way to come, that is, eat ice cream! Cool ice cream can relieve mild sore throat, as can cool throat candy or chilled fruit pieces. Not only babies but also adults can try this method. Of course, if your throat hurts badly and you will feel uncomfortable eating cold food, you cannot use this method. More than 6 months of baby, throat pain is severe, can use ibuprofen, or acetaminophen to relieve pain. Before medication, it is best to consult a doctor first!

Is it not normal if you are not poopy in the morning?

Many people always feel that it is normal to defecate once a day in the morning. In medicine, there is no strict normal standard for the number and time of defecation every day. It is normal to defecate at any time from 3 times a week to 3 times a day. There is no reason to say that the morning stool is the most detoxifying. As long as the stool is not thin, hard and laborious, the stool at any time is good. Less times of pulling is not necessarily constipation. More times of pulling, at most, is just more paper than others, and it is not a big problem in what. As long as you don’t feel sick and Read More …

Do you want to give your child a vaccine at your own expense?

Is it necessary to take vaccines at one’s own expense? Of course it is. First of all, no matter whether the vaccine is free or at one’s own expense, it is a good comrade to protect the baby from diseases, and everyone is a good vaccine. Free vaccines are mandatory by the state, just like compulsory education, every baby must be vaccinated. Vaccines at one’s own expense are not because the diseases it prevents are not important, but because the country cannot afford to give all children all vaccines. To put it bluntly, free vaccines are included in the scope of free because of their good quality and low price. And self-funded vaccines, although they are also of good quality, Read More …