Say no to the complications of diabetes.
Posted on January 30, 2010
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Diabetes is a lifelong, chronic metabolic diseases, if not received timely and correct treatment, it will endanger the heart, lungs, kidneys, nerves, eyes and other organs and organ, and this hazard is often unknowingly happen. In fact, diabetes itself does not lead to deaths, the real frightening thing is that diabetes complications. According to WHO statistics, more than the complications of diabetes up to 100. This is where the highest mortality for diabetic patients cardio-cerebral vascular disease, accounting for 50%, followed by kidney disease, accounting for 10%, compared with amputations due to complications caused by 85%, retinopathy was 95%.
Although the complications of diabetes is terrible, but as long as blood pressure, blood glucose, blood lipid control in relatively good long-term stable state, to the complications of diabetes will be able to say “no.” In daily life, develop a healthy and regular lifestyle is essential in diabetic patients. To prevent or delay the occurrence and development of complications, diabetes patients must first maintain the mood of optimism, to avoid the extreme emotional or mental stress; followed insist on work and rest, to participate in appropriate recreational activities, sports and manual labor, to avoid fatigue and nervous activity; in their daily diet to do with science and nutrition to maintain the standard weight, bogey is sweet and spicy food and alcohol and tobacco; diabetic patients taking hypoglycemic agents, it is necessary to grasp the blood sugar drop, adjusting the amount of drugs in order to avoid low blood sugar reactions. Patients with diabetes must pay attention to foot and skin care, maintenance of sanitation, prevention of infection, gangrene from happening. Clothing, shoes and socks should be loose and soft. When they find out there is dry, rough, easy to crack the skin, should always smear moisturizing lotion to keep skin moist and prevent skin cracking. Because the foot skin feeling weakened, so both feet can easily burn, so do not get too close to the heating object.
Because of the high incidence of diabetic complications in recent years, World Diabetes Day theme is diabetes complications related to diabetes, this year’s theme is “Diabetes and obesity.” As a leading company in diabetes care, Novo Nordisk has always been to improve the quality of life for patients with responsibility, and diabetes set up a “Novo Care” series of services. In the popular diabetes prevention, care and treatment knowledge, raising the public awareness of diabetes.
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