INTENSIVE INSULIN THERAPY.
Advantages of intensive insulin therapy:
Achieved with the most effective compensation of diabetes mellitus;
Increases significantly during the disease, which takes place without complications, increase life expectancy;
Reduced risk of cardiovascular complications compared with conventional treatment;
Basal-bolus method simulates the activity of the pancreas. At the same basal insulin provides a permanent body’s need for insulin, bolus – peak loads associated with food intake;
Flexible mode of the day.
Disadvantages of intensive insulin therapy:
Requires constant and frequent monitoring of blood glucose;
Require a large amount of training;
There are frequent hypoglycemia.
CONVENTIONAL INSULIN THERAPY.
Advantages of conventional insulin therapy:
Ease of insulin;
Does not require a large amount of training;
There is no need for frequent monitoring of blood sugar.
Disadvantages of conventional insulin therapy:
Hard schedule and strict diet;
Frequent and mandatory meals 5-7 times a day;
Inadequate compensation of diabetes and, consequently, increasing the likelihood of complications in the early stage of the disease;
High risk of hypoglycemia, especially nocturnal;
Does not meet the physiological parameters of the pancreas;
It is impossible to foresee all possible situations that may affect the change in insulin, which increases the likelihood of complications.
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