A person with diabetes can sometimes afford to drink a small amount of alcohol without compromising their health. However, drinking alcohol, and rarely even in small doses, do not forget the following:
1. Do not drink hard alcoholic drinks on an empty stomach.
This is harmful to the gastric mucosa, is not protected by the food eaten prior to the pancreas and liver. (Following these recommendations is useful to people Continue reading »
There are products that barely got into the stomach, causing a rapid jump in blood sugar levels of diabetics. Such products include chocolates, evaporated milk, ice cream, marshmallow, caramel, marmalade, halvah, waffles, cookies, cakes, confiture, butter, marmalade, fruit compotes, honey, sugar, sweet wine, soft drinks with sugar syrup and etc . All of them are rich in carbohydrate.
In nature there are no fruits or vegetables that are 100% would consist of only carbohydrate. These products Continue reading »
It is called type I diabetes. Susceptible to the disease in people under 30 years old, so it is called the young diabetic. Why is it there? Mainly cause of the disease is to reduce or cease production of insulin the pancreas.
According to available data it can be argued that this form of diabetes occurs in genetically predisposed individuals as a result of viral infections. If a person is infected with a hereditary predisposition to infectious disease, the virus activates the production of antibodies against Continue reading »
In order to be confident in the effectiveness of insulin, it is necessary not only to calculate correctly the dose, but also strictly abide by all the “process”. Otherwise, it may be a change in unpredictable blood glucose levels and, consequently, increases the risk of acute complications.
When deciding whether to change the dose of insulin due to insufficient action of the drug should be necessarily ruled out the error in the technique of insulin administration. Manipulation of the bottle must be carried out Continue reading »
On insulin therapy of type II diabetes become subject to the following indications:
The ineffectiveness of diet and maximum dose glucose-lowering medicaments, resulting in recording the following parameters: НbА1с > 7,5 %.
Fasting glucose> 8 mmol / liter.
The appearance of acute complications of diabetes.
On insulin also mapped by the need for surgery (this is usually Continue reading »
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 Continue reading »
Elevated blood sugar is harmful to the kidneys of diabetic nephropathy development. This is specific vascular lesion of kidneys in diabetes, in the final stage of which develops chronic renal failure.
For 20 years, every second patient with diabetes mellitus (I or type II) developed kidney disease of varying degrees.
The causes of kidney damage.
High blood sugar levels. The worse your blood sugar is controlled, the higher the probability of occurrence of diabetic nephropathy. Continue reading »
Osmotic pressure in the blood is maintained by dynamic equilibrium diffusion processes between blood cells and the intercellular space. By developing pathological processes associated with an excess of blood osmolality (hyperosmolar), resulting to decrease of the less concentrated solution – the body’s cells, the fluid becomes more concentrated solution – the blood. As a result, fluid is drawn as it arises from the cells and their dehydration (dehydration).
Now we give the definition of this complication.
Hyperosmolar coma – is an acute complication of diabetes caused by insulin deficiency and characterized by hyperglycemia, hyperosmolar blood Continue reading »
Indications for the test.
The extent of compensation of diabetes.
The principle of the method.
Ketones (ketone bodies, acetone body) – are organic substances produced in the process of biochemical transformations of lipids and proteins. The term ketonuria means the presence of ketones in the urine.
The methodology of the investigation.
The study was conducted in the laboratory. There are special sets of tests for Continue reading »
Indications for the test Investigation of fructosamine content in blood.
Monitoring of treatment, selection and dose adjustment in insulin therapy, assessment of compensation of diabetes.
The principle of the method of investigation of fructosamine content in blood.
In addition to the protein hemoglobin and other blood proteins also bind to glucose, and such compounds are called fructosamine. The amount of protein (mainly albumin), which binds to glucose depends on the magnitude of blood glucose concentration and duration of finding the Continue reading »
