How to treat and prevent type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes accounts for up to 90% of the diabetic population. Because the disease progresses slowly and the patient's clinical symptoms are not obvious, it is not easy to detect. Therefore, for patients with type 2 diabetes, it is particularly important to clarify the treatment method of the disease and master reasonable preventive measures.

1.2 Methods of preventing type 2 diabetes

1.1 Control your weight

Obesity is one of the important causes of diabetes. Obesity will aggravate insulin resistance, resulting in unsatisfactory blood sugar control. It will also increase the amount of insulin used, causing a vicious circle. Weight gain will also cause serious harm to physical health. It is particularly important to control weight.

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1.2 Prevent constipation

The majority of patients with type 2 diabetes are elderly people. Due to the deterioration of digestive function and slow intestinal motility, this group of people is prone to constipation symptoms, which affects the absorption rate of hypoglycemic drugs, increases the difficulty of controlling blood sugar, and causes the patient's condition to worsen. In this regard, patients with type 2 diabetes should eat more foods that are conducive to defecation during their daily diet, and remind patients to drink more water, tell patients not to exert excessive force during defecation, not to look at mobile phones or smoke while defecating, and clean the anus after defecation to keep it dry and hygienic.

1.3 Pay attention to hygiene

Most patients with type 2 diabetes have poor physical constitutions. Due to their weak resistance, their acute or chronic infection rates will be greatly increased to a certain extent. If type 2 diabetes is infected, it will make the disease treatment more difficult, have a great impact on the improvement of blood sugar control, and further aggravate the condition. Patients are required to maintain good hygiene habits in their daily lives, take a bath and change clothes frequently, avoid skin infections, and keep clean after sexual intercourse and defecation. Effective hygiene can also prevent the occurrence of other complications.

1.4 Monitoring blood sugar levels

When a person is over 45 years old, blood sugar monitoring is required regularly, especially for patients with other underlying diseases, who should always pay attention to their blood sugar levels. There are generally three methods of examination: fasting blood sugar test, glycosylated hemoglobin test, and oral glucose tolerance test. During the monitoring of the patient's blood sugar, a reasonable monitoring plan should be formulated based on the patient's actual situation. Through observations of the condition of patients with type 2 diabetes, it can be seen that the patient's blood viscosity is high and the blood vessel walls are relatively brittle. When the blood vessels contract and narrow, it is very easy for the patient to experience obvious bleeding and blockage. Nursing staff should explain to patients the blood sugar control standards they need to achieve and effectively monitor the patient's blood sugar.

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1.5 Healthy diet

A healthy diet includes more fresh vegetables and fruits, grains and beans. Control the intake of sweets, salty foods and processed foods. Sufficient fiber is needed, which can increase satiety, effectively control blood sugar, maintain bowel regularity and lower cholesterol. Fruits, beans, grains and vegetables are all sources of fiber.

1.6 Exercise more

Regular physical exercise can reduce the incidence of diabetes. Relevant scholars recommend exercising for half an hour after a meal, such as jogging, gymnastics, swimming, walking, etc.

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1.7 Reduce stress

Excessive stress can lead to increased blood sugar levels. In daily life, we must learn to control our emotions and release stress. We can relax ourselves through meditation, deep breathing, watching videos, listening to music, chatting with people, etc. After suffering from type 2 diabetes, patients will have negative psychological emotions due to their lack of understanding of their own disease and their doubts about treatment and care methods. Family members need to comfort patients and give them understanding to prevent patients from having too serious negative psychological emotions that lead to large fluctuations in blood sugar levels, so that patients can always maintain a stable, relaxed and peaceful mental state during disease treatment.

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2. Treatment of type 2 diabetes

2.1 Diet therapy

Dietary intervention is one of the important means to control the progression of type 2 diabetes. The total calories and nutrients consumed daily are determined based on the patient's weight and physical activity. In addition, the intake of salt, fat, sugar, alcohol, and cholesterol should be limited.

2.2 Exercise therapy

Some patients with type 2 diabetes are required to participate in exercise appropriately and need to exercise every day. Exercise forms include gymnastics, jogging and Tai Chi, etc. Patients can choose the above exercise methods according to their tolerance and preferences. However, they should be careful not to exercise excessively and train step by step. In addition, exercise should be performed half an hour after a meal to avoid hypoglycemia caused by fasting.

2.3 Gastric bypass surgery

Gastric bypass surgery can allow patients to get rid of medication for life and eliminate insulin resistance. It is a good choice for patients and can effectively help patients lose weight.

2.4 Stem cell transplantation

For some type 2 diabetes patients whose pancreatic islet function is reduced to less than 1/3, stem cell transplantation therapy can activate pancreatic islet function and complete the reconstruction of pancreatic islet tissue, so that normal insulin secretion can be restored, and the clinical treatment effect of the disease is significant.

2.5 Drug treatment

In the treatment of type 2 diabetes, medication is one of the most commonly used treatment measures. Patients are required to take some therapeutic drugs with small side effects and good clinical treatment effects. Patients are also required to clearly understand the use of various drugs, the issues that need to be paid attention to during the treatment of the disease, and are reminded to take the medicine on time and not to change the dosage without permission.

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The incidence of type 2 diabetes has shown an increasing trend in recent years. In order to improve the clinical treatment effect and quality of patients, the pathogenesis of the patients should be analyzed, the main causes of the disease should be understood, and targeted treatment methods should be formulated based on the patients' own characteristics. Reasonable disease prevention measures should be proposed to effectively control the blood sugar levels of patients and achieve significant clinical treatment effects.