Minimizing The Effects Of Diabetes

Diabetes can cause the diabetic two main areas of concern, firstly there’s the short term ill-effects to consider, and secondly, the longer term harm that the disease can manifest itself into.

Minimizing both of these areas requires great discipline by the diabetic.

Fast peaks, or dips in blood glucose levels can result in numerous unpleasant effects: disorientation, the feeling of dizziness, muscle weakness, and nausea are but a few of the more common effect I diabetic need to come to terms with.  For some diabetics however, it can be very difficult to prevent this from happening at some point in time.

However, it’s worth mentioning that there are practices that can help deal with theses effects.

Regular and careful monitoring is a crucial for any diabetic.  It's no walk-in-the-park either to have to finger prick three times a day. For those diabetics who simply can't face the though of this, it is certainly advisable to look into some of the newer diabetes monitoring systems that don't require the usual self punishment.

Some of these diabetes monitoring systems make use of a powerful laser that creates a tiny hole through which the blood can trickle through.  These systems produce only a mild tingling sensation to the diabetic and offer a viable alternative.  Another recent monitoring system senses the glucose levels actually through the diabetic skin using an infrared beam of light, thereby requiring no blood sample to be taken at all…

The goal of any diabetic is to keep the glucose insulin balance as close to normal levels as possible. Non-diabetics have a fasting glucose level under about 99 mg/dL. Even after a heavy meal, when glucose levels rise to over 200 mg/dL, insulin is released which brings it back down within a couple of hours. That means that keeping the glucose level right isn't so much achieving a fixed number as maintaining the correct balance.

Hemoglobin molecules in the red blood cells carry oxygen to the body’s tissues. The extra glucose in the bloodstream of a diabetic causes that hemoglobin to get glycated. This in turn allows an A1C test to accurately measure the combine results.

Long term the effects of diabetes will likely accumulate, good or bad. Over ten to fifteen years, sometimes longer, many diabetes patients of the past would be forces to suffer blindness, possible kidney damage, nerve damage and other horrific health effects. Fortunately, this is no longer the case. With contemporary understanding of the disease and modern medicine and technology it's now possible to reduce the odds of those diabetes effects almost to those without the disease.

Exercise and diet are the two key elements for the overwhelming majority of diabetes patients to help achieve the right glucose-insulin level.

It’s therefore vitally important to keep body fat low through proper diet, life-style choices and exercise.  A diabetic’s body fat plays a big role in how the body reacts to glucose levels; this also affects hormone production and release. While scientists are developing new treatment for diabetes all the time, there is strong evidence to suggest that there is a direct link between body fat and just how severe individual diabetes can be.

With proper diabetes management however, there’s no reason why a diabetic can’t lead a normal life.  One finally thought to consider.  A little bit of attention just a few times a day, should lead to not having to pay too much attention to your diabetes at all….