Treatment of diabetes

Hi Friends,

If we consider the present medical knowledge then it can be said that diabetes is a lifetime disease. With proper guidance of a doctor, it can be kept under complete control and some of its complications prevented but a complete cure still remains elusive. Hence, we can say that the treatment of diabetes is a lifetime responsibility.

Some diabetics resign themselves to fate on knowledge of their disease. They throw all the health rules to the wind and indulge in excesses. But to man, death is not available for the asking. When dreadful complications of the disease overpower such careless or happy go lucky persons life becomes miserable and intolerable. If some one ignores the treatment of diabetes then we can say that he/she is axing own feet.

The treatment of diabetes does not rob a person of worldly pleasures or make his/her life dreary. Infact a person undergoing treatment can lead an almost normal life.

The main aims of diabetes treatment:

1. To ameliorate all the symptoms of the disease.

2. To control the concentration of blood glucose.

3. To prevent glucose from escaping in the urine.

4. To formulate a 'whole day diet plan' such that all the essential nutrients are available to the body.

In child diabeticcs, the diet should be enough to encourage physical development. Another thing to be kept in mind while planning the diet is that the body weight is to be brought to the ideal level.

5. To convince the person of the importance of regular physical exercise and to formulate an exercise programme as per the individual needs.

6. To educate the diabetic (and his/her near and dear ones) about different aspects of the disease and its treatment.

The last point needs further elucidation. In the treatment of diabetes, the patient has to bear an almost equal (perhaps greater) responsibility as compared to the attending physician. He can intelligently and successfully shoulder this responsibility only if he/she is aware of all the facts of the disease. However because of several limitations especially those of time, no doctor can educate his/her patient fully.

Thanks,
Team- Knowledgeishealing