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Old Age Diabetics Need Great Care And Caution |
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Old age people are more prone to develop
diabetes. Especially, due to over weight and lack of mobility they fall
prey to type 2 diabetes mellitus. Glucose intolerance is a common
occurrence among old age folks. Most often its difficult to identify
symptoms of the disease in old people. However, it gets identified other
conditions like cardiovascular disease and other conditions.
Basic care for disease is the same as for all age people but old
people have far greater chances of developing complications. Non ketotic
hyperosmolar coma is a common occurence among diabetics of old age and
the patient often dies of it. Biggest problem with old age people is the
slow rate of weight reduction as they can't go for rigorous exercises.
Since, exercise doesn't give good results, meal planning becomes more
important for normalizing blood pressure and blood sugar level.
Certain
medicines are also not given to old age diabetics as it may harm them.
For example, Metformin is not given as it gives way to acidosis. Most
often old people posses undiagnosed diabetes and it comes in to light
only with severe complications like neuropathic foot lesions. So, old
age people and particularly diabetics of that age must take good care of
their foot.
Elderly diabetics are vulnerable to complications
like neuropathy, nephropathy, vascular disease and hypertension. So, a
very restricted life from the point of view of medication and meal along
with constant monitoring of blood glucose is must for them.
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