Diabetes Care
Don't Be A Couch Potato To Live With Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the ailments that is fast
becoming a matter of concern among the urban population all over the
world. Already the disease has assumed epidemic proportions in the USA.
It is estimated that over 16 million people in the USA are victims of
this disease. Indeed so rampant is the spread of this disease that
several sufferers are not even aware of the fact that they are suffering
from diabetes. The disease goes undetected for quite some time till the
symptoms are aggravated and thus the problem has become a major matter
of concern.
Even though the exact cause of
diabetes is yet to be pinpointed, several factors are known to lead to
this disease. One of the commonest factors that may lead to diabetes is
obesity. That is why doctors warn their overweight patients to lose
weight not only as a precaution against heart disease but also as a way
to prevent such lifestyle afflictions as diabetes. If a family member is
known to be a diabetic then the next of kin in the blood line of the
diabetic need to be doubly cautious. This is for, diabetes usually
affects people with a family history of diabetes.
In fact, when a
patient of diabetes first meets up with his or her doctor, the family
history is the first step that the doctor likes to be informed about,
before he prescribes a course of treatment for the patient. Often
diabetics have been people with a love for a sedentary lifestyle. This
too, is a habit that diabetics are advised to shake off.
But simply changing one’s lifestyle or eating habits is not
enough. One has also to follow a course of medication in order to keep
the disease under control. The medication is needed to help the body
make insulin if there is no insulin production at all. In case some
insulin is already being produced by the body then the use of the
insulin efficiently is what is important.
After
a simple test, to check glucose levels in the blood the treatment course
is adjusted for the patient. Added to this, is the recommendation to eat
healthy fiber-rich food, a curtailment of sweet consumption to the
minimum and an exercise routine that involves walks and activity,
instead of living out one’s life as a couch potato.