Do you understand the importance of monitoring blood sugar

To control blood sugar, we must first understand it. Do you really know your blood sugar? Do you have the habit of recording blood sugar? Do you know how important it is to control your blood sugar? Let laxne tell you today.

 

"The importance of self-monitoring" Diabetes is a lifelong disease. People with diabetes need to learn to self-monitor the condition and take countermeasures based on the monitoring results. Some people with diabetes do not know enough about the importance of blood sugar monitoring and do not monitor blood sugar when they do not feel any discomfort. This approach is obviously wrong.

 

People with diabetes may not have any symptoms when their blood sugar is mildly elevated, but over time it can cause chronic complications; many elderly people with diabetes have no obvious symptoms (such as thirst, polydipsia, etc.) even though their blood sugar is very high due to their dull senses. Polyuria, etc.), if you do not pay attention to monitoring blood sugar, it will often lead to serious consequences. In addition, "secondary failure of sulfonylurea drugs" is very common in clinical practice. If you do not monitor blood sugar for a long time, you may not even know that the drugs you are taking have expired. Monitoring blood sugar can be used as a treatment plan for changing diet, exercise and medication. basis for decision-making.

 

Therefore, when measuring blood sugar, you cannot follow your feelings. "When should blood sugar be monitored?" The recommended monitoring time is not absolute and needs to vary from person to person: Type 2 diabetes patients with stable conditions can test fasting blood sugar and two-hour postprandial blood sugar every 1 to 2 weeks; those who are in the stage of adjusting medication Patients with type 2 diabetes can check their blood sugar spectrum throughout the day every 3 to 4 days until their medication is adjusted appropriately;

 

Diabetic patients who use an insulin pump, have large blood sugar fluctuations, or have unstable conditions should monitor their blood sugar levels in the morning on an empty stomach, half an hour before a meal, two hours after a meal, and before going to bed, in order to adjust the dosage of insulin; fasting blood sugar should always be monitored Patients with poorly controlled diabetes should also have their blood sugar measured in the early morning to distinguish whether it is a "sumujie reaction (rebound hyperglycemia after hypoglycemia)" or a "dawn phenomenon" (blood sugar control is acceptable and stable at night, but hyperglycemia occurs at dawn) )". Of course, if you have palpitation, trembling hands, cold sweats, dizziness, or hunger, you should monitor your blood sugar immediately to confirm whether hypoglycemia has occurred. Having said so much, I still hope that sugar lovers will monitor, monitor, monitor for themselves and their families! Say important things three times!