Don't let diabetes take away your happiness

There is an old rural man named Tang who worked hard to get rich with his own hands. His two daughters are also very promising and have been admitted to college. Uncle Tang's wife is also very gentle and virtuous, and the family lives a happy life. The neighbors around him were very envious and gave Uncle Tang the interesting nickname "Happy Little Old Man". This year, Uncle Tang suffered from hemorrhoids again. He went to the hospital for surgery and changed his medicine every day. Normally, it would take about ten days for other people to change the dressing, but it has been almost a month since Uncle Tang changed the dressing and he is still not feeling better. The surgeon suggested that Uncle Tang see the internal medicine department to see if he had diabetes. When he went to the internal medicine department, a test showed that he was indeed diabetic. Since he was diagnosed with diabetes, Uncle Tang has become depressed and depressed. He doesn't sleep as well as before. He also becomes unwilling to go out. He stays at home all day long and often gets angry and quarreled over trivial things. Finally, the couple ends up because of their old age. If you quarrel, you will get divorced. This "happy little old man" suddenly became the "big devil" in the family.

I think most diabetic patients will be deeply touched when they see this. When you first got diabetes, you may have experienced such a situation, or you may be in such a state - diabetic depression.
Diabetic depression refers to the depression that occurs after having diabetes. Among the "five carriages" of diabetes control - diet therapy, exercise therapy, drug therapy, condition monitoring, education and psychological therapy, the most easily overlooked is psychological therapy. Depression is seriously harmful to people. As far as diabetes is concerned, heavy mental stress and bad emotions will not only increase blood sugar and reduce treatment compliance, but also accelerate the occurrence of complications such as heart disease and kidney disease, which is detrimental to the prognosis of the disease. On the contrary, poor blood sugar control and worsening of the condition will lead to patients' mental pain and pessimism, aggravating their depressive symptoms. In addition, severe depression can cause pessimism and despair, and even self-harm and suicide.

Therefore, it is important to detect depression early in patients with diabetes. Generally speaking, the symptoms of diabetes combined with depression are basically the same as those of general depression. Patients or family members should be alert if they notice the following symptoms:

1. Depressed mood, depressed, usually heavy in the morning and light in the evening;

2. Sluggish thinking and memory loss;

3. Reduced activity, slow movements, loss of interest, unwillingness to participate in social activities, and prefers to be alone;

4. Frequent anxiety and guilt of feeling incompetent and useless;

5. Sleep disorder, difficulty falling asleep or waking up early are typical symptoms;

6. Many have physical symptoms such as fatigue, palpitations, chest tightness, gastrointestinal discomfort, or constipation;

7. Losing confidence in life and having suicidal thoughts or behaviors;

8. Sexual desire is significantly reduced.

Those who have 3 or more of the above symptoms must pay attention.

The treatment of diabetes combined with depression is divided into two aspects: psychological treatment and drug treatment. Psychotherapy can enhance the patient's confidence, eliminate doubts and worries, greatly improve the patient's psychological condition, effectively reduce the patient's pain, increase the patient's confidence in curing the disease, and improve the quality of life. For patients with mild illness, family members and endocrinology doctors can provide psychological intervention to the patients: first, let the patients know more about diabetes and let them understand that as long as they control their blood sugar better, they can slow down or even avoid the occurrence of complications, and then With the development of science and technology, there will be more convenient and effective methods to treat or even cure diabetes. What you need to do now is to adjust your physical condition to the best and wait for the arrival of new methods; in addition, let patients stay in a relaxed and pleasant environment. In daily life, often chat with patients and try to divert their excessive attention to diabetes. For patients with serious illness, family members should accompany them to the psychology department in time, and the psychiatrist will use more professional methods to provide psychological intervention to the patient.

Let us pay attention to diabetes depression together, so that the lives of diabetic patients can also have sunshine.