High blood sugar, check if you have made these 11 mistakes?

If diabetic patients want to extend their healthy lifespan, it is impossible to control blood sugar alone, and it is absolutely impossible not to control blood sugar well.

 

But in real life, many diabetic patients do not meet blood sugar standards. If your blood sugar is high, look for these mistakes.

 

1. Smoking and drinking

 

If diabetic patients have poor long-term blood sugar control, they are prone to multiple diabetic complications. Smoking will only make matters worse and greatly increase the chance of complications.

 

Alcohol will affect the effects of insulin and oral hypoglycemic drugs, making blood sugar unstable. Drinking on an empty stomach can easily lead to hypoglycemia.

 

The right thing to do: Quit smoking. Limit alcohol consumption. When blood sugar and blood lipids are well controlled, you can drink a small amount of alcohol and avoid sweet wine and spirits to avoid hypoglycemia.

 

2. Can’t keep one’s mouth shut

 

Some patients with diabetes think about controlling their diet, but they are unable to resist when faced with hunger and delicious food. They eat full first, and their diet is out of control again and again, and it is difficult to control their blood sugar.

 

Correct approach:

 

Eat small meals frequently: The specific method is to add a little snack between two meals, and also add a little before going to bed, but the total calories for the day should be constant. Don't let yourself go hungry.

 

Diversify food: Eat a variety of foods, including foods that increase satiety but are not high in calories, such as steamed potatoes, beans, eggs, and foods with crude fiber such as konjac products and green leafy vegetables.

 

Eat slowly: 15-20 minutes for each meal.

 

3. Not actively exercising

 

Many patients with diabetes find daily work tiring and walking a lot, and rarely take the initiative to do moderate-intensity exercise. In this way, you will not be able to enjoy the hypoglycemic benefits of exercise, which is not conducive to blood sugar stability. You must know that many people with diabetes who have good blood sugar control are exercise enthusiasts.

 

Correct approach: Daily walking can only be regarded as a daily activity. Active moderate-intensity exercise is a suitable method for lowering blood sugar for diabetics. Do aerobic exercise at least 5 days a week, exercise to the point of sweating each time, and not feel tired the next day. There are various types of exercise, including aerobic, resistance, balance, and flexibility exercises.

 

4. Irregular rest

 

Large blood sugar fluctuations are closely related to frequent sleeping in and lack of sleep. Studies have found that patients with diabetes who sleep less than 6 hours a night are prone to abnormal fasting blood sugar.

 

Correct approach: If you want to lower your blood sugar steadily, you must arrange your work reasonably, develop regular living habits, and get rid of the problems of staying up late and sleeping in late. The sleep time should not be less than 6 hours, keep it between 6-8 hours, and rest before 11 o'clock. Regular work and rest, a balance between work and rest, and ensuring adequate sleep and rest are also important measures in the treatment of diabetes.

 

5. Bad mentality affects treatment

 

If you are anxious and fearful all day long after being diagnosed with diabetes, or you rely on your youth and good health, and are careless about the treatment of diabetes, and have no scruples in work and life, or you feel that you are old and have a short life span, and you are indifferent to treatment, or Hold a negative and pessimistic mood, feel that diabetes has affected work and life, have a hopeless future, lose confidence, and are unwilling to receive treatment. The above negative emotions will lead to poor control of diabetes.

 

Correct approach: Always accept formal diabetes treatment and management with a good attitude.

 

6. Failure to take medication or inject insulin on time as prescribed by the doctor

 

Many people with diabetes feel that their blood sugar is under good control during this period, so they no longer take medication or inject insulin regularly. They often do not take medication and take it when their blood sugar is high, resulting in unstable blood sugar.

 

Correct approach: Take the medication as directed by your doctor. If your blood sugar control is particularly good through lifestyle intervention, you can try reducing the dose.

 

7. Instead of taking medicine, take health supplements

 

Many diabetic patients do not accept diabetes as a lifelong disease and do not accept formal treatment. They only listen to partial beliefs and use drugs or health care products of unknown ingredients for long-term treatment. Often, a lot of money is spent, but the blood sugar is not good.

 

Correct approach: Find a doctor in a regular hospital to prescribe medicine, and consult a doctor before purchasing health care products.

8. Unreasonable medication regimen

 

Among diabetic patients at the grassroots level, there is often irrational use of drugs, such as the combined use of similar drugs, such as the combination of twice premixed insulin and sulfonylureas. This can easily lead to unstable blood sugar.

 

Correct approach: Do not use drugs of the same type (drugs with the same mechanism of action) together. You should learn about diabetes to know which type of drugs you are taking.

 

9. Incorrect medication method

 

Diabetic patients who inject insulin often suffer from insufficient doses due to improper injection methods. These incorrect medication methods can lead to unstable blood sugar.

 

Correct approach: After the doctor prescribes the medicine, he must ask clearly how the medicine should be taken. Master scientific insulin injection techniques to maximize the effectiveness of insulin in the body.

 

10. Failure to adjust medication or insulin dosage in time

 

Some diabetic patients keep using the same treatment plan, and then prescribe medicine when the medicine is used up. They do not monitor blood sugar and treat blindly, resulting in blood sugar not reaching the target.

 

Correct approach: Monitor blood sugar regularly and adjust the treatment plan from time to time based on blood sugar results. By promptly adjusting oral hypoglycemic drugs or initiating insulin therapy, blood sugar will be improved quickly.

 

11. Only seeing doctors, not receiving diabetes education

 

Many diabetic patients know how to see a doctor and prescribe medicine, but they never learn how to manage diabetes themselves. The study found that under the same basic conditions, the blood glucose compliance rate of patients who received diabetes education was significantly higher than that of those who did not receive diabetes education, which shows the importance of diabetes education.

 

Correct approach: Diabetic patients can receive various forms of diabetes education based on their own conditions and apply what they have learned.