Monday, July 20, 2009

Treating Diabetes Effectively

People are now much concerned of being diabetic. It is that no one can now ignore the fact that more and more people are becoming diabetic every day. Once you are diagnosed with diabetes, it is better to start treating it without further delay.

Treating diabetes does not mean taking diabetes pills or insulin injections. The first thing towards treating diabetes is to understand what diabetes is. Get know all aspects of this killer disease in all its ramifications. Know all the complications regarding diabetes. Knowing diabetes better is the first step towards treating diabetes.

The most important thing is to keep the blood sugar levels under control. You have to regularly monitor your blood sugar level. This will help you to check if your body is responding to the medications. It is better to check the blood sugar levels every day and if not check it once in two days.

Taking tablets or injecting insulin does not mean that you will have control over the blood sugar. A healthy life style combined with a perfect diet plan and good exercise helps in controlling the sugar levels.

Your body gets glucose from the food that you take so it is necessary to control the food that you eat. Instead of taking heavy meals, go for smaller meals. Eat only a balanced diet that contains the necessary proteins, fats and carbohydrates. You have to add more of fibres and vegetables in your diet. It is also better to reduce the alcohol consumption.

Well, once you have control over your glucose intake, the next thing is to maintain it. Exercise burns the glucose that you take and helps in maintaining your glucose level. It is said that exercise helps in keeping the body weight under control, which means you only have the required glucose level. Walking is a very good exercise.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Let Diabetic persons think they are one among you

Diabetes is considered to be a killer disease. A life long disease, diabetes apart from affecting physically has great many social and psychological effects on the patient. The effects can be minor ones to major ones. Every one is liable to the social and psychological effect of diabetes.

It is quite natural that a person, whether he is young, adult or old, is liable to have psychological distress on discovering they have diabetes. The discovery that they have diabetes can be quite shocking to them and can lead to anxiety and depression.

Depression is the main effect of diabetes. A diabetic person loses interest in everything and even in their life. They feel dejected in life and tend to move away from others. They always seem to be gloomy and feel of having lost faith in everything. Well, depression in diabetic is often unrecognised and not treated.

A diabetic person may also feel that he or she is worse than others and it affects his or her self-esteem. This can affect relations and also worsen his friendship and family life.

Diabetes is known to affect sex. Well, sometimes diabetic persons may feel sad about their sexual life and as such it can have an adverse impact on their family relations.

Well, diabetic persons need lots of support from the family and friends. They should not feel that they are alone in this world. Let them know that they are one among all in this world.