Treatment of diabetes mellitus

Diabetes is still a lifelong disease that cannot be cured, but it can be treated to control blood sugar. Diabetes is different from other diseases in that it is constantly changing and treatment requires the cooperation of both doctors and patients. The emphasis in treatment should be on patient self-management. The treatment of diabetes includes the following five aspects: diabetes education, diet therapy, exercise therapy, medication therapy and self-monitoring. Some people have likened this to the “five horse-drawn carriage”. It emphasizes the principles of early, long-term, comprehensive, and individualized treatment. First of all, how to do: 1, diabetes education: diabetes education is one of the important means of treating diabetes, so that patients have a comprehensive understanding of diabetes, in order to better cooperate with doctors standardized treatment; 2, diet control: to improve the dietary structure, control the total calorie diet; 3, exercise therapy: long-term adherence to moderate intensity aerobic exercise, at least 30 minutes of exercise every day, which is aerobic 30 minutes Exercise; 4. In terms of medication: mainly including biguanides, sulfonylureas, glinides, thiazolidinediones, DPP-4 inhibitors, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists and insulin. There are many drugs for diabetes and many kinds of drugs, it is not easy to choose the suitable hypoglycemic drugs, so you need to cooperate with your endocrinologist to choose the suitable hypoglycemic drugs; 5. Self-monitoring: including blood glucose monitoring, weight monitoring, blood lipids, blood pressure, and blood viscosity monitoring, of which blood glucose monitoring is the most important, and blood glucose monitoring helps to adjust the treatment method and plan.