How to treat steroidal diabetes

Steroid diabetes is a special type of diabetes because steroid hormones antagonize the effect of insulin and promote the output of liver sugar, leading to an increase in blood glucose, so patients who take a large amount of oral or topical glucocorticoids for a long time will lead to an increase in blood glucose, called this steroid diabetes. Treatment of steroidal diabetes mellitus: Firstly, the application of glucocorticoids should be gradually reduced according to the patient’s condition. The second aspect is to take a glucose-lowering program according to the blood glucose situation, and the corresponding oral hypoglycemic drugs or even insulin therapy will be used according to the blood glucose level and whether it is high fasting or high after meals. When the patient’s hormone is gradually reduced to a small maintenance dose, the blood glucose situation will also be greatly improved, while the dosage of glucose-lowering drugs or insulin will also be gradually reduced, and some patients may stop using glucose-lowering drugs or insulin.