Postprandial blood glucose generally refers to the 2-hour postprandial blood glucose or random blood glucose, should not be more than 11.1mmol / L, for normal people 2-hour blood glucose should not be more than 7.8mmol / L, diabetic patients should be controlled at 10mmol / L below. Postprandial blood glucose of 14.4mmol/L is already significantly elevated and relatively serious, which needs to be taken seriously and further diagnosed in the hospital.
If the patient already have more drinking, eating, urinating, weight loss and other symptoms of diabetes, postprandial blood glucose 14.4mmol / L can be diagnosed as diabetes, the need for glucose lowering treatment, specific packages of dietary therapy, exercise therapy, drug therapy and so on.
1. Dietary treatment: avoid high salt, high fat, high sugar diet, increase the intake of green leafy vegetables, daily carbohydrates, fat, protein ratio should be appropriate. Balance nutrition while controlling total calories.
2. Exercise therapy: Improve lifestyle habits, increase activity time, reduce sedentary activities, and recommend 150 minutes of swimming, Tai Chi and other exercises per week.
3. Antihyperglycemic drugs: If blood glucose control is not good with diet and exercise therapy, apply antihyperglycemic drugs under doctor’s guidance, including metformin, dagliflozin, etc., and insulin can be applied to lower blood glucose if necessary.
Postprandial blood glucose 14.4mmol / L need to be immediately to the hospital, diabetes is not terrible, the terrible thing is complications. Patients diagnosed with diabetes should control their blood glucose reasonably to delay the development of complications and improve life treatment.