What are the “five horses” of diabetes treatment?

  In the field of diabetes treatment, there has always been a so-called “five carriages”, namely, diet, exercise, medication, blood glucose monitoring and educational management. How did this statement come about?  Diabetes is a disease that is closely related to lifestyle. The occurrence of diabetes is closely related to lifestyle habits such as eating a large amount of food and not getting enough exercise. People need to eat a variety of foods to keep themselves supplied with energy and to sustain life. And by over-eating, mainly carbohydrates (that is, staple foods such as rice and noodles), proteins and fats (various meats, etc.) in excess, or by under-consumption, these nutrients instead become a burden on the body, thus inducing various nutritional metabolism-related diseases, including diabetes. Therefore, diet is closely related to diabetes, and it can be effectively controlled through diet. So, our diet is strictly controlled, how to deal with the accumulated “flab” in the past? This time, it is necessary to resort to exercise. Through appropriate and reasonable exercise, you can indeed reduce weight. And also through exercise to enhance cardiorespiratory function, improve musculoskeletal metabolism. This is especially relevant for people with a thin body.  Diabetic patients diet control, exercise norms, blood sugar is always still very high, then we have to resort to drugs. The human race has been fighting diabetes for so many years and has invented a variety of hypoglycemic drugs. Including the most powerful glucose-lowering hormone secreted by the body itself, insulin, has been synthesized. The choice of drugs varies from patient to patient and from condition to condition.  After all the above, how do we know the blood glucose control situation? This will be done with the help of blood glucose monitoring. At present, portable fingertip blood glucose testing instruments are common in the market, which can reflect the current blood glucose situation in real time, with simple operation, low cost and reliable results. In addition to this, it is still necessary to regularly follow up with specialist clinics to monitor glycated hemoglobin, lipids, uric acid and other related indicators.  ”Education and management” is the last part of the five horsemen of diabetes treatment, which includes all of the above, as well as knowledge about daily self-care of diabetes, various complications of diabetes and so on. “If you know yourself and your enemy, you will never lose a hundred battles. In the case of diabetes, education and management is to prepare you to know your enemy and to be prepared for a hundred battles.