Thursday, March 6, 2008

How old diabetic treatment?

Treatment of diabetes in the elderly in principle with non-insulin-dependent diabetes treatment. But older diabetics for low blood sugar response than other age-sensitive patients, effective control of diabetes may be associated with a frequent hypoglycemia, low blood sugar can lead to myocardial infarction or cerebral vascular accident Elderly Patients enormous harm, the older diabetes treatment, it is necessary to better control diabetes, also prevent the incidence of hypoglycemia, concrete measures are as follows : (a) proper diet and exercise. For mild, asymptomatic catering mainly to take control and physical exercise to maintain normal body weight and prevent obesity. Proper eating diet rich in fiber foods, if hypercholesterolemia were required to limit high-cholesterol food. Exercise walking, tai chi, setting-up exercises and other activities suitable mildly, each activity 30 ~ 50 minutes. Daily 2 ~ 3 times, a word must be gradual movement encampment persistence. (2) drug treatment. Through more long-term diet control and exercise training after treatment, the effect would be taken into dissatisfied with the service hypoglycemic agents. 70-year-old following the normal hepatic and renal function, without hypoxic heart and lung disease, may choose to use Tablet treatment, not a day over three. Serious illness can increase service sulfonylurea drugs such as gli, the United Kang, glipizide. might also serve Europium - glucosidase inhibitor such as Glucobay. Sulfonylurea glibenclamide particularly strong hypoglycemic effect, it should be careful to avoid hypoglycemia. Gli, Acarbose moderate hypoglycemic effect, very few of hypoglycemia, more suitable for the elderly. If proteinuria should be banned biguanides hypoglycemic agents, if serious liver and kidney disease should be suspended all oral hypoglycemic agents, to insulin therapy. (3) prevention of complications. Strive for the early diagnosis and timely treatment of diabetes, delaying the onset of complications, If complications were to be taken by the method of combining Western active treatment, in order to maintain and extend the life of labor.

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