| Treatments for Diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medications is only part of it's treatment. Everyone must follow ameal plan, excercise program, and monitor their blood glucose. Some diabetics must take injections of insulin or oral medicine to lower their blood blucose. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medication: Oral and Insulin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There are several types of oral diabetes medications. These medications lower blood glucose in sevral ways. They include stimulating the p[ancreas to produce and release more insulin, decreasing the relase of of glucoseby the liver, and counteracting insul;in resistance in muscle and fat cells. If your pancreasdoes not produce insulin, or if oral diabetes medications do not adequately control your blood glucose, you will need insuloin.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excercise and Diet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In people with diabetes, the body has problems turning food into energy. Both types of diabetes require careful choices of food to help avoid emergencies and complications. Appropriate food choices can help keep the impact of the disease to a minimum. | If you have IDDM... The goal of your meal plan is to keep the timing, size, and content of your meals fairly consistenet to avoid dangerously high and low blood glucose levels. If you have NIDDM... The goal of your meal plan is to control your weight and your blood glucose levels. Your doctor, diabetes educator, or dietitian can determine your weight your weight goal.
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