Things to note for elderly people with diabetes

Diabetes is a common disease in our human body, and diabetes in the elderly is a common disease among the elderly. When it comes to precautions for diabetes in the elderly, most people don’t understand them, but I believe that many people who have suffered from diabetes and some professional doctors are relatively familiar with this aspect, because the precautions for diabetes in the elderly are still helpful for the treatment of diabetes in the elderly.

The incidence of diabetes among the elderly is very high, but with current medicine, there are certain drugs that can treat this type of diabetes in the elderly, but it still requires a certain course of treatment before it can be cured. Therefore, understanding the precautions for diabetes in the elderly will definitely play a certain role in the treatment of diabetes in the elderly. Based on this, let’s talk about the precautions for diabetes in the elderly.

Elderly people with diabetes should pay attention to:

(1) Diabetic patients must abstain from smoking and drinking, strictly follow a diabetic diet, build confidence, learn to relax, and maintain a good attitude;

(2) Live a regular life, combine work and rest, quit smoking and drinking, maintain a normal weight, and try to avoid obesity;

(3) Be cautious when taking medication. Choose and take Chinese and Western medicines according to the doctor's instructions based on the condition. Do not choose hypoglycemic drugs without authorization. The dosage for the elderly is slightly lower than that for the general population.

(4) Regularly observe changes in blood sugar and conduct examinations for related complications, such as blood lipids, liver function, kidney function, electrocardiogram, and ophthalmology examinations. If any abnormality is found, early treatment should be provided;

(5) Do moderate aerobic exercise, such as walking and morning exercises.

Diabetes is a lifelong disease that cannot be cured, so self-management of diabetic patients is very important. In daily life, diabetic patients should avoid anxiety and tension, and should establish regular, good living and eating habits, not smoking, not drinking, and eating less salt and foods rich in carbohydrates, fats and calories.

Diabetics can eat more high-fiber foods to promote the body's sugar metabolism, such as corn, wheat, cabbage, leeks, and bean products.

Vegetables with low sugar content, such as leeks, zucchini, winter melon, pumpkin, green vegetables, green peppers, and eggplant. Tomatoes have low sugar content and can be eaten as both vegetables and fruits.

Eat more foods containing calcium. Calcium deficiency can make the condition of diabetics worse. Such as dried shrimp, kelp, spareribs, sesame paste, soybeans, milk, etc.

Foods rich in selenium. Selenium has the same physiological activity as insulin in regulating sugar metabolism. Such as fish, mushrooms, sesame, garlic, mustard, etc., they can lower blood sugar and improve diabetic symptoms.

Foods rich in vitamin B and vitamin C. Supplementing these two elements is beneficial to slow down the progression of diabetic complications and reduce diabetic retinopathy and kidney disease. Such as fish, milk, cabbage, beans, greens, mustard greens, kale, green peppers, fresh dates, etc.

In addition, pumpkin, bitter melon, onion, eel, etc. can significantly improve the symptoms of polydipsia, polyphagia and polyuria of patients, and have the function of lowering blood sugar and regulating blood sugar concentration, so it is suitable to eat more.

There are many things to pay attention to when it comes to diabetes in the elderly, which can be familiar to you through the above introduction. Precautions for diabetes in the elderly are generally manifested as: quit smoking and drinking; live a regular life and avoid excessive fat intake; take medication according to the doctor's instructions; exercise appropriately, etc. If we pay attention to these aspects, our elderly diabetic patients' diseases can be cured quickly.