Prevention of elderly diabetic hypoglycemia

Wei Kaimin Shaanxi baoji institute of profession and technology

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        Some old people suffering from diabetes for many years, strict control of blood sugar, but low blood glucose occurred several times. Actually, the elderly diabetic patients in addition to glucose-lowering prevent hypoglycemia.

        Diabetic hypoglycemia is a common complication of elderly diabetes patients, with a variety of factors, including restricted diet; Circumstances exercise on an empty stomach; Overdose or taking effect of hypoglycemic drugs; Liver and kidney dysfunction leads to drug accumulation, increase the risk of hypoglycemia; Poor blood sugar control, hypoglycaemia may in the morning and at night. Thus, the key to prevent hypoglycemia is in daily life pay attention to eliminate the cause.

        Elderly diabetics are widespread loss of appetite, already eat less, if again and restricted diet is easy to induce hypoglycemia. Therefore, poor appetite or absorption of dysfunction in the elderly patients, with don't restricted diet, in addition to low salt and low fat, carbohydrates and protein intake.

        To avoid exercise on an empty stomach and acuteness activity. Elderly patients had better be in 1 ~ 2 hours after dinner out movement, and the best time for 3 ~ 5 PM. Had better not, just after breakfast a little.

        Strictly prescribed medication, do not increment or decrement. Don't signed, "a doctor", feel free to buy medicine to take. To avoid taking glibenclamide and glibenclamide in compound preparation, these drugs function too much, too fast, easy to induce hypoglycemia.

        Who had kidney disease of elderly patients in addition to the role to choose gentle drug, must be individualized medication, in small doses to achieve the purpose of the control blood sugar. Within the first 2 ~ 4 weeks of the drug should pay attention to the monitoring of liver and kidney function and blood drug concentration, in order to timely adjust drug doses.

        All there for the night or early in the morning before sleeping in the elderly patients with hypoglycemia should be monitoring blood sugar, if the blood sugar is low, the meat should be about 50 grams, also can drink a glass of milk, then eat a few steamed buns to dry, to prevent blood sugar too low at night.

        Once appear, flustered, giddy, hands shaking, and symptoms such as irritability, consideration should be given to the possibility of low blood sugar, can immediately a small meal or drink sugary beverages, prevent cause severe hypoglycemia.

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