As we all know, obesity is one of the high risk factors for the emergence of diabetes, especially for type 2 diabetes, obesity caused by long-term eating and very little exercise is the main environmental factor that promotes the disease.
However, after diabetes finds itself, as the disease progresses, the patient will not only not gain weight, but may also become thinner and thinner!
The reason for this is because diabetes is a metabolic disease, and its cause is absolute or relative lack of insulin, insulin resistance, and the body cannot make full use of glucose production capacity;
This leads to excessive decomposition of fat and protein, consumption becomes more and more abundant, and eventually develops into a negative nitrogen balance, and the patient gradually loses weight and even loses weight.
So the question is, diabetic patients are emaciated, how to regulate it?
1. Control blood sugar: As mentioned above, the reason why diabetics are emaciated is directly related to metabolic disorders.
That is to say, after the sugar friend gets effective treatment, the weight will not drop again.
If the patient still has significant weight loss or wasting, it is often a manifestation of poor control of the disease, and the patient should monitor the blood glucose according to the doctor's recommendation;
2. Comprehensive screening: If the patient strictly follows the doctor's recommendations, and the condition is controlled in a relatively stable state, but the weight is straight down and does not rise, which is likely to be related to other diseases.
Because diabetes itself is easy to induce various complications, and older patients may also have other acute and chronic complications, such as malignant tumors, hyperthyroidism and so on. Therefore, if the patient is excessively wasting, he should seek medical attention for a comprehensive examination;
3. Diet regulation: There are many diabetic patients in order to make blood sugar stabilize quickly and reduce the possibility of complications.
They often fall into a misunderstanding, that is, excessive dieting, not eating staple foods, and not eating protein and fat. As everyone knows, although diabetics need to strictly limit calorie intake, they need to be based on nutritional balance.
Excessive control of diet is likely to lead to malnutrition, excessive wasting, and a certain risk of hypoglycemia. Therefore, sugar friends should reasonably restrict diet to ensure the basic needs of various types of nutrition;
4, exercise regulation: diabetes control of the troika, that is, medication, diet and exercise. The role of exercise is to deplete excess fat in the body, slow down the symptoms of insulin resistance, and at the same time increase the sensitivity of cells to insulin.
However, excessive exercise can cause a large consumption of energy, which will not only make you abnormally emaciated, but also promote hypoglycemia. Therefore, the exercise of sugar friends also needs to be gradual, combined with their own actual situation to choose aerobic exercise programs;
5. Drug adjustment: Some hypoglycemic drugs themselves have the effect of weight loss, such as metformin, which is most commonly used in patients with type 2 diabetes, which can reduce the output of liver sugar and inhibit the body's absorption of glucose, so the patient's weight will decrease accordingly.
However, if people with diabetes have reached the point of excessive wasting, they should consult a doctor to see if they need to adjust their medication.
Finally, we should remind everyone that the causes of weight loss in diabetics are quite complex, and most of them are related to factors such as poor disease control and malnutrition.
If there is significant weight loss during treatment, the patient should seek medical attention in time for relevant examinations, and if necessary, adjust the drug to gradually stabilize the weight.