45-year-old Uncle He, because of unexplained dry mouth and polydipsia and polyuria to the hospital, through the examination, was soon identified as type 2 diabetes, since he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, Uncle He began to worry, Uncle He is so worried, because he learned on the Internet that there are many complications of diabetes, once complications occur, then the life is not long.
The more Uncle He thought about it, the more worried he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he didn't think about the rice and the rice was not fragrant, but his mood was not good, and it also affected the control of blood sugar.
Seeing that his blood sugar was high, Uncle He was even more worried, as if tomorrow would be the end of the world.
Although diabetes is an incurable chronic disease, the existing medical measures can still stabilize blood sugar, as long as the blood sugar is controlled within the standard range, then you can coexist with diabetes for a long time, and you will naturally not suffer from diabetes complications, and your survival will naturally be guaranteed.
According to data released by the International Diabetes Federation, as of 2021, the number of diabetic patients in China has reached 141 million, with an incidence rate of 12.8%, which is equivalent to 1 in 8 people with diabetes.
To make matters worse, the onset of diabetes is getting younger and younger.
Many people will be very pessimistic about diabetes, but what I want to tell you is that if you have diabetes, you must also establish confidence in the future, and you must not give up on yourself, you must know that there are actually many diabetic patients who can live past the age of 80.
In 2022, a study published in JAMA pointed out that if diabetic patients can control these four indicators, they can achieve the goal of extending their life by 10 years. The sooner it is controlled, the greater the impact on life expectancy.
The medical community has found that most of the diabetic patients who can live past the age of 80 have these 4 things in common. So, what are the four goals that diabetics need to control?
1. Be sure to control your weight
Obesity is positively correlated with the development of diabetes, and the more overweight a person is, the higher the risk of developing diabetes. Therefore, if you want to control your blood sugar well, you must control your weight.
The main indicator to measure whether the weight is standard is BMI, which is calculated as: BMI = weight ÷ height 2. The normal range of BMI is 18.5~23.9kg/m², overweight ≥ 24kg/m², and obesity ≥ 28kg/m².
For diabetics, you need to calculate your current BMI index according to your height and weight, and then actively control your weight to try to control your weight within the ideal range.
For many young diabetic patients, it is not that the body cannot secrete insulin, but that insulin is insensitive, as long as the weight is controlled to meet the standard, insulin sensitivity, and blood sugar can improve soon.
2. Be sure to control glycosylated hemoglobin
Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a product of a non-enzymatic reaction between hemoglobin in red blood cells and sugars (mainly glucose) in serum. The glycosylated hemoglobin concentration can effectively reflect the average blood glucose level in the past 8~12 weeks.
Therefore, if the test finds that glycosylated hemoglobin is high, it means that your blood sugar has not been well controlled in the past 8~12 weeks.
The normal glycosylated hemoglobin range is 4.0%~6.0%, for young diabetic patients, it must be controlled within 6%, and for older diabetic patients, it can be slightly relaxed, but it is recommended to control it within 7%.
3. Be sure to control your blood pressure
Many diabetic patients have high blood pressure, and the two diseases can affect each other, so diabetic patients should not only control their blood sugar, but also control their blood pressure, so as to reduce the risk of a series of complications.
4. Be sure to control LDL
Diabetic patients use drugs to lower blood sugar is only one aspect, but also must change unhealthy habits, including actively control diet, adhere to exercise, only in this way can better control blood sugar, in addition, hyperglycemia is closely related to the increase in LDL, and the increase in LDL is closely related to atherosclerosis, in order to prevent atherosclerosis, diabetic patients must control LDL.