Wonderful "May Day" holiday
In the midst of laughter and delicious food
Drifting away
Various gatherings during the holidays
The schedule of some "sugar friends" has been disrupted
Poor diet and exercise management
Causes blood sugar fluctuations
Therefore we are going to start the post-festival period
"Blood Sugar Defense"
#这份节后血糖管理攻略, please check#
Diabetics
How to manage blood sugar after the holidays?
1. Regular work and rest to stabilize the mentality
Arrange your daily life reasonably, make your life regular, develop a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early, maintain a relatively stable biological clock, stabilize your mentality, arrange your study, work and life plans after the holiday, and let yourself return to a normal state as soon as possible.
2. Adjust your diet
Control the total calorie intake in moderation, choose whole grains as the staple food, increase the intake of high-quality protein (lean meat, fish, poultry, etc.) and dietary fiber (whole wheat, beans, vegetables, etc.), avoid high-sugar and high-fat foods such as candy, sweet drinks, fried foods, control the amount of salt, and keep a light diet. Eat regularly and quantitatively, avoid overeating, and actively quit smoking and limit alcohol.
3. Exercise gradually
According to the patient's condition and physical fitness, choose the exercise method that suits you, exercise about 1 hour after meals, exercise for 30 minutes each time, 5 days a week, and carry out moderate-intensity exercises (such as brisk walking, tai chi, cycling, table tennis, badminton and golf, etc.). During exercise, you should also pay attention to replenishing calories and water, and carry sugar cubes with you to avoid hypoglycemia.
4. Take medication to measure blood sugar on time
Diabetic patients should strengthen blood glucose monitoring after the holiday, record daily or weekly exercise, diet, medication, blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate, and choose to monitor blood sugar before three meals, after three meals, and before bedtime, and can also choose to wear a continuous glucose monitor to monitor blood sugar fluctuations.
5. Seek medical attention in a timely manner
At the end of the holiday, diabetic patients had better go to the hospital for a review in time, and the indicators that need to be reviewed include: blood pressure and heart rate, blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, blood lipids, liver and kidney function, uric acid, urine routine, urine microalbumin, stool routine (including occult blood), electrocardiogram, vascular color ultrasound, fundus, etc., to assess the general condition and follow the individualized treatment plan formulated by the doctor according to the situation.
In general, diabetic patients must pay attention to these aspects after the holiday, easily cope with the "rising blood sugar", adjust their daily life as soon as possible after the holiday, and go to the hospital for a comprehensive health assessment, so that they can better devote themselves to daily life and work.
Author: Cai Yi, attending physician of the Department of General Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University
Review: Jiang Yue, Chief Physician of the Department of General Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University
Editor: Liu Jiyue