Can diabetes be controlled without medication? Why do diabetics feel tired?

Diabetes is a disease with a high incidence rate. Its main characteristic is high blood sugar. It is necessary to control diet and take medicine to control blood sugar. Diabetes cannot be completely cured, but it can be controlled within normal blood sugar levels for a long time. So can diabetes be controlled without taking medicine?

Can diabetes be controlled without medication?

Diabetes is mainly divided into four types: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and stress-induced diabetes. Some patients with mild type 2 diabetes can reduce insulin resistance after a period of treatment, and can control blood sugar within the normal range through diet control and exercise therapy. Under the guidance of a doctor, you can gradually reduce or even stop taking the medicine, but once blood sugar rises, you need to resume taking the medicine immediately. Never reduce or stop taking the medicine on your own, otherwise poor blood sugar control will increase the risk of diabetic complications.

Diabetic patients need to take medication under the guidance of professional doctors, visit the endocrinology department regularly, develop a blood sugar monitoring plan, and take appropriate hypoglycemic drugs according to changes in blood sugar levels. This is a chronic process that requires patients to have a good awareness of diabetes self-care and self-care ability.

At the same time, diabetic patients must strictly control their diet. The number of calories they need to consume every day must be accurately calculated and the nutritional intake must be balanced. Eat at regular times and quantitatively, and choose ingredients with a low GI index to control weight and achieve stable blood sugar and blood lipids. Long-term physical exercise (at least 30 minutes of exercise a day, at least five days a week) can improve insulin sensitivity, improve glucose tolerance, reduce fat and lose weight.

Why do people with diabetes feel tired?

Fatigue is a common symptom among patients with type 2 diabetes, accounting for 61% of the total number of patients.

The causes of fatigue in diabetic patients include complications of diabetes, overweight or obesity, psychological and mental problems caused by diabetes, and sleep problems.

Improving your lifestyle habits can help control diabetes and relieve fatigue symptoms. These lifestyle improvements include losing weight and maintaining a normal weight, exercising regularly, eating a healthy diet, getting enough sleep, going to bed on time every night, sleeping for 7-9 hours, and controlling and reducing stress.

In addition to lifestyle habits, since fatigue is caused by diabetes, you also need to start with diabetes management. These measures include regular blood sugar monitoring, sticking to a diabetic diet, especially eating less refined carbohydrates and sugar, taking hypoglycemic drugs on time, and properly treating cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and depression if you have them.

Fatigue symptoms in diabetic patients may also be caused by taking certain hypoglycemic drugs. You can consult a doctor and try changing different hypoglycemic drugs to see if the fatigue symptoms improve.

People with diabetes usually take statins and antihypertensive drugs. The side effects of statins include fatigue. Diuretics and beta-blockers in antihypertensive drugs can cause fatigue, especially beta-blockers. In addition, people with diabetes often take corticosteroids, which also have side effects including fatigue. Therefore, changing medications may greatly reduce the symptoms of fatigue.

Why do children get diabetes?

The most common type of diabetes in children is type 1 diabetes. It is currently believed that the causes of type 1 diabetes may be the following three:

(1) Genetic factors:

Some specific genetic genes from parents increase the risk of developing type 1 diabetes, which means the possibility of getting the disease increases! However, type 1 diabetes is not a hereditary disease, it is not inherited 1 to 1, and most people with type 1 diabetes do not have a family history of type 1 diabetes.

(2) Autoimmune factors:

A normal immune system is an important line of defense that protects the human body from various bacteria, viruses and other pathogenic substances. The immune system helps us attack enemies that destroy our health (bacteria, viruses, etc.), eliminates them, and thus maintains our health.

(3) Environmental factors:

Viruses or some chemical factors can affect pancreatic islet cells and destroy them, causing the islet cells to be unable to work normally to release insulin and causing the patient to develop type 1 diabetes.