Managing Diabetes

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Most people are used to hearing that as of 2007, there is

no cure for either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Managing diabetes

is the way to go as curing it may not seem possible. This is

being challenged by alternative diabetes healing ways

as people do not want to depend on drugs.

Managing diabetes means proper care. It starts with a visit

to the doctor first to find out if you have diabetes, what type

you have, then arming yourself with as much information as

possible about the diabetes you are diagnosed with.

All management begins with controlling the glucose cycle.

The glucose cycle is affected by two factors, entry of

glucose into the bloodstream and blood levels of insulin to

control the transport out.

The glucose levels are very sensitive to both diet and

exercise, so change in either should first needs to be discussed

with the physician. Managing diabetes properly can be

very intrusive to the patient.

Proper management requires a complete lifestyle change and

frequent, sometimes multi-daily checks of glucose in the

blood.

It can change as people grow and develop and no two cases

are ever really the same. Today it is easier to measure the

blood sugar level.

Glucose meters are readily available and are quite easy to

use with a little practice and patience.

With a small drop of blood to the testing strip attached to

the glucose meter, the user is given the number, which

represents their blood sugar level. This in turn will let

the user know if and when insulin is needed.

Managing diabetes requires dependence on drugs. There are

now alternative diabetes healing possibilities as more people

are becoming disgruntled over how drugs are more about

controlling diabetes or living with diabetes rather than beating

diabetes.