We all know that obesity is one of the high-risk factors for diabetes. Especially for type 2 diabetes, obesity caused by long-term overeating and very little exercise is the main environmental factor that promotes the disease.
However, after diabetes finds itself, with the development of the disease, the patient’s weight will not only not increase, but may also become thinner and thinner!
The reason for this is that diabetes is a metabolic disease. The cause is absolute or relative lack of insulin, insulin resistance, the body cannot make full use of glucose to produce more ability; The amount becomes more and more, and eventually it develops into a negative nitrogen balance, and the patient gradually loses weight or even loses weight.
Then the question is, how should diabetic patients be emaciated?
1. Control blood sugar: As mentioned above In general, the reason why diabetic patients lose weight is directly related to metabolic disorders.
This means that people with diabetes will not lose weight after receiving effective treatment.
If the patient still has significant weight loss or weight loss, it is often a manifestation of poor disease control.The patient should follow the doctor’s advice and monitor blood sugar;
2. Comprehensive screening: It is controlled in a relatively stable state, but the weight is not rising, which is likely to be related to other diseases.
Because diabetes itself is easy to induce various complications, and older patients may also experience other different acute and chronic complications, such as malignant tumors , hyperthyroidism, etc. Therefore, patients with excessive weight loss should seek medical attention for a comprehensive examination;
3. Diet adjustment : There are many diabetic patients in order to stabilize blood sugar quickly and reduce the possibility of complications.
There is often a misunderstanding of excessive dieting, skipping staple foods, skipping protein and fat. As everyone knows, although diabetic patients need to strictly restrict calorie intake, they need to be on the basis of balanced nutrition.
Excessive dietary control is likely to result in malnutrition, excessive weight loss, and a certain risk of hypoglycemia. Therefore, people with diabetes should limit their diet reasonably to ensure the basic needs of various nutrients;
4. Exercise regulation: The troika of diabetes control is medication, diet and exercise. The effect of exercise is to consume excess body fat, reduce the symptoms of insulin resistance, and at the same time increase the sensitivity of cells to insulin.
However, excessive exercise can result in a significant consumption of energy, which not only makes you unusually thin, but may also contribute to hypoglycemia. Therefore, the exercise of sugar friends also needs to be gradual and choose aerobic exercise programs according to their actual situation;
5. Medication adjustment: Some hypoglycemic drugs themselves have the effect of losing weight, such as Metformin, which is most commonly used by patients with type 2 diabetes, which can reduce liver glucose output, and inhibit the body’s absorption of glucose, so the patient’s body weight will decrease.
However, if a person with diabetes has reached the point of excessive weight loss, they should seek medical advice to see if their medication needs to be adjusted.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that the reasons for the weight loss of diabetic patients are quite complicated, and most of them are related to poor disease control,factors such as malnutrition.
If there is significant weight loss during the treatment, the patient should seek medical attention in time for relevant examinations, and if necessary, adjust the medication to gradually stabilize the weight.