Diabetes is a metabolic disease that ranks first among the top ten chronic diseases in the world. It is generally common in the elderly and obese people, and some are genetically determined. . According to statistics in 2019, the number of people with diabetes has reached 463 million, and the number is expected to increase to 700 million in 2045.
Diabetes patients do not notice any discomfort in the early stage. In fact, this is because they are not careful enough to pay attention to their own body. As long as you observe carefully, you will find some clues, such as blurred vision, low Blood sugar, diarrhea, numbness. This article is to introduce from the limbs, what symptoms will occur when diabetes occurs in the hands.
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The blood sugar is abnormal, what will happen to the hand?
Hand numbness
If such a situation often occurs in daily life, you should pay more attention. If you exclude the cervical spine After the disease, stroke and other diseases, you can consider whether it may be caused by diabetes. Because when the blood sugar of the human body rises, the nerve tissue of the human body will also be damaged to a certain extent, resulting in numbness symptoms.
And the blood sugar rises, which means that the sugar content in the blood increases, blood circulation will be affected, and the blood cannot be supplied to the hand in time, resulting in hypoxia< /strong>Symptoms, tingling will also appear in severe cases, so once the symptoms of numbness in the hands in life must be paid attention to.
Bending of the fingers
This is also because the increase in blood sugar leads to an increase in the sugar content in the blood, which will cause joint lesions in the long run. If you find and control it in time, the flexibility of the fingers will decrease, and there will be not straight, and the fingers will be deformed more seriously. If you find yourself If you have these symptoms, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible.
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Yellow nails
The increase of blood sugar will also affect the growth of nails. You can usually observe your nails, especially if the nails grow yellow, The surface of the nails is uneven and there are signs of thickening. This kind of thing should be paid attention to. Don’t mistake it for onychomycosis before and after. The first thing to consider is the endocrine disease, and then it can be further confirmed whether it is caused by diabetes, because the appearance of diabetes is very important. There is no way to get healthy growth, and short nails can occur.
Itchy skin on the hands
The skin can also be itchy due to increased glucose levels in the body. Some people can’t control the itching and will scratch with their hands, so some patients will also have symptoms of ulceration. If you notice this on your hands, you can test your blood sugar for signs of elevated blood sugar.
The above are the symptoms that will appear on the hands after diabetes appears. If you also have such symptoms, you need to go to the hospital for examination to prevent the aggravation of diabetes.
Doctors recommend exercise to control blood sugar in the early stage of diabetes:
Exercise can indeed effectively control blood sugar. Cardio: Swimming. Normal swimming can also strengthen the body, and can also increase lung capacity and enhance the ability of the respiratory system. If diabetic patients can also swim, they can effectively burn calories and have less impact on the joints.
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In addition to swimming, diabetic patients should also do other sports. Pay more attention to these little things:
Exercise requires long-term persistence in order to effectively control blood sugar, but pay attention to safety during exercise, especially when the blood sugar is too low or too high, it should be suspended. If a patient has already developed diabetic foot, it is best not to exercise.
If you insist on exercising, you should also insist on monitoring your blood sugar. You must not ignore the monitoring of blood sugar when you think that exercise can effectively control blood sugar. You must avoid sudden fluctuations in blood sugar, which can cause serious harm to the body. .
Many diabetic patients have obesity symptoms. Patients want to lose weight by exercising to achieve the purpose of lowering blood sugar, but they should not pursue the effect too much, let alone eat Weight loss drugs, to avoid the interaction with diabetes drugs and cause harm to the body.
The above points are the points that diabetic patients need to pay attention to when exercising. In addition to exercising, they should also pay more attention to diet, so as to effectively control blood sugar.
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