Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease. Once the disease is severe, it is difficult to cure. Usually, blood sugar can only be controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs.
During the period of taking the medicine, more attention should be paid to preventing complications, especially infection should be avoided. Once infected, it will not only further aggravate the disease, but also destroy the body’s immunity and resistance, so < strong>Diabetes patients should actively prevent infection.
Why is diabetes susceptible to infection?
1. Decreased immunity
The main feature of diabetes is hyperglycemia, and hyperglycemia is also the source of diabetes infection in a strict sense .
Because high blood sugar will lead to the dysfunction of white blood cells in the body, which will reduce the body’s resistance, which is more conducive to the growth and reproduction of bacteria, which is also a secondary infection in patients with diabetes one main reason.
In addition, if the blood sugar in diabetic patients continues to rise, it will also reduce the bactericidal ability of white blood cells in the body, which will also reduce the immune function, which will increase the chance of infection. In addition, for patients with a long course of disease, there will also be disease symptoms such as vascular damage and arteriosclerosis, which is also a major cause of severe skin damage. When the skin loses its immune barrier function, infection will occur.
2. Peripheral neuropathy
For the vast majority of patients with diabetes, it is only a matter of time before complications develop after the disease. In the case of lesions, the limbs will be damaged, which will provide favorable conditions for later infection. For example, complications such as diabetic foot are a prominent manifestation of extremity infection.
Once the peripheral nerve tissue is damaged, it will also cause great harm to the autonomic and motor nerves. Damage to the autonomic nerve can induce problems such as dry skin and abnormal sweating, which provides convenient conditions for bacterial invasion.
In addition, autonomic nerve disorder will also increase the risk of urinary tract infection, so diabetic patients must pay more attention to preventing peripheral neuropathy, and must be actively treated after the disease.
Which infections are prone to occur in diabetic patients?
1. Urinary tract infection
Urinary tract infection is one of the most common sensory disorders in patients with diabetes The reason is that asymptomatic bacteriuria will appear in the patient’s body after the disease, and under the influence of abnormal urination, pyelonephritis and renal abscess may also be induced. Be sure to actively prevent infections from appearing.
2. Respiratory tract infection
The body resistance and immunity of diabetic patients are relatively low. In this case, they are easily exposed to external stimuli, and then have lung and upper respiratory tract infections. condition.
For example, once infected with pneumococcus or influenza virus, if it is not controlled in time, it may pose a great threat to the patient’s health.
In addition, diabetic patients are also prone to tuberculosis, and only by actively preventing infection can they avoid more serious harm.
In addition to the infection sites described above, most diabetic patients will also experience digestive system infections. It can be seen that infection is very important for diabetic patients. Dangerous complications that can only be avoided by aggressive treatment of the disease.