Although there are more male diabetic patients, the number of female patients is also very large. According to statistics, it is often more difficult for female diabetic patients to lower blood sugar than males.
Ms. Zhang, 56 years old, has just been diagnosed with diabetes for three months. She accidentally discovered that her fasting blood sugar was 7.2, which was higher than the normal value, and then measured it. The blood sugar two hours after the meal was 9.1, and it was diagnosed as diabetes. But she was very resistant to treatment and wanted to keep her mouth shut and spread her legs to lower her blood sugar at home, but after a month, her fasting blood sugar was still at 7:00. Metformin.
However, in the next two months, the blood sugar fluctuations were relatively large, below 6 in good times, and seven o’clock in bad times, and she also I found that I gradually developed symptoms of thirst, polydipsia, and polyuria, and my energy during the day was obviously not as good as before, so I found me and asked me what to do.
Our Chinese medicine practitioners pay attention to seeing, hearing, and asking. I see that this patient has a red tongue and yellow coating, and when she speaks, she smells bad breath and looks very bad. It can be said to be sad. The patient said that he has been worrying about his children’s work and marriage in the past year. He not only spent a lot of money before and after, but also made people worry, he was worried and angry, and he couldn’t sleep well every night. , Insomnia and dreams, poor appetite, and constipation all day long, the key is that blood sugar has not dropped.
She said that she also took antidiabetic drugs, and her blood sugar did not go down, which also gave her a special headache. It seemed that everyone else took metformin, and she took it and it didn’t help. When she also asked whether she had any symptoms, she mentioned that she has often felt genital itching in the past four or five years, and there was no improvement except for anti-inflammatory drugs.
Hearing this, I said, in fact, you have not just had diabetes for three months, it should have been a while. So why is that? Don’t worry, let’s start from the beginning
First, the same diabetes, why women’s blood sugar is more difficult to lower than men ?
This problem occurs because women with diabetes are generally more affected by factors such as emotions and stress than men in the process of lowering blood sugar. Very few women with diabetes actually pay attention to both factors.
In fact, sometimes, the reason for blood sugar fluctuations in diabetic patients is not the lack of self-discipline. For example, the patient mentioned at the beginning did the same, but her blood sugar was still not well controlled, because her biggest problem was in the “emotional” part.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pathogenesis of diabetes lies in the loss of Yin and Jin, and the excess of dryness and heat.
The liver is in charge of dredging and venting, and the liver is responsible for regulating emotions and smoothing the qi. Depressed mood and irritable temper will lead to liver loss of nourishment and stagnation of liver qi. Over time, qi stagnation will turn into fire, and anger will be vigorous, which will burn the lungs and stomach yin in the upper part, and the kidney yin in the lower part, which affects the normal evacuation of the body’s qi and blood. In addition, modern women are generally under great pressure. They are worried about family affairs and careers. They are often sentimental and overthinking, which will lead to stagnant qi and heat in the heart, resulting in hyperactivity of heart fire, which in turn damages the heart, spleen, yin and blood, and burns the stomach, kidney, and yin essence.
In other words, people’s emotions will directly affect the function of the viscera, which will lead to the occurrence or aggravation of diabetes. Therefore, it is often more difficult for women with diabetes to lower blood sugar than men. It is a necessary prerequisite for women with diabetes to stabilize blood sugar and blood sugar, and to maintain emotional stability.
Female patients with diabetes tend to have more obvious signs of disease than males, and the body manifests as follows:
1 Genital itching is one of the most typical symptoms.
Because the blood sugar rises, the sugar in the urine will also increase, which will easily breed bacteria, which will easily cause genital itching, or Urinary system infection, there will be symptoms of genital itching.
2 Chronic irregular periods.
Women who often have irregular menstruation often suffer from stagnation of liver qi, while girls who often have irregular menstruation are mostly due to deficiency of kidney qi. These two types of patients have abnormal glucose metabolism in the body, which in turn affects ovarian function and causes symptoms of irregular menstruation.
3 had a huge baby.
Giant children usually point to a birth weight of more than 4 kg. The mothers of such children have abnormal glucose metabolism during pregnancy and need to be alert to diabetes happened.
4 Women who are obese or overweight.
These women are not only more likely to develop diabetes, but also have an increased risk of conditions such as high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.
Women who often experience the above 4 symptoms, please be alert to the occurrence of diabetes, such as the patient I mentioned earlier, the reason why I It is said that she has been ill for more than 3 months because she has had genital itching symptoms for four or five years. This is actually a typical signal of abnormal blood sugar, but she did not pay attention to it.
And after she was diagnosed with diabetes, she also neglected emotional regulation, was depressed, and also affected her sleep. Sheng, damage to the stomach and kidney yin essence, which in turn caused her thirst, polydipsia, polyuria, constipation, fatigue and other symptoms.
So, the treatment for her should focus on clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and nourishing blood, soothing liver and relieving depression, strengthening spleen and stomach, and nourishing kidney and calming heart. Rehmannia glutinosa and dogwood in the recipe nourish blood, nourish yin and lower blood sugar; Bupleurum soothes liver and relieves stagnation; Angelica and Baishou nourish blood and soften liver; Soothe the nerves; Suanzaoren soothe the nerves and help sleep, etc., so as to achieve the purpose of lowering blood sugar and relieving discomfort symptoms.
Third, what should female diabetic patients pay attention to if they want to “successfully control sugar”?
The first point: learn to adjust your mood and mood
Women tend to be more sentimental than men, especially for women with diabetes, they tend to bear more health and economic pressures, so they are often depressed and irritable. Many women with diabetes are in the “menopause” stage over the age of 45. These women are often more sensitive and need more care and companionship from their families. A cheerful and stable mood helps keep blood sugar stable.
Point 2: Learn to be kind and accept yourself
The reason why many women develop diabetes is that they are usually “tired”. Many diabetic patients will also tell me a lot of distress when they go to the doctor. The trivial matters at home must be taken care of in every detail, and the large and small things in the unit must be completed without errors. The pursuit of perfection in everything is very stressful, and people are too busy. It is no longer regular, and the work and rest are also irregular. Over time, I have diabetes. Therefore, I hope that female diabetic patients will learn to treat themselves well and not put too much pressure on themselves and make themselves so tired.
Point 3: Learn to control your weight
I am not asking women with diabetes to lose weight “one size fits all”, but I hope that patients can eat a healthy diet.
Some people with diabetes and diabetes will find that since they have diabetes, even if they don’t deliberately stop their mouths and stretch their legs, they still lose weight, The physique is also getting worse; another part of the diabetic patients will find that their weight will not drop but rise after they get sick. The reason is that I found that many women have leftovers at home out of “thrift consciousness”. All of them are eaten in the stomach, but in fact the body does not need these foods. If the patient forcibly eats them, the weight will naturally increase, and the blood sugar will of course not go down.
Concluding remarks:I hope that female diabetic patients will do a good job in all aspects of their daily maintenance, which needs to be done well The cooperation of diet, emotion, exercise, treatment and other aspects will ultimately achieve the goal of successfully lowering blood sugar and controlling blood sugar.