Good management of diabetes needs a definite long term change to your life style.Management includes dietry control, exercise, maintaining an ideal weight, anti diabetic tablets or insulin or both.
Overall management strategy should also include measures to minimize the heart and circulation risk factors.Hence following additional measures are strongly recommended.
a) Stopping smoking
b) Controlling blood cholesterol levels.Most above 40 years will need a 'statin' anti-cholesterol drug.
c) Strict control of blood pressure (target<130/80>)
d) Aspirin for all above the age of 40 yrs.
( you are advised to meet your family doctor as regards b,c,d.)
What all this means is tha once you are diagnosed a diabetic, you will need a range of measures and
drugs for ideal management.
There are few exciting developments in the field of diabetes which may change the way it is managed in the future and may even be curative.These developments are likely to take many years or even decades to become a reality.
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