What are the methods for treating diabetes?

1. Dietotherapy: Dietotherapy is a basic treatment measure that any type of diabetes patients must strictly implement and adhere to for a long time.

Total calories: properly controlled, the rest will be given 25 ~ 30 kilocalories per kilogram of body weight every day, and heavy manual workers can be given more than 40 kilocalories. Pregnant women, nursing mothers and malnourished people should be increased, while obese people should be reduced.

Proportion of nutrients: carbohydrate accounts for 50-65% of total calories, protein accounts for 15%-20%, and fat accounts for 20%-30%.

The calorie distribution of three meals: breakfast accounts for about 1/5, lunch and dinner account for 2/5 respectively. If hunger is unbearable, you can eat more vegetables (except potatoes) to satisfy your hunger.

2. Oral hypoglycemic agents:

Sulfonylureas: can promote insulin secretion. It is suitable for mild and moderate patients with normal islet β cell function. These drugs can be selected from thiourea (D860), glibenclamide, Dymecon, Mepida, Tang Shiping, etc.

Biguanides: Suitable for people with mild symptoms and obesity. Optional Jiangtangling, Jiangtangpian (metformin) and so on.

3. Insulin: Its indications are as follows:

All patients with type I diabetes.

The effect of type ⅱ patients after diet control and oral medication is not good.

Diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmotic coma and lactic acidosis.

Complicated with serious infection or wasting disease.

Combined with progressive retinopathy, neuropathy, glomerulosclerosis, acute myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident.

Diabetic patients before and after major surgery.

Diabetes pregnancy, childbirth, etc.

4. Chinese patent medicines: Xiaoke Pill, Jiangtangshu, etc.