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hello doctor, my mother is having diabetes for 20 yrs. she was not having any complications till now. But now she her sugar level is not getting lower than 275. doctor have prescribed her medicine but she wants some home remedies for herself. please suggest something.
Thank you for your question. I am Dr Asanghanwa Carlson. Diabetes is a chronic illness. By this I mean there is no cure for diabetes but it has to be controlled as we have to live with it throughout our life once diagnosed with it. Diabetes is a diseases characterised by chronic elevation of blood glucose levels which can lead to many complications. Proper management of diabetes entails lifestyle modification (diet and regular exercise) and also medications which generally lower the blood glucose level. Acceptable levels of blood sugar in diabetic are values below 200mg/dl. However controlling the glucose level might be very challenging and the right combination of both lifestyle and drugs has to be done by a consulting physician so as not to have levels are very low and dangerous as well as not having very high values. The key to any treatment is to have one prescribing physician who knows of all medications you are taking as drugs interact amongst themselves with potentially dangerous outcomes. Her level of 275 is still elevated, I advice she sees her consulting physician and explain her worries or better still see an endocrinologist/diabetician. Good luck and wish you a quick recovery
fiber and non carbohydrate foods will help in controlling diabetes. take less amount of food (low calorie food) in multiple serving like 5 to 6 times. adding more fiber vegetables and less sugar fruits in your daily intake. add millets and multi grain foods in your diet plan.
kindly get an opinion from a nutritionist to plan a diet depends on your calorie need as per the above advise.
Brisk walk for 30 minutes needed both in morning and evening.
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Suggest Home Remedies To Control Diabetes
Thank you for your question. I am Dr Asanghanwa Carlson. Diabetes is a chronic illness. By this I mean there is no cure for diabetes but it has to be controlled as we have to live with it throughout our life once diagnosed with it. Diabetes is a diseases characterised by chronic elevation of blood glucose levels which can lead to many complications. Proper management of diabetes entails lifestyle modification (diet and regular exercise) and also medications which generally lower the blood glucose level. Acceptable levels of blood sugar in diabetic are values below 200mg/dl. However controlling the glucose level might be very challenging and the right combination of both lifestyle and drugs has to be done by a consulting physician so as not to have levels are very low and dangerous as well as not having very high values. The key to any treatment is to have one prescribing physician who knows of all medications you are taking as drugs interact amongst themselves with potentially dangerous outcomes. Her level of 275 is still elevated, I advice she sees her consulting physician and explain her worries or better still see an endocrinologist/diabetician. Good luck and wish you a quick recovery