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One goal of therapy is to achieve blood sugar blood sugar under control. If your blood sugar well controlled, chronic complications of diabetes mellitus is expected to be reduced.

Control criteria on the state of fasting blood sugar is 80-120 mg /dl (good), 120-140 mg/dl (moderate), and if >140 mg/dl, including lack of control. While blood sugar in state two hours after eating is 120-160 mg / dl (good), 160-200 mg/dl (moderate), and> 200 mg / dl (or less). In addition to controlling blood sugar, should also be controlled weight, blood pressure, and lipid levels.

examination of blood sugar can indeed be done at home, but should I check myself with the tools necessary glucosemeter well understood. After buying the appliance, ask the correct way to use it. The good examination results are periodically compared with the results of blood sugar is checked in the laboratory.

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diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease marked increase in blood sugar levels above normal. The increase is due to blood sugar disorders hormone secretion and insulin resistance.

Diabetes mellitus traffic system differentiated type 1 and type 2. In type 1 diabetes mellitus required insulin treatment, whereas in type 2 diabetes mellitus is not absolutely needed insulin. In addition, there are actually more pregnancy diabetes mellitus, diabetes occurs during pregnancy and blood sugar levels became normal after delivery.

Most people with diabetes mellitus type 2 was detected in the situation further. information on the circumstances of this usually has complications occur in the kidneys, eyes, heart, or blood vessels. If the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus was made early on, then open the opportunity to control blood sugar in diabetic patients better so that complications can be avoided or reduced.

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