Treatment Of Diabetes Guide

Diabetes is difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat.

Diabetes Treatments

Diabetes is a growing health crisis, affecting nearly 21 million Americans. Most have type 2 diabetes -- a progressive disease - and ultimately many will require insulin therapy.

Despite the availability of insulin, a proven and effective treatment for diabetes, average blood sugar levels have continued to rise over the last 10 years.

Approximately two out of three people with type 2 diabetes have uncontrolled blood sugar levels even if they are currently on treatment. Many patients are reluctant to start or increase insulin treatment because of injections. Some delay insulin use for as long as 10 years.

Preventing & Treating Diabetes Holistically

Type 2 Diabetes can be controlled with diet. Dr. David Dahlman discusses a proper diabetes diet and contrasts it with the inaccurate dietary information recommended by the American Diabetes Association.

But what if your diabetes is so out of control that dietary treatments, whilst best as a long term solution is insufficient to manage the problem in its most acute phase.

Medical Interventions For Diabetes

Traditionally, diabetes 1 and acute insulin deficient diabetes 2 required daily insulin injections.

For the first time, there is now an insulin that does not need to be injected. EXUBERA, the first and only FDA-approved inhaled insulin, is now available in pharmacies to help treat adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Taking EXUBERA doesn't require needles.

REDEFINING DIABETES MANAGEMENT: FIRST FDA-APPROVED INHALED INSULIN, EXUBERA® (insulin human [rDNA origin]) Inhalation Powder, REDUCES BARRIERS FOR DIABETES PATIENTS TO ACHIEVE GOOD BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL CONTROL

Diabetes Treatment Varies With Age

The way diabetes is managed changes with age.

Insulin production decreases - due to age-related impairment of pancreatic beta cells. Insulin resistance increases due to the loss of lean tissue and the accumulation of fat, particularly intra-abdominal fat, and the decreased tissue sensitivity to insulin.

Glucose tolerance progressively declines with age - the occurence of type 2 diabetes and postchallenge hyperglycemia increases in the older population. Age-related glucose intolerance in humans is often accompanied by insulin resistance, but circulating insulin levels are similar to those of younger people.

Treatment for older patient with diabetes needs to be individualized to take into consideration overall health status, ife expectancy, level of dependence, and willingness to adhere to a treatment regimen.

Following evaluation, one of two levels of care can be recommended: symptom-preventing care or aggressive care. The decision is made jointly by the patient and the primary caregiver.

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