Healthshare - Australia's interactive health network

Answers

• 

  Diabetes Australia
  Health Consumer Organisation

  Diabetes Australia is the national peak body for diabetes in Australia providing a single, powerful, collective voice for people living with diabetes, their families and ... View profile

  While there is currently no cure for type 2 diabetes, the disease can be managed through lifestyle modifications and medication.
  
  Type 2 diabetes can sometimes initially be managed through lifestyle modification including a healthy diet and regular exercise. However, as the disease progresses, people with type 2 diabetes are often prescribed tablets to control their blood glucose levels. These tablets are intended to be used in conjunction with healthy eating and regular physical activity, not as a substitute. Diabetes tablets are not an oral form of insulin and they require insulin to be present in the body to be effective.
  
  Eventually it may be necessary to start taking insulin to control blood glucose levels, when your body is no longer producing enough insulin of its own. Sometimes tablets may be continued in addition to insulin.
  
  The aim of diabetes management is to keep blood glucose levels as close to ‘normal' as possible, that is between 4 to 6 mmol/L (fasting), as this will help prevent both short-term and long-term complications.
  
  Regular blood glucose monitoring is necessary to see if the treatment being followed is adequately controlling blood glucose levels.
  
  Reply to this post  |  Report
• Reply to this post

  You must be a Healthshare member to reply to this post. Log in to your account or Sign up now (it's free)