"Doctor, is this medicine particularly expensive?"
"Don't worry, although this type of medicine is the latest antidiabetic drug, it has been included in medical insurance and can be reimbursed."
60-year-old Mr. Li is a simple farmer. Five years ago, due to long-term physical numbness, he went to the hospital for treatment and was diagnosed with 
diabetes . I have always followed the doctor's advice to control my blood sugar and went to the hospital for follow-up visits regularly. However, during a recent follow-up visit, Mr. Li was found to have hyperlipidemia .
Doctor Li told Uncle Li that he needed to change a drug that can lower lipids at the same time to help control it. However, as a farmer, Mr. Li did not have any extra income except farming. He was worried that the new medicine was too expensive, so he carefully told the doctor about his concerns. After hearing this, the doctor told Mr. Li that the new medicines now can replace some of the previous medicines.
Moreover, although this is a new type of drug, it has been included in medical insurance and can be reimbursed, so don’t worry. Mr. Li could be reimbursed as soon as he heard that he could be reimbursed, so he felt relieved.
In combination with Mr. Li’s situation, let’s take a deeper understanding of what hyperglycemia , one of the “three highs”, refers to, what damage will hyperglycemia bring to the human body, what symptoms will occur in life, and how do patients correctly lower glycemic in life?
How scary is hyperglycemia?
With the development of society, more and more people's diet, work and rest habits have undergone major changes, and bad habits such as staying up late for a long time and eating unhealthy takeaways. As these bad habits increase, people's physical health will be greatly affected. Among them, high blood sugar is one of the most typical diseases caused by these bad habits.
Many people may think in their hearts, isn’t hyperglycemia one of the “three highs” that we usually call? I haven't heard of anyone who died because of the three highs, so he doesn't take it to heart.
But do you know? Although high blood sugar does not directly threaten life safety, the complications it causes are at high risk of fatality. Let’s take a closer look with me how scary is high blood sugar?
First of all, long-term high blood sugar will reduce human immunity .
Research and investigation shows that when the blood sugar in the human body is at a high state, the excess glucose it consumes can no longer be consumed and absorbed by the human body. The body lacks glucose and can only obtain energy by breaking down excess fat and protein in the body.
However, such behavior will greatly reduce the ability of leukocytes , immune cells , etc. in the body, and the ability to kill bacterial viruses. In clinical practice, most patients with hyperglycemia can only reach half of the level of ordinary people, so this type of patient is more likely to have infectious diseases.
Secondly, hyperglycemia can also induce cardiovascular disease .
Many people may not know that there is a layer of endothelial cells in people's blood vessels . It is a natural barrier of blood vessels, which can protect the normal operation of blood vessel functions and better prevent the occurrence of vascular inflammation and platelet aggregation.
However, according to clinical data surveys, persistent hyperglycemia symptoms can seriously damage the endothelial cells in the human blood vessels, increase the expression of inflammatory genes in the blood vessels, and cause pathological changes in the blood vessels. Moreover, as the endothelial cells are constantly destroyed, it may also cause patients to experience symptoms such as blood viscosity and vascular stenosis , which seriously threatens people's physical health.
Furthermore, high blood sugar can also destroy the normal metabolism of the human body .
Many people know that sugars, fats, and protein are the three major nutrients needed by the human body. Therefore, once the human body experiences symptoms of hyperglycemia for a long time, it will cause sugar metabolism in the body to cause disorder, seriously destroying the metabolic balance.
Under high sugar conditions, a large amount of glucose substances in their bodies will be excreted from the body with urine, resulting in permeable diuresis. Once the brain cells are lost, brain dysfunction may occur, which may lead to hyperosmotic dehydration and coma.
Finally, persistent hyperglycemia will also damage nervous system .
Many people may be very confused about what is the connection between high blood sugar and the nervous system. In fact, long-term persistent hyperglycemia symptoms will cause a large amount of sugar to accumulate in the patient's nerve cells, leading to circulation disorders. At this time, nerve cells will also develop peripheral neuritis as neuropathy due to insufficient blood, oxygen, .
So for patients who have experienced hyperglycemia, timely control of blood sugar can greatly prevent the occurrence of the above fatal threats. For people who have not experienced hyperglycemia, they should also be vigilant in their lives, which may indicate the occurrence of abnormal blood sugar symptoms. Once discomfort symptoms appear, seek medical treatment in time to determine the cause.
What symptoms may indicate abnormal blood sugar?
Controlling blood sugar as soon as possible can greatly reduce the harm it causes to the body. Therefore, when people experience the following adverse symptoms of suspected hyperglycemia, they must go to the hospital in time and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment. Let’s learn about what symptoms people have that may indicate abnormal blood sugar.
1. Vision deterioration
In clinical practice, many patients with hyperglycemia think that it is caused by myopia in the early stages of vision decline, and do not go to the hospital in time, resulting in persistent vision decline and even blindness. But what does hyperglycemia have to do with people’s vision?
In fact, many people don’t know that persistent increase in blood sugar may cause hypoxia in the retinal tissue of the patient, damages the health of the retinal blood vessel wall and induces vascular lesions of the fundus . This leads to severe blurring, ghosting and other visual loss when using the eyes.
So I remind people to go to the hospital for examination in time without excessive eyesight use and check whether there is a persistent vision loss. Especially for diabetic patients, it is recommended to go to the hospital for fundus examination regularly to prevent and control retinal lesions induced by hyperglycemia in a timely manner.
2, dry skin, itchy
I believe many people in life have itchy skin caused by mosquito bites , so when most people have itchy symptoms, they may just apply the spare ointment at home. But many people don’t know that the symptoms of dry and itchy skin may also be caused by high blood sugar.
Dry and itchy skin caused by high blood sugar is different from the skin symptoms of mosquito bites, because the patient does not have obvious red spots or acne on his skin, but the surface is smooth but extremely itchy.
In fact, this is mainly because nerve endings is long-term stimulating of hyperglycemia, and it is in a state of hyperglycemia for a long time, which will greatly reduce the skin's ability to lock water, resulting in obvious dryness while itching. Therefore, it is recommended that people should go to the hospital in time to check for hyperglycemia if there is no abnormality on the skin surface.
3, numbness of limbs
Many of us may experience numbness due to blood circulation due to obstruction of blood circulation. This is caused by normal physiological phenomena and can be relieved quickly after changing postures.
However, if people experience symmetric numbness of limbs under normal circumstances and cannot relieve themselves in a short period of time, they should go to the hospital in time, because this is likely caused by high blood sugar.
Because persistent hyperglycemia can cause lesions in the human peripheral nerve , causing the patient to experience symptoms of loss of perception and numbness of hands and feet. If not controlled in time, it may also lead to physical weakness and unclear speech. Therefore, when people experience the above suspected discomfort caused by hyperglycemia, they must go to the hospital for examination in time. Once diagnosed, you must actively cooperate with the doctor to lower the sugar.
How can patients with diabetes be safely lowered? Learn about 2 new drugs!
Generally speaking, it is recommended that patients with hyperglycemia lower their glycemic work through diet management, exercise control, and drug control . Among them, drug control is by far the most important, safest and most effective method to reduce glycemic.
So far, there are a variety of hypoglycemic drugs such as biguanides, non-sulfonylurea insulin secretagogues, and sulfonylureas in clinical practice. Although there are many drugs for hypoglycemia, according to clinical surveys, most patients with hyperglycemia may also be accompanied by blood pressure, blood lipids, , and weight failure to meet the standard .
So in order to make up for this gap, my country recently launched two antidiabetic drugs, namely Comegglutide injection and metformin engaliflozin tablets, and the two drugs have been successfully included in the medical insurance.
First, let’s take a look at semegglutide injection .
semegglutide is an injectable insulin liquid, mainly used to control type 2 diabetes. It can effectively lower glycemic acid while also helping to lose weight. This is mainly because it is extremely similar to the natural blood sugar-lowering hormone secreted in the human intestines, reaching more than 96%.
When the blood sugar in the patient increases, semegglutide will promote the release of insulin in the body, help effectively inhibit the release of glucose and control appetite.
, and this type of drug only requires to be injected once a week. Compared with the antidiabetic drugs that are injected once a day, it greatly saves treatment time.
However, patients should be reminded to follow the doctor's guidance when taking medication and do not use medication without authorization, which will cause unnecessary damage to the body.
Secondly, metformin-engaliflozin tablets is also a new antidiabetic drug in clinical centers.
This is a new type of complex antidiabetes drug suitable for type 2 diabetes. It mainly reduces blood sugar by inhibiting patients' liver glycogen , and it can also improve insulin resistance and improve insulin function while lowering sugar.
Summary:
Hyperglycemia has always been a headache for many people, and for now, complications such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have become the main cause of death in patients with hyperglycemia. The emergence of metformin, engaliflozin and sasmegglutide injection can greatly reduce blood pressure and lipid while lowering the patient's glycemic, and can greatly reduce the mortality rate of hyperglycemia complications. #Health True Knowledge Notes#
