With the drop in temperature, the rate of outpatients with diabetes in the endocrinology departments of major hospitals has increased significantly in recent years, and there are no shortage of patients with diabetes acidosis. In the clinic, there are many patients in winter every year, and if the blood sugar is not too high, there will be an increase in blood sugar. If you have a cold, the patient’s blood sugar will remain high for one, two weeks or even one month.
This has a lot to do with temperature. The higher the outside temperature, the greater the heat and consumption of the human body, so that blood sugar will decrease. The winter temperature is low and the vasoconstriction metabolic rate is lowered, and the energy that is eaten cannot be consumed in time. And if the amount of exercise is relatively reduced, blood sugar will be higher. Don’t be afraid of high blood sugar, it is recommended to monitor blood sugar regularly.
The monitoring method is: if the blood sugar is very unstable, record the whole day blood glucose spectrum every other day of the week; if it is stable, record the whole day blood glucose spectrum once a week or two.
All-day blood glucose monitoring points include: three meals before meals, two hours after three meals (starting from the first meal of each meal), and seven to eight hours of blood glucose before going to bed. . In this way, you can see the regularity of blood sugar changes. If you can record the food and exercise in detail, it is more conducive to doctors to guide patients to adjust medication, and to develop daily diet and exercise programs. When measuring blood sugar, you should take care not to take blood when your hand is very cold. You can wash your hands with hot water or a hot towel to measure the temperature of your hands and the temperature of your armpits.
Some sugar friends have diabetic complications such as peripheral blood vessels and neuropathy, and there are obstacles in the microcirculation. This also makes the blood supply to the distal parts of the body worse than normal people. After being stimulated by cold air, the blood vessels shrink and even痉挛, resulting in further reduction of blood flow, easy to cause tissue necrosis, induced serious complications such as diabetic foot.
The weather is getting colder, people need to consume more energy to maintain the more vigorous metabolic activities in the body, but for the sugar friends, the diet has been restricted, and this contradiction will bring the stability of blood sugar. difficult. If you are cold because of “frozen”, it will easily lead to aggravation of blood sugar fluctuations and aggravate the condition. Therefore, sugar friends should keep warm in winter.