Diabetes Treatments

Is there a cure for diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic disease that will remain with a person for life. With that said diabetics do have many treatment options and need to think of their treatment as a management of the illness and understand that it can get worse if untreated. Treatment of diabetes is done through supplementing insulin. Insulin can be administered as a pill or as an injection dependant of the type and severity of a person’s diabetes.

There is no lasting cure for diabetes.

Insulin or pills are most diabetics’ form of treatment and some use both.
Type 1 Diabetes - impedes the production of their own insulin, so it is essential that as treatment a type 1 diabetic take daily insulin shots.
Type 2 Diabetes - produces insulin, but is not able to use it resourcefully. Medications assist in the treatment of type 2 diabetics to maintain a normal blood sugar level. Consequently, about 40 percent of people with type 2 diabetes use both insulin shots in addition to the medication to get a better handle on their blood sugar as an ongoing treatment.
Finding the right type of insulin for treatment, the following specifications are important to know:

Species
Brand name
Type
Concentration (i.e. U-100 )

* Never change insulin therapy or change the specifications of insulin unless directed by your physician and remember taking insulin is not a cure for diabetes.

Insulin Tips

Check the expiration date, before buying and always discard if expiration date has past.
Concentration of insulin and syringe will always be the same.
Insulin cannot be frozen.
Insulin should be refrigerated, if for some reason it can’t be refrigerated, keep it cool dark area.
Do not shake insulin robustly.
If traveling, insulin should be kept in an insulated travel bag
Decide a spot on the body, where your shots will be given, to keep tissues healthy, choose a different site for each shot, so that you are not always using the same spot every day to administer your treatments.
Before moving to another site on the body use all sites within that spot before you move onto a different area
Maintain an insulin routine.
Insulin intake should be balanced out with the food consumed and exercise.
Log all insulin intakes.