Diabetes
is a metabolic disorder of the body’s inability to produce insulin which
becomes a frightening specter for everyone. According to Antara News, nowadays,
3
million people died, 1 million people have his leg amputated, half a million
people do dialysis, and 300 people become blind due to complications from
diabetes. Most diabetics (people who have
diabetes) think that their lives will end bleakly, but that is a wrong
assumption about diabetes because diabetics can have a normal and healthy life
again, if the diabetics know much info about the disease, such as the ways to
avoid complication because of diabetes, and the ways to avoid insulin
dependence; moreover, they also have to know the importance of exercise for
diabetics.
Diabetes
is not always developed complications. One of the causes of complication in
diabetics is because of the lack of intracellular glucose which is a
circumstance that indicates the body’s cells have “starved” because they do not
get enough sugar intakes. If their cardiac cells do not get enough sugar intakes,
complication of a heart attack will occur for diabetic. Then, if their eye
cells do no get enough sugar intakes, diabetes may make diabetics blind; in
addition, if it occurs in kidney, diabetics have to do dialysis. Moreover, if
it occurs in legs cells, diabetes can make diabetics’ legs amputated. Dr. Dante
Seksono said that diabetics can avoid the complications of diabetes. For
example, diabetics should control their blood pressure below 130/80 mm Hg, LDL
levels should be below 100 mg/dl, HDL levels should be above 40 mg/dl, and
triglycerides should be below 150 mg/dl. Besides, diabetics should visit
ophthalmologist to check their eyes once a year to avoid the blindness. In
brief, if diabetics control to their doctor regularly,
the complication of
diabetes can be prevented.
Diabetics do not have to seek treatments
throughout their lives. Treatment for diabetics is not only aimed to lower
their blood sugar levels, but also it can save pancreas which produces insulin
(a
hormone in the body which controls the amount
of sugar in the blood) from damage too.
Based on the research’s result, insulin therapy can alleviate pancreas’ work in
producing insulin, but meditation and insulin are not the only solution in terms
of treatments for diabetics because the dependence of medicine and insulin can
be avoided by diet. The most important thing to do diet for diabetics is by
considering about types of meals, amount of food, and the schedule of their meals.
Most people do diet by decrease their eating schedule becomes once a day,
whereas that is a wrong idea about diet. Diabetics have to eat three times a
day, but they should consider about a balanced diet. Their meals should be
rice, fish, vegetables, and fruits; in addition, diabetics should avoid foods
which contain saturated fats, such as butter, cream, and meat. If diabetics do a balanced diet, the writer
sure they will release their medicine and insulin dependence.
In addition to have the shining light, diabetics
should exercise to relieve their illness. Medical experts agree that exercise
has some advantages for diabetics. First of all, exercise can control the
amount of sugar in the blood. When diabetics do exercise, they can decrease
their weight which can help them to decrease their sugar level, cholesterol,
and their blood pressure too. In other word, exercise can avoid heart attack for
diabetics. Another reason to do exercise is because exercise can reduce stress
which can increase diabetics’ sugar level. Relaxation techniques which can
reduce stress, such as breathing exercises, yoga, and meditation are very
effective for diabetics. Finally, exercise can help diabetics to reduce the
consumption of diabetes drugs because exercise have some advantages for
diabetics and can relieve their complication, so the dependence of medicine can
be reduced slowly. Diabetics should not do strenuous exercise to reduce their
blood sugar level. The most important thing is diabetics have to do exercise
regularly, for example, jogging, walking for 30 minutes, swimming, or dancing. By
doing all these exercises, medical experts believe that diabetics will have
better lives.
Based
on the explanation above, despite diabetes can lead to death and difficult to be cured,
diabetes can be controlled;
therefore, it cannot be too dangerous for diabetics’ life. Diabetics may release their medicine and insulin dependence, if
they do a lot of exercise and check their sugar level
regularly; moreover, diabetics also have the bright future if they endeavor to
make their life better.
