Diabetics should take great care of their daily routine. The care incorporates recording the levels of blood glucose, dietary limits and patterns, maintaining the weight, exercising regularly and keeping the stress under control. This sometimes includes taking some oral medications and providing insulin with the help of injection or pump.

Here we will learn some important ways of treating diabetes.

Physical Workout and Dietary Patterns
Some adjustments in eating pattern of the patients and increase in physical workout is one of the first steps towards the betterment of sugar levels. There are many health care centers where dieticians work with diabetics to design a dietary pattern that aid to control the blood glucose levels.

Insulin Therapy
People suffering from type 1 diabetes need multiple injections of insulin with the regular intervals daily. This is required to keep safe levels of insulin. Insulin is sometimes also prescribed to the patients of type 2 diabetes. Thanks to the advancement of technology which has substituted insulin injections with insulin pumps. The insulin pump is almost the size of a cell phone and is normally worn on the belt. Insulin is introduced in the pump with the help of a tube termed catheter. This tube is placed under the surface of the skin of the abdomen.

There are four types of insulin

1. Rapid-acting Insulin
2. Short-acting Insulin
3. Intermediate-acting Insulin
4. Long-acting Insulin

The type and the dose of insulin are determined by the health care provider. Normally it is not a fixed dose as it depends on many reasons like meal timings, body weight and exercising pattern and insulin produced by the human body.

Oral Medications – OHD
Sometimes the levels of blood glucose is high in the patients of type 2 diabetes even after eating healthy meals and exercising regularly. In this case some oral medicines in the shape of capsules are advised for controlling the level of glucose. These medicines have different mechanism of working. Some improve the use of insulin of the body, some increase the resistance of insulin, some reduce production of blood glucose, and some hinders absorption of blood glucose still some have some other roles to perform. Oral drugs are sometimes used in combination with insulin.

Natural or Herbal Treatment of Diabetes
Herbs like Karela, fenugreek, turmeric are famous for their glucose lowering capacities. Diabetics can also practice yogasana and pranayama for keeping the levels of blood glucose in the range. In Ayurveda, pills like harida kahand and arogyavardhini vati aid in controlling the level of blood glucose and raising the natural production of insulin.

It is good to consult doctor before changing the treatment regimen.