Is Diabetes Curable?

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As suggested by the recent data, there is no cure that can REVERSE diabetes once when a person is confidently diagnosed having the disease. However, it must be mentioned that proper management of diabetes can retard the acceleration of diabetes to a treacherous level. Several goals are set for a diabetic person and he/she is required to keep a strict control over them. Let us have a brief review.

Various clinical practice guidelines released nationally and internationally suggest that there are three main targets that are needed to be achieved by a diabetic in order to prolong the development of diabetic complications. These three targets are:

Keeping the HbA1C level of 6.0 – 7.0%

Pre-prandial blood glucose levels from 4 – 6 mmol/L or (72 to 108 mg/dl)

2 hour post-prandial blood glucose level from 5.0 to 8.0 mmol/L (90 to 144 mg/dl)

All these three targets can be achieved with a proper lifestyle modification which consists of a proper diabetic diet, regular use of medications and insulin (when prescribed by the physician).

Diabetes is basically a disease that involves the micro-vessels. These micro-vessels may be of any organ but most commonly involve kidneys, heart, eyes, and brain. Poorly controlled diabetes may lead to development of complications in these organs and sometimes, the gangrene of feet.

This explains why whenever a person is diagnosed of diabetes, he/she is provided a group of measures that he/she may take. They are not the cure of diabetes per se, but they may make a person slow down the process of progression of diabetes to advanced complications. One of these measures as mentioned above is keeping excellent control of sugar levels. If a person keeps sugar levels in strict control, that person can just be like a normal person.

Since diabetes involves increased blood sugar levels, the strict control on diet may alone be of a lion’s share to provide a good control on the sugar level. A diet which is high in dietary fiber, low in saturated fats, have vegetables, whole grains and one fruit per day with the strict moderation on alcohol is considered to be proper diabetic diet. Along with these, regular monitoring of blood sugar levels is extremely necessary.

In control of diabetes, exercise is considered to have an excellent effect. This is because exercise makes the muscles of body to utilize glucose thereby the excess glucose in blood is utilized off. Secondly, exercise retards symptoms of diabetes to a very later age and person may be living the life like that of his/her normal counterpart.

To conclude, diagnosed diabetes has NO cure. If there is any possible cure of diabetes, then the cure is control. The control may be with respect to the blood sugar levels, diet and being regular on the medicinal intake. Remember always, the more you ‘control’ diabetes, the more you control yourself from entering the stage of diabetic complications. Therefore, if you are a diabetic and reading this article, you should start control just like the above mentioned ways.