Doctor Explains Diabetes

Author: An Liang
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: Health is a topic of concern to all humanity, but during different periods of economic development, it carries slightly different connotations. In our country, in the past, people's primary need was warmth and food due to living conditions. Since the reform and opening-up, with the rapid development of the economy, the livelihood issue for the country's 1.2 billion people has been largely resolved, and we are entering and building a moderately prosperous society. Particularly with the continuous advancement of science and technology, as well as the reform and improvement of the urban and rural medical insurance systems for employees and the rural cooperative medical care system, people are increasingly realizing the necessity of understanding medical and health science. Removing superstition, ignorance, and backwardness while promoting civilized, scientific, and healthy lifestyles, focusing on physical health, and improving quality of life are gradually becoming the trends of a civilized, scientific, and progressive society. Diabetes is a common disease. With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, changes in dietary structures, and reduced physical activity, its incidence is gradually rising, and the proportion of diabetic patients among outpatients in internal medicine clinics is also growing. Diabetes is both a lifelong chronic disease. However, at the current level of medical science, diabetes can be controlled, and its complications can be prevented. Therefore, diabetic patients and their families must learn and master relevant knowledge about diabetes, recognize its dangers sufficiently, and only then can they have the determination to control their diet lifelong and adhere to treatment.