Key to blood sugar management: Communicate frequently with medical staff and never be complacent.

It is advisable to communicate more with medical staff: People should communicate and interact more with each other. Those facing difficulties and setbacks all hope to have a loyal listener to hear their stories. Diabetic patients especially need to communicate with others, and the best listeners are medical staff.

Diabetes is a chronic disease. During the long treatment process, patients need to continuously learn about daily life management, prevention and treatment of complications, and updating treatment concepts. Therefore, people with diabetes should frequently communicate with medical staff to continuously acquire new methods and knowledge for controlling their condition. At the same time, through communication, they should promptly report their condition to medical staff so that the implementation of various treatment plans can be correctly evaluated, and treatment plans can be adjusted in a timely and appropriate manner to reasonably control the progression of the disease.

Don't be complacent about diabetes: In real life, there are often people who are overly optimistic or too careless, lacking a correct understanding. This is also true among diabetic patients; they believe that diabetes is just an abnormality in sugar metabolism and mistakenly believe that it is not very harmful to their health. It is often overlooked that sugar is a primary source of energy for the human body, and a major source of heat for vital organs such as the brain and heart. Maintaining blood sugar levels within a certain range is essential for the normal functioning of these organs; disordered blood sugar metabolism can lead to imbalances in the body's three major metabolic processes, causing significant harm and even endangering life.

Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for daily activities. However, in diabetic patients, due to relative or absolute insulin deficiency, after glucose is absorbed through the intestines and enters the bloodstream, it cannot be converted into glycogen for storage in the liver, nor can it be absorbed and utilized by various tissues, especially muscle tissue, leading to elevated blood sugar levels. When blood sugar levels exceed the renal threshold of 8.9–10 mmol/L (160–189 mg/dL), some of the glucose filtered by the glomeruli cannot be reabsorbed by the renal tubules, and glucose is lost in the urine. The body then begins to divert fat for energy. Due to insulin deficiency and insulin insensitivity, lipid metabolism becomes disordered, leading to hypertriglyceridemia, decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL), elevated very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), and increased free fatty acids. In severe insulin deficiency, large amounts of adipose tissue are broken down, and the resulting ketone bodies accumulate in the body, causing elevated blood ketone levels. In severe cases, this can lead to ketoacidosis, ketoacidosis, and even coma.

In conclusion, diabetic patients must not be complacent or underestimate the dangers of diabetes. They should approach the disease scientifically and actively cooperate with treatment to effectively control their condition.