Faced with diabetes, patients are often too lax. Yet only a good control of blood sugar helps prevent serious complications. A European survey reveals that too few patients are aware of the importance of such an approach.
type 2 diabetes takes on a epidemic in Western countries. Given the extent of this scourge, we must prevent the onset of the disease but also its complications when diagnosed. Only regular monitoring of blood glucose can prevent serious consequences: heart disease, eye problems, nervous, renal, amputation.
to avoid serious complications
control blood sugar, diabetes medications and modification of lifestyle (nutrition and physical activity mainly) to control the disease and prevent the occurrence of severe complications. But between theory and practice, there is a gap that worried many experts. Today, type 2 diabetes treated with oral hypoglycemic agents is far from being well controlled in France, 34 to 46% of patients treated with oral antidiabetic agents have a glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) greater than 8% . A figure well above the recommendation of the High Authority of Health is not to exceed 6.5%. "Measuring the HbA1C2 gives an idea of control of diabetes over the last three months, unlike the glucose which gives an instantaneous measurement of blood sugar in the blood. A quarterly dosing allows to accurately track the control of diabetes, treatment efficacy and disease progression, "said Professor Jean-Francois Gautier Hospital in St Louis.
To better understand the reasons the poor control of diabetes, called Choose Control survey was conducted in five European countries, in partnership with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Europe and the French Association of diabetes (AFD) with support from Lilly Laboratories. It gives an image of experience and perception of their disease by diabetics.
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