Set Blood Glucose levels with SMBG
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease (chronic) due to metabolic disorders. Until now have not found the medicine, because there is a way set the pattern for an infected metabolism. Diabetes mellitus due to several factors, indicated the blood glucose levels higher than normal, accompanied by disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism, fat and protei
The cause of DM among others:
* Genetic factors (history of parents)
* Life style (pattern)
* Women who have given birth with fetal weight more than 4 kg, and many other factors
Because DM is a chronic disease and no cure, resulting in individual treatment costs are very high. Furthermore, disease complications of DM gave more to the body organs and metabolic systems than any other chronic disease.
Commonest complication is katarakta diabetika, diabetika kidney failure, stroke, hypertension, and polyneuritis. DM complications in detail can be classified into two points. The first subject is an acute complication, affects less than 1 year suffered from DM, such as hypoglycaemia coma, coma hyperglycaemia, coma ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma, ketosis, metabolic acidosis. The second subject is a complication of chronic acquired 1-5 years, among other complications such retinopatia, katarakta, polyneuritis, such as itching, pain and vascular disorders, such as can occur glomerulonephritis, hypertension, stroke.
Besides causing organ complications, diabetes also causes other metabolic complications. Complications of fat metabolism will occur lipolisis state, which was taken for sufficient energy to break down fat. In this condition will occur two metabolic cycles. The first cycle of fat solution into ketone bodies, and the second is known as anaerobic metabolism that produces lactic acid. So that the body of a state of acidosis occurs.
Measures for patients with DM to reduce the risk of complications is a set pattern of life with the doctor and follow the directions filling diet. In addition, manage and find out how glukosanya levels.
To do these two things, people with DM can use Self Monitoring Home Blood Glucose (SMBG). But despite using SMBG, people with DM remained obliged to consult with doctors and diet experts regularly and continuously.
SMBG is a detection system fasting glucose levels which can be done alone at home. By using this tool can measure a person with blood glucose levels every time. This tool is known as the Point Of Care Test (POCT). As the name implies this tool to “keep and care”. With POCT people can measure their blood glucose levels quickly and simply.
Need to be observed, how to choose correctly POCT. One must know the method of examination of the POCT device. Select which uses the principle of POCT enzymatic examination. Then select the POCT using specific enzyme glucose detection. Specific enzyme is glucose dehydrogenase-Nicotinamide adenine Dinucleotide (GDH-NAD). Specific enzymes to detect and break down glucose, is not affected other similar metabolic glucose as lactose, maltose, galaktose.
Besides using the POCT using GDH-NAD enzymes to break detection and blood glucose, then selected using POCT quinoline Pyrol Hydrogen (PQH) for the capture of electrons (ions) are separated from the reaction of blood glucose with GDH-NAD enzyme.
In addition to monitor blood glucose regularly and periodically, do not forget early laboatorium examination of DM complications. Most importantly, set the appropriate lifestyle advice doctors