Diabetes Management
Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the leading disorders that plague our generation. Yes, you heard it right! Diabetes is a disorder and not a disease. Besides this, the good news is that diabetes can be managed well with appropriate health care and a good treatment plan. However, it is vital to know that this disorder can lead to numerous complications that can be severe and even fatal, at times.
High sugar or diabetes interferes with the functions of the heart, eyes or nerves, and if diagnosed late or left untreated, can be life-threatening. Therefore, it is crucial to partner with a sugar clinic that can guide you and help you live a healthy life, despite the condition. We, at Apollo Clinic, understand your concerns and are committed to supporting you and making sure that you are well protected, by providing you with the right guidance and ideal treatment.
With over 33 years of healthcare innovation that forms the cornerstone of our parentage, Apollo Sugar has established a widespread network of sugar clinics in India that stands committed to offering you the best diabetic care. Our treatment model encompasses 30, 90 and 360 days’ packages that are designed keeping in mind your health condition and the time required for your treatment. Our vision is to provide you with the highest quality of service, assured pan-Indian diabetic care and to bring about a robust and visible difference in your life. The achievement of our vision comes from focusing on individual and diabetic care, rather than on the condition itself.
Our clinics in India support you through every step in your life and help you manage your diabetes quite easily. We follow the total involvement approach and focus much more on treating the individual and not the disorder alone. We believe in being an extended part of your family, who cares for you in every way, just as a friend or family member and thus, taking you on a smarter and more confident diabetic journey.
At Apollo Clinic, we ensure that there are no compromises when it comes to your health and provides you quality services through clinical excellence and a proactive approach to work. With a simple, yet clear vision that centres on offering the best services and support to all patients, Apollo Sugar is dedicated to providing you with the ideal advice and diabetic care.
Diabetes is a disorder wherein glucose does not reach the cells, thus starving them of energy. If not managed well, this disease can lead to life-threatening complications. Today, India is considered to be among the top 3 countries in the world with the highest diabetic population.
At Normolife Clinic’s Specialty Clinic for Diabetes, we are dedicated to creating awareness of the fact that diabetes is a disorder and not a disease. With timely intervention, it can be managed.
What is Diabetes?
In diabetes, cells starve for energy because glucose is unable to reach them. This is because there are deficient levels of insulin in the blood or the body’s ability to use insulin is reduced. Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that helps our cells absorb glucose. As the cells are unable to absorb glucose, the levels of blood sugar rise. Consistently high levels of blood sugar could cause serious complications such as kidney, foot, eye or heart disease.
What causes Diabetes?
There are several types of diabetes –Type 1, Type 2, Gestational, Juvenile and Pre-diabetes. Of these, Type 2 diabetes is the most prevalent and can be easily managed. Causes of Type 2 diabetes include:
Non-modifiable factors – Family history of diabetes, age over 45 years , race/ethnicity, history of gestational diabetes
Modifiable factors – High cholesterol, high blood pressure, high body fat/body weight, physical inactivity
What are the signs and symptoms of Diabetes?
Generally, Type 2 diabetes has mild symptoms which may go unnoticed. Our experts at Normolife Clinic’s Specialty Clinic for Diabetes indicate some signs and symptoms of diabetes to watch out for:
- Increased appetite
- Unexplained loss of weight
- Increased thirst
- Increased urination
- Lack of interest, concentration and tiredness
- Pain, numbness or tingling sensation in the hands or feet
- Blurry vision
- Slow wound healing
- Vomiting and stomach-ache
- Infections and itching around the genital area
How can we help you?
At Normolife Clinic’s Specialty Clinic for Diabetes, we have devised a 4-step comprehensive approach for diabetes treatment. Our unique approach helps maintain good sugar control over a long term and help prevent its consequences. The four steps include:
Compliance – By compliance, we mean the extent to which an individual complies with the medical advice prescribed. This encompasses diet, physical activity, medication and frequency of testing. To encourage compliance, we facilitate your interaction with our expert diabetologists, train and educate you on the importance of compliance, provide easy access to our clinics and follow-up on appointments and tests.
Physical activity – Our fitness experts will carefully consider your medication, food intake, any other conditions you may be facing, and your exercise history. Based on the findings, they will prescribe an exercise regimen including proper exercises, time span and frequency.
Diabetes diet – Our expert dieticians and nutritionists will help create a customised, balanced diabetic diet containing the right amount of food needed to meet your body’s nutritional requirements. We follow the plate method to make it simpler for our patients to understand and remember.
Testing and monitoring – One of the critical aspects of diabetes management is regularly monitoring your glucose levels and maintaining a record of it. Our diabetologists will consider your ongoing diabetes treatment, current glucose levels and other factors and establish treatment goals. They will then educate you on self-monitoring of blood sugar levels using a device called a glucometer. Also, they may also recommend the following tests on a case-to-case basis:
A quarterly or biannual review check up to monitor HbA1c, diet and physical activity, blood pressure, weight and BMI; feet health and lifestyle habits such as smoking will also be considered if you are found positive for neuropathy
An annual visit to check diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, distal symmetric neuropathy
Non-invasive diabetes risk assessment and glucose tolerance test
Normolife Support
At Normolife Clinic’s Specialty Clinic for Diabetes, we tailor lifestyle and behaviour modification programs that are highly successful in controlling the consequences of diabetes. Our unique 4-step model has helped reduce HbA1c levels in diabetes patients by as much as 15%! We are well-equipped with senior diabetologists, endocrinologists and state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities designed to provide best-in-class care and holistic support round-the-clock
For those who cannot take Diabetes Reversal Program, we recommend Diabetes Management where one or some of the components of diet/fitness/treatments are only considered for the program, which only manages an elevated blood sugar level. This management is better than mere medicine management
Diabetes Reversal Program (DRP)
DRP is an intelligent blend of treatment that influences increasing natural insulin secretion, coaching on lifestyle modification after risk analysis under the guidance of physician and dialectologist.
Also available:
- Diabetes management
- Diabetes yoga
- Diabetes screening program (one time or annual program)