Self-control – once more about the most important things

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex disease the key component of which is dysglycemia leading to development of late complications. The necessary condition to achieve the glycemic control in conditions of day-to-day life is blood glucose selfcontrol. But for the team doctor-patient determination of the self-control aim is not a simple task. For its solution a variety of randomized controlled studies were conducted and their analysis provoked a number of new issues. The indisputable fact is that self-control helps in achievement of the long-term glycemic control in patients of DM2, contributes to prevention of acute and late diabetic complications development.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• hypoglycemia
• hyperglycemia
• self-control
• system to measure the blood glucose level