For diabetics, it is therefore important to be careful with alcohol. Patients should consider, preferably in consultation with the doctor about the use of alcohol is acceptable.

Here are some facts about alcohol and diabetes:

- Large amounts of alcohol can reduce blood sugar.
- Beer and sweet wine contain a lot of carbohydrates and may increase glucose levels.
- Alcohol stimulates the appetite. This can lead to overeating and keep good diabetes control.
- Alcohol may interfere with the effects of drugs.
- Alcohol can raise blood pressure.
- Alcohol contains many calories and can lead to unwanted weight gain.

If you still choose to drink alcohol intake should be in periods where you have good control of the disease. You should also limit the total alcohol intake.

You may want to follow these recommendations:

- Use only alcohol to food
- Drink slowly
- Avoid alcoholic beverages with sugar
- Mix the liquor with water or other sugar / non-alcoholic beverages
- Drink no more than two units of alcohol a day

A device is the same as:

• a glass of wine
• a shooter glass with liquor
• one bottle of beer

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Visual Problems

When the glucose level is high, it can develop an error of refraction, which causes blurred vision. This blurring of vision may become worse when the treatment causes a very rapid decrease in blood glucose. The glasses should not be adapted until the values of blood sugar has stabilized for 6 to 8 weeks. Diabetics also develop long-term vision problems as a result of impaired circulation in the retina.

At the root of the vision problems of diabetics are changes in the small arteries that carry blood to the retina (the retina of the eye is sensitive to light). About half of diabetics experiencing eye problems after suffering from the disease for more than 10 years. These problems are safe for those suffering from diabetes for 30 or 40 years.

Diabetic retinopathy is the most common, although cataracts and glaucoma are much more common in diabetics. How diabetic retinopathy often show a progression of the disease, it is important to make regular eye exams if you have diabetes. If diabetic retinopathy is the laser treatment can slow its progression.

Other Long-Term Complications

Many diabetics develop kidney disease due to deterioration of the small veins. You may also see diabetic neuropathy (impaired nerve fiber function), especially in the fingers and even hands. In these cases feels a stinging pain from heat. Over time the affected areas become less sensitive and vulnerable to injury and infection.

Ulcers and, secondarily, gangrene are a result of a neuropathy. When the gangrene is the result of arteriosclerosis frequently appears on the toes or on the site of a wound. Finally impotence is also a common complication in diabetics.

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The cumulative increase in blood glucose and the amount of ketones in the urine makes this more acidic. Appears in the course of several hours with increased urination and thirst (more rapidly in children). We are weakness and numbness, including vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Sometimes you notice an odor on the breath or fresh fruit that can be confused with the smell of alcohol. Is acetone, a waste product that is expelled through the lungs. In a later stage breathing becomes deeper and faster and, if he loses consciousness, the call goes into diabetic coma.

These symptoms require urgent treatment because they can cause death (USA statistics suggest that in diabetic ketoacidosis death is 1 in 10). Ketoacidosis is more common in undiagnosed diabetics or people with poorly controlled diabetes. Anyway, all is at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis under certain circumstances such as shock, infections, bleeding, fluid loss in vomiting or diarrhea. In these situations it is very important for diabetic monitor your blood glucose and urine and the concentration of ketones in the urine.

Ketoacidosis is necessary for emergency treatment. This involves injecting insulin and intravenous injections of saline to replace lost body fluids. It is necessary monitoring of blood glucose levels and the state of the fluids to equilibrate. If treatment is rapid restoration of ketoacidosis is usually rapid and complete.

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