Jakarta, Demaknews.id – People are often familiar with the terms wet sugar and dry sugar. Is there really such a type of diabetes? We ask the doctor to know the answer.
Diabetes mellitus is often known as high blood sugar. Medically speaking, there are four types of diabetes. These include type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational or pregnant women diabetes, and other types of diabetes.
In the Ask a Doctor article this time, an internal medicine specialist from Binawaluyadr Heart Hospital will explain it. Ni Nengah Aryanti Dewi, Sp.PD., as follows.
What’s the difference between wet sugar diabetes and dry sugar, Doctor?
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The terms wet sugar and dry sugar don’t actually exist in us (doctors) medically, there are only four types of diabetes. The four types can experience wet and dry diabetes.
What is meant by ordinary people with wet diabetes is actually complicated. Wet sugar stands for wound complications. If dry sugar has no complications. Because indeed when someone has diabetes, he is prone to injury and high blood sugar will make it difficult for wounds to heal.
What causes diabetes to bathe in sugar, Doctor?
If a diabetic patient’s blood sugar exceeds 200, it is not only in the blood, but has corroded the nerves. He is most often affected by the nerves in the feet, so they feel numb or tingly.
Feet are used for trampling, walking, when you step on something you don’t feel it. When you have an ulcer, you will feel it. So first numb, not felt, when the wound is unconscious. That is why diabetic patients are advised to wear socks.
Why is it so difficult for diabetic patients to heal when they have wounds?
Because the web is dead. If the wound area isn’t checked, it can become a source of infection, so it’s not uncommon to have to cut it. That is why there is an opinion “dry sugar is better than wet sugar.” But actually, it’s better not to have diabetes.
People who initially have dry diabetes may also develop wet sugar over time if their blood sugar levels aren’t controlled, injuries occur, and they don’t heal. (Suara.com)
