What is diabetic ketoacidosis❓❓❓

One of the most common acute complications of diabetes is diabetic ketoacidosis. The fatality rate of diabetic ketoacidosis in elderly patients with diabetes is as high as 5 to 16%. Therefore, we should master the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis.What are ketone bodies?Fats are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids. Fatty acids are oxidatively...

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New findings on metformin.👀👀👀

Every once in a while, new benefits of metformin are discovered. Earlier this year, a large cohort study conducted by researchers from the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark and Stanford University in the United States also found new findings on metformin. The study noted that men took metformin in the three months before conception (during sperm development). His male...

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What should patients pay attention to when taking aspirin for a long time?📝📝📝

Aspirin is a classic and commonly used antithrombotic drug. In clinical, its application is very extensive. It can be used to prevent and treat cerebral thrombosis, cardiopulmonary infarction, angina pectoris, ischemic heart disease, etc. It plays an important role in the prevention of primary and secondary cardiovascular disease. Therefore, aspirin needs to be taken by many...

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What is the difference between alogliptin, linagliptin, saxagliptin, sitagliptin and vildagliptin?📊📊📊

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor is a new type of oral hypoglycemic drug with the fastest growing clinical use recently. Alogliptin, linagliptin, saxagliptin, sitagliptin and vildagliptin all belong to this class of drugs, but what exactly is the difference between them?What is the mechanism of action of DPP-4 inhibitors?Intestinal cells are stimulated by food (especially...

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What is the difference between insulin degludec, insulin detemir and insulin glargine?👌👌👌

Among the hypoglycemic drugs, insulin is the most effective one. When the pancreatic function of diabetic patients is severely deteriorated, oral hypoglycemic drugs are contraindicated or the treatment effect is not good, insulin will become a very important therapeutic drug. Among the long-acting insulins, insulin degludec, insulin detemir and insulin glargine are the...

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What is heat apoplexy and its medical treatment?🌞🌞🌞

Summer is coming, and there have been hot weather in many places around the world recently. Some people even died of heat. In fact, hot weather has caused far more deaths around the world than many other natural disasters. With the recent hot weather, there have been news reports of people diagnosed with heat apoplexy and deaths. So what exactly is heat apoplexy? How should...

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What are the precautions for osteoporosis treatment drugs?🦴🦴🦴

Osteoporosis is a systemic metabolic bone disease in which bone mass and bone density decrease due to different reasons. Osteoporosis is common in postmenopausal women and older men. It is a very common bone disease. It is characterized by increased bone fragility and increased susceptibility to fractures. Osteoporosis can be divided into primary osteoporosis and secondary...

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How to use statins correctly?(Part 2: Statin therapy.)✅✅✅

Here is part 2. It is about how to use statins correctly.What are statins and how should they be used?There are 7 kinds of statins that are more commonly used in clinical practice. There are 7 kinds of statins that are more commonly used in clinical practice. The seven statins are atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin and simvastatin.Their...

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How to use statins correctly?(Part 1: Blood lipids and related diseases.)✅✅✅

Statins are effective and safe in lowering cholesterol and reversing plaque. Clinically they have become fundamental drugs for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and treating atherosclerosis. Due to the widespread use of statins, incorrect use of statins can cause adverse reactions in patients.What are blood lipids?Cholesterol in the human body is mainly present in...

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Vitamin B3 may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.👴👵

Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) researchers have found in laboratory models that people's intake of vitamin B3 (niacin) can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The findings of this study offer new possibilities for treating Alzheimer's disease. They recently published the results of the study in the journal Science Translational Medicine. They investigated...

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