Too much medicine lead to hyperglycemia, i.e. For example a senior with A1c of 8.5 and suffering from mue complex syndromes will be in a worse situation if he would medicated to target A1c of <7. There are ongoing discussions by the health authorities to treat patient population according to their unique need based on A1c, tion of diabetes, complexities of health conditions based on diabetes and otherwise. Sulfonyl urea showed a persistent reduction of 24% while metformin did not. Microvascular Outcome: Renal failure and death from rentl failure showed a 25% reduction in an U.K. Randomized trials are currently looking at this.įrailty: 7000 adults of ≥ 65 years age in a survey study (National Health and Nutrition Examination survey)over 1988-2011, having A1c ≥ 8% had higher risk of all cause mortality compared with HbA1c <6.5.Ĭardiovascular Outcome: The risk of cardiovascular outcome increases with poor glycemic control with new onset of diabetes at older age, However this data is mixed with patients suffering from long term diabetes. Patients ≥ 65 years with HbA1c between 6-7 and a 7 year follow up were seen to have ≥ 90% higher risk of hip fracture. Patients ≥ 65 years with HbA1c between 6.5-6.9 were at lowest risk after a 3.3 year follow up. Mortality rate after 1 year of hip fracture have been reported at over 25% in observational studies. Non Spine Fracture: >300,000/ year 65 year old patients are hospitalized for hip fracture. Just have a few other symptom related or unrelated to diabetesġ, It is a reasonable goal for healthier adult American Dibetes Association (ADA) has A1c target of 7Ģ. A1c test is a reliable and repeatable diagnostic test used by medical practitioners. It does not matter, when you got diabetes, keeping control of your body sugar has been vital. It might have happened you have never tested for diabetes and suddenly found to be diabetic at your senior years. Seniors of ≥ 65 years of age, the incidence and prevalence of diabetes is increasing as per Center of DiseaseĬontrol (You can be a longterm sufferer of diabetes starting around -40-45 years of age or have developed diabetes in your senior years, which is considered short term. Seniors years of the life comes with its own challenges of wear and tear of your body parts impacting the body functions.
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