Maintaining Stabilization of Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Foot Exercises: Case Report

Lina Ema Purwanti, Ani Nur 'Aini

Abstract


The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dysfunction, and failure of different organs. Physical activity is one of the factors that affect glycemic management. This case study aims to maintain the stability of blood sugar levels in DM patients by applying leg exercises. The design of this research is a case report with a nursing process approach carried out on Diabetes Mellitus patients with nursing problems of unstable blood sugar levels. Nursing care was carried out for seven days at the Muhammadiyah Ponorogo General Hospital. The intervention implemented is foot exercises. The results of the case study are presented in the form of nursing documentation. The case study results showed that the patient's blood sugar levels tended to be stable starting on the second day of the intervention.

Exercise-induced glycemic control is mostly explained by an increase in whole-body insulin sensitivity. The long-term advantages of frequent exercise on glycemic control appear to be related to the cumulative effect of transitory gains in insulin sensitivity and glycemic control after each bout of exercise, rather than structural changes in insulin sensitivity.

 

Keywords: blood sugar level; diabetes mellitus; foot exercise

 


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.70111/hg2301

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