A Diabetic Elderly Male with Worse Glucose Control Period Due To Taking Care of Great-Grandchild

Bando H, Iwatsuki N, Okada M, Ogawa T and Sakamoto K

Published on: 2025-01-17

Abstract

The case is an elderly male with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and has kept good diabetic control around 6.5% for long. Electrocardiogram (ECG) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) showed arteriosclerosis. He has worse diabetic control period twice in summer 2022 and summer 2024 with elevated HbA1c as 9.7%. The reason would be changed daily habit for taking care of his great-grandchild for teaching and eating cakes together. He has continued climbing stair 20 times to 3rd floor a day for smoking each cigarette piece. It brings satisfactory exercise for daily habit, leading to prevention of frailty and anti-aging well-being.