Öxnehaga care center in Huskvarna has recently started receiving patients who feel that they have a sugar addiction.
The first step is then a test.
- After the screening test, there is an in-depth study with lots of questions where you look at what it looked like historically.
For many, this starts already when they are children and we can see this in our tests, says Maria Högberg, lifestyle nurse at Öxnehaga care center in Huskvarna.
Do those you meet most often know about their problem?
- It's both.
I have patients who actively come here with sugar addiction, but there are also patients who do not know that we have this entrance and who I then offer help.
You can be normal weight and still have this addiction problem.
Why is it important to help these patients?
- Because otherwise we will meet them later when they return with, for example, diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease or stroke.
But above all, it will be a very big suffering throughout life for a person who has to fight so much, says Maria Högberg.