DIABETES MELITTUS III

NATURAL MEDICATION:

JAMBUL FRUITS (jam): It’s an effective home remedy as a specific against diabetes, because of its action on the pancreas. Whole fruit along with its seeds are useful medication. The seeds are dried powdered and stored in a tied container for daily use. A teaspoonful of this dried power seed with water or milk should be taken daily twice.

INDIAN GOOSEBERRY:

With its high contain of vitamin C it is fully proved that Indian gooseberry is likely to reduce the blood sugar in diabetes condition. To make more effective add 1 teaspoonful of this juice mix with ½ glass of bitter gourd juice and should be taken daily for not less than two months.

BITTER GOURD:

Bitter Gourd has been recognized that it contains a hypoglycaemic or insulin like principle, designated as plantinsulin which has been found valuable in lowering the blood and urine sugar level. It is therefore wise to have liberally in diet of the diabetic patient for a long run.

DIABETES MELLITUS II

INITIAL ASSESSMENT

*Confirmation whether you are suffering from diabetes by consulting your diabetologist.

**Accept the reality and abide your normal pace of life without much tension.

*** Lifestyle modification.

DIET: Plays an important role in diabetes management as 50% of the treatment depends upon diet rectification. Our diet has 3 major nutrients carbohydrates, protein, and fat. As carbohydrates have a major role to play as this converts into glucose in our body. Also avoid excess intake of proteins and fat which are transformed into sugar if taken in excess. The primary dietary consideration for a diabetic patient is strict lacto-vegetarian. Eat lots of vegetables, whole-grain, whole-wheat products, brown bread, fruits, nuts, and emphasis should be on raw foods as they stimulates pancreas and increases insulin secretion.

Recommend to have curd made form cow milk, sour fruits like tomatoes could be taken with much advantage. Have chapattis made of flour which has not been passed through sieve. Chose things that are rich in vitamin B and chromium which promotes Glucose Tolerance and it facilitates the transport of glucose into the cells and not allow glucose into the blood glucose level to rise. Avoid especial non-veg, cereals, sugar and its preparation heavy meals, deep fries, and spicy dishes. Take less fats especially saturated fats like ghee, butter.

EXCERCISE: Regular exercise can help you to lower your blood glucose levels, improve blood circulation, lowers cholesterol, helps to reduce your stress and thereby improve your physical condition. Exercise like gardening, swimming, deep breathing, jogging, indoor games, long walk, etc., are best applied. Remember that the disease strikes generally those who lead a sedentary life.

STRETCH MANAGEMENT: Management of mental stretch plays an important role, as stretch increases glucose level.

DIABETES MELLITUS I

Diabetes is known as prosperous disease. It commonly strikes to those who take rich diets, obese, wealthy, over eating people. It is characterised by excess glucose in the urine and high level of blood glucose. Our body converts the food into sugar. Insulin which is produced by pancreas helps to absorb the sugar from the blood and utilise for energy. In case of diabetes pancreas become inactive and cease to produce insulin, the body is unable to convert the sugar into energy for the muscle.

AWARENESS

The first step is to accept the reality in coping with this problem. Diabetes adversely affects your quality of life and prevents you from leading a normal way of living. If you don't control them, they will control you. They should have a tight control on diet and life style. Mental, stress, grief, anxiety has a great influence on the metabolism which may cause sugar to appear in the urine. In long term saliently it causes irreversible damage to multiple organs like nerves, heart, blood vessel, eyes, and kidney etc., Which further threatens your life leading to heart attack, blindness, kidney failure and foot infection that may necessary require amputation.

NORMAL BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS

*Normal blood sugar levels

Fasting 80-120 mg/dl

Pre meal less than 130 mg/dl

Post meal less than 160 mg/dl

* Anything above these level can be termed as diabetic levels.

PATIENT FEELS

A diabetic patient feels very thirsty, hungry most of the time even after fulfilling their appetite, they don't put weight and gets tired easily physically and mentally, often wants to urinate, and they might feel drowsy, general weakness, pale, anaemic, constipation, itching around the genital organs, has a lower sex urge. A serious complication could be gangrene of the lower extremities.