Healing For Diabetes

To all who suffer from obesity, of course, it is necessary to normalize body weight. Methods and techniques described in the literature a great variety. There is currently no known effective method of weight loss without exercise and proper, balanced diet.

All the rest – it’s a beautiful ad, in which wishful thinking. What impresses in this ad, so this quick weight loss and the minimum required for this effort. In fact it is needed to loss weight long and fairly for the work. This is quite a reasonable explanation. The fact that  stocks of glucose in the liver as glycogen is only Continue reading »

In order to conduct an effective treatment of diabetes, it is necessary constantly to monitor blood sugar levels. There are special devices designed for use mainly in the home, called a blood glucose meter.

Blood glucose meters are not used to diagnose diabetes, but only to monitor changes in blood sugar levels.

In addition to the instrument itself, the package usually includes a test strip, stick to pierce, battery, manual, carrying case. In selling a large number of blood glucose meters, which differ by the following Continue reading »

In order to be confident in the effectiveness of insulin, it is necessary not only to calculate correctly the dose, but also strictly abide by all the “process”. Otherwise, it may be a change in unpredictable blood glucose levels and, consequently, increases the risk of acute complications.

When deciding whether to change the dose of insulin due to insufficient action of the drug should be necessarily ruled out the error in the technique of insulin administration. Manipulation of the bottle must be carried out Continue reading »

Tips for reducing salt intake by eating out.

Reducing salt intake can significantly reduce the risk of health problems associated with high blood pressure, which is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke – the cause of death for more than two thirds of people with diabetes.

Here are some tips that will help you reduce the amount of edible salt (sodium) when eating out:

Snacks.

Choose fresh fruits and vegetables.

Avoid soups and broths.

Avoid bread, muffins and toast with salt and butter. Continue reading »

Elevated blood sugar is harmful to the kidneys of diabetic nephropathy development. This is specific vascular lesion of kidneys in diabetes, in the final stage of which develops chronic renal failure.

For 20 years, every second patient with diabetes mellitus (I or type II) developed kidney disease of varying degrees.

The causes of kidney damage.

High blood sugar levels. The worse your blood sugar is controlled, the higher the probability of occurrence of diabetic nephropathy. Continue reading »

In diabetes as a result of hyperglycemia may develop eye diseases that lead to impaired vision until the loss. The most common and dangerous complication is diabetic retinopathy.

The causes of retinopathy.
The most important causes that affect the occurrence and rate of development of retinopathy is the blood glucose level and duration of diabetes. Other important factors include age, presence and degree of hypertension, lipid disorders, smoking, renal disease and pregnancy.

How develops retinopathy?
The retina lines the eye and receives light from within. Food to the retina Continue reading »

Clinical signs for diabetes are listed in descending order of frequency of occurrence:

Polyuria - increased urine formation (in adults over 1800-2000 ml / day). Number of urine per day on average increased to 4.3 liters, although it can reach up to 8-10 liters or more. This symptom occurs most often and was formerly known as diabetes mellitus. Along with it, you may experience bedwetting, and more frequent urination at night.

Constant thirst.

The amount of liquid you want to quench your thirst may be up to 8-10 liters or more. Often this feature is combined with dry mouth. Continue reading »

Classification, as they say in dictionaries, there is a division of heterogeneous collection of objects into homogeneous groups for any significant, internal lines. There are a lot of such significant signs of diabetes heterogeneous. Therefore, in the medical literature there are several classifications.

One of them classifies (groups) of the disease because of the origin of the disease. Such a classification is called etiological.

Another classification defines the disease by the degree of compensation and reflects the relationship of illness and treatment (degree of influence on the treatment of disease). Continue reading »

In understanding the causes of this type of diabetes, unfortunately, is not clear. Here is an opinion of the head of the Programme for Diabetes J. Roglika: “The main problem is that we do not know the causes of type I diabetes. This disease is different from type II diabetes, occurs when cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are destroyed as a result of immunological reaction.

What is the trigger for this autoimmune reaction is unknown. Sufficiently studied for several reasons: viruses, lack of breast-feeding and early feeding a baby cow’s milk, the Continue reading »

First we should define the concept of “diabetes.” Diabetes mellitus – a syndrome, whose essence is the development of hyperglycemia (increased levels of “sugar” in the blood), which is a consequence of an absolute deficiency of insulin or a relative deficiency due to reduced or complete insensitivity of tissues sensitive to insulin.

What is this insulin?

Insulin – a hormone secreted by cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas in response to raise blood sugar levels.

Turning to the international classification of diseases, we see that the notion of “diabetes” is much greater than two, as we tend to think of diseases. Indeed, there are several states in which Continue reading »