Diabetes and homeopathic treatment

Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood sugar (glucose). Glucose is vital to your health because it's an important source of energy for the cells that make up your muscles and tissues. It's also your brain's main source of fuel.

The underlying cause of diabetes varies by type. But, no matter what type of diabetes you have, it can lead to excess sugar in your blood. Too much sugar in your blood can lead to serious health problems.

Chronic diabetes conditions include type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Potentially reversible diabetes conditions include prediabetes  when your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as diabetes  and gestational diabetes, which occurs during pregnancy but may resolve after the baby is delivered.

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Symptoms

Diabetes symptoms vary depending on how much your blood sugar is elevated. Some people, especially those with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, may not experience symptoms initially. In type 1 diabetes, symptoms tend to come on quickly and be more severe.

Some of the signs and symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are:

·       Increased thirst

·       Frequent urination

·       Extreme hunger

·       Unexplained weight loss

·       Presence of ketones in the urine (ketones are a byproduct of the breakdown of muscle and fat that happens when there's not enough available insul!n)

·       Fatigue

·       Irritability

·       Blurred vision

·       Slow-healing sores

·       Frequent infections, such as gums or skin infections and vaginal infections

Type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, though it often appears during childhood or adolescence. Type 2 diabetes, the more common type, can develop at any age, though it's more common in people older than 40.

When to see a doctor

·       If you suspect you or your child may have diabetes. If you notice any possible diabetes symptoms, contact your doctor. The earlier the condition is diagnosed, the sooner treatment can begin.

·       If you've already been diagnosed with diabetes. After you receive your diagnosis, you'll need close medical follow-up until your blood sugar levels stabilize.

Causes

To understand diabetes, first you must understand how glucose is normally processed in the body.

The role of glucose

Glucose  a sugar   is a source of energy for the cells that make up muscles and other tissues.

·       Glucose comes from two major sources: food and your liver.

·       Sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream, where it enters cells with the help of insul!n.

·       Your liver stores and makes glucose.

·       When your glucose levels are low, such as when you haven't eaten in a while, the liver breaks down stored glycogen into glucose to keep your glucose level within a normal range.

Causes of type 1 diabetes

The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. What is known is that your immune system  which normally fights harmful bacteria or viruses  attacks and destroys your insul!n-producing cells in the pancreas. This leaves you with little or no insul!n. Instead of being transported into your cells, sugar builds up in your bloodstream.

Type 1 is thought to be caused by a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental factors, though exactly what those factors are is still unclear. Weight is not believed to be a factor in type 1 diabetes.

Causes of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

In prediabetes  which can lead to type 2 diabetes  and in type 2 diabetes, your cells become resistant to the action of insul!n, and your pancreas is unable to make enough insul!n to overcome this resistance. Instead of moving into your cells where it's needed for energy, sugar builds up in your bloodstream.

Exactly why this happens is uncertain, although it's believed that genetic and environmental factors play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes too. Being overweight is strongly linked to the development of type 2 diabetes, but not everyone with type 2 is overweight.

Causes of gestational diabetes

Normally, your pancreas responds by producing enough extra insul!n to overcome this resistance. But sometimes your pancreas can't keep up. When this happens, too little glucose gets into your cells and too much stays in your blood, resulting in gestational diabetes.

Risk factors

Risk factors for diabetes depend on the type of diabetes.

Risk factors for type 1 diabetes

Although the exact cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown, factors that may signal an increased risk include:

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·       Family history. Your risk increases if a parent or sibling has type 1 diabetes.

·       Environmental factors. Circumstances such as exposure to a viral illness likely play some role in type 1 diabetes.

·       The presence of damaging immune system cells (autoantibodies). Sometimes family members of people with type 1 diabetes are tested for the presence of diabetes autoantibodies. If you have these autoantibodies, you have an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes. But not everyone who has these autoantibodies develops diabetes.

·       Geography. Certain countries, such as Finland and Sweden, have higher rates of type 1 diabetes.

 Risk factors for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

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Researchers don't fully understand why some people develop prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and others don't. It's clear that certain factors increase the risk, however, including:

·       Weight. The more fatty tissue you have, the more resistant your cells become to insul!n.

·       Inactivity. The less active you are, the greater your risk. Physical activity helps you control your weight, uses up glucose as energy and makes your cells more sensitive to insul!n.

·       Family history. Your risk increases if a parent or sibling has type 2 diabetes.

·       Race. Although it's unclear why, people of certain races — including black people, Hispanics, American Indians and Asian-Americans — are at higher risk.

·       Age. Your risk increases as you get older. This may be because you tend to exercise less, lose muscle mass and gain weight as you age. But type 2 diabetes is also increasing among children, adolescents and younger adults.

·       Gestational diabetes. If you developed gestational diabetes when you were pregnant, your risk of developing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes later increases. If you gave birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds (4 kilograms), you're also at risk of type 2 diabetes.

·       Polycystic ovary syndrome. For women, having polycystic ovary syndrome  a common condition characterized by irregular menstrual periods, excess hair growth and obesity  increases the risk of diabetes.

·       High blood pressure. Having blood pressure over 140/90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) is linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

·       Abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels. If you have low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol, your risk of type 2 diabetes is higher. Triglycerides are another type of fat carried in the blood. People with high levels of triglycerides have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Your doctor can let you know what your cholesterol and triglyceride levels are.

Risk factors for gestational diabetes

Any pregnant woman can develop gestational diabetes, but some women are at greater risk than are others. Risk factors for gestational diabetes include:

·       Age. Women older than age 25 are at increased risk.

·       Family or personal history. Your risk increases if you have prediabetes a precursor to type 2 diabetes  or if a close family member, such as a parent or sibling, has type 2 diabetes. You're also at greater risk if you had gestational diabetes during a previous pregnancy, if you delivered a very large baby or if you had an unexplained stillbirth.

·       Weight. Being overweight before pregnancy increases your risk.

Prognosis

It can be managed with homeopathic treatment. Since how long you are suffering from disease, has to do a lot with treatment plan. No matter, since when are you suffering from your disease either from recent time or since many years -everything is manageable with us but in early stage of disease, you will be managed faster. For chronic conditions or in later stage or in case of many years of suffering, it will take longer time to be managed. Intelligent person always start treatment as early as he /she observe any sign and symptom of this disease, so immediately contact us as soon as you observe any abnormality in you.

How we work on this disease

Brahm  research based, clinically proved, scientific treatment module is very effective in managing this disease. We have a team of well qualified doctors who observe and analysis your case systematically, record all the signs and symptoms along with progress of disease, understand its stages of progression, prognosis and its complications. After that they clear you about your disease in details, provide you proper diet chart [what to eat or what not to eat], exercise plan, life style plan and guide you about many more factors that can improve your general health condition with systematic management of your disease with homeopathic medicines till it get cured.