Wednesday 10 September 2014

DIABETES MELLITUS: the hard core treatment

we have so much as heard about diabetes as it is a common disease of human and poses a serious health risk to the society. diabetes is a disease which affect about 2% to 4% of the population all over the world. on this pose we will treat the disease in separate post as diabetes is of two kinds. thus, we will treat diabetes mellitus which is by far the common. a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism, with obvious hereditary background in about 50% of cases, characterized by the production of large quantities of urine and by excesses of glucose in the blood and the urine. Diabetes Mellitus is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of abnormally large quantities of urine containing an excess of sugar, caused by a deficiency of insulin. the onset may be at any age. usually the disease first becomes apparent following some major demand on the body's resources such as severe injury, a serious infection, or a circumstance of emotional stress. the incidence of diabetes mellitus is higher in overweight people than in those with normal weight. In diabetes mellitus there exist deficit in the storage and release of glucose by the lever and an interference with the process by which the body's cells are able to use glucose as their source of energy. A person suffering from this disease must therefore derive more of his energy from the metabolism of protein and fat than in normal cases. A tragic feature of diabetes mellitus is that when it goes untreated serious complication develop, thus reducing the person's life expectancy. one of these is a tendency to early degeneration of the body and with the coronary arteries of the heart being particularly involved. Abnormal conditions also tend to develop in the nervous system, such as a peripheral neuritis, loss of sense of vibration, loss of normal control of urinary bladder. Also ever-present is the danger of a loss of consciousness due to an imbalance between the amount of insulin and glucose in the patients blood and tissues. SYMPTOMS Other symptoms of diabetes mellitus includes; 1. tiredness 2. weight loss due to permanent loss of glucose through urine 3. pruritus (itching) 4. excessive production of urine 5. excessive thirst 6. A desire to void at night 7. bed-wetting 8. an increase in appetite in spite of loss of body weight 9. weakness TREATMENT Dietary treatment of diabetes mellitus includes the following 1. eat diet that have less concentration of carbohydrate with increase iprotein and feat. 2. avoid glucose that are rapidly absorbed by the digestive system and which provoke high levels of hyperglycemia and, as consequence, glycosuria, which makes it difficult to control the diabetes. limit the amount of disaccharides (lactose, sucrose, maltose) and include more of polysaccharides (starch) in your diet; whole grain oats 3. eat food rich in vegetables fiber 4. eat fresh fruit and vegetables 5. avoid using excess amount of fat. use between 25%-30% of total intake of calories per day, depending on physical exertion, age and metabolism. 6. in the case of ketosis, eliminate protein from diet until condition disappear. 7. consume food with a high provitamin A content, such as carrot, orange, plums OTHER TREATMENT 1. C old full bath in the morning and cold arm bath in the afternoon. 2. drink chlorosodium mineral water for intestinal evacuation, biliary function and liver decongestion. 3. take alkaline mineral water 4. take time to exercise; regular light exercise to avoid hypoglycemia 5. sunbathing 6. rest on a regular bases 7. avoid smoking 8. control your own weight 9. meet your physician for medical advice. If you carefully adhere to this instruction, you will help your self reduce the level of diabetes mellitus and stay healthier

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