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Diabetes and Homeopathy
 Diabetes
- Introduction
Type
1 Diabetes
Type 2
Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
Homeopathic Approach
Diabetes is a condition in which your blood
glucose level (or blood sugar) is too high. Your blood always has and
requires some glucose in it as your body needs glucose for energy to keep
it functioning. However, too much glucose in the blood is not good for
your health. This condition of high glucose arises due to inability of
the body either to produce enough insulin or use it.
Glucose comes from the food you eat and the blood
carries the glucose to all the cells of your body. Insulin is a hormone
that is generated and released to blood by pancreas. Insulin helps the
glucose in the blood to be carried to cells of your body. If pancreas
doesn't make enough insulin or body doesn't use the insulin, glucose can
not get into the cells causing glucose the blood levels too high.
The symptoms of diabetes: A patient with diabetes is more
likely to have one or more of the following symptoms.
- Excessive thirst
- Excessive hunger and tiredness
- Frequent urinations
- Unusual weight loss
- Having sores that heal slowly
- Irritability
- Having blurry eyesight
Type 1 Diabetes  Top
In Type 1 diabetes which used to called
insulin dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes, the beta cells of pancreas no
longer make insulin because the body's immune system has attacked and
destroyed them. The conventional treatment for Type 1 diabetes includes to
take insulin shots besides making wise food choices, exercising regularly,
taking aspirin and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol. Type 1
diabetes is usually first diagnosed in children and teenagers.
Type 2 Diabetes Top
Type 2 diabetes, formerly
called adult-onset diabetes of non-insulin dependent diabetes is the most
common form of diabetes. In type2 diabetes, either pancreas doesn't produce
enough insulin or the cells ignore them. It causes your cells starve
for energy and over time, high blood glucose levels may hurt eyes, nerves,
heart or kidneys. Type 2 diabetes may occur in people of all ages.
The conventional treatment for Type 2 diabetes
includes to take diabetes medicines besides making wise food choices,
exercising regularly, taking aspirin and controlling blood pressure and
cholesterol.
One of the underlying causes of
Type 2 Diabetes is insulin resistance, a condition of the body in which
the cells throughout the body become resistant to the insulin produced by
pancreas.
Gestational Diabetes Top
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that only pregnant women
get during the late stages of pregnancy. In fact, the word gestational
means pregnant. If a woman gets high blood sugar when she's pregnant, but
she never had high blood sugar before, she has gestational diabetes. This
form of diabetes usually goes away after the baby is born. But, a woman
who has had it is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life.
Gestational diabetes is caused by the hormones of pregnancy or a shortage
of insulin.
Homeopathic Approach Top
Homeopathy is a system which has a different approach to
disease and remedy from that of conventional system of medicine. In the
conventional allopathic approach, medicines are used that work against
diseases and their symptoms. In Homeopathy, the symptoms of an illness are
viewed as a direct manifestation of the body's attempt to heal itself and a
Homeopathic substance is given that is capable of producing similar
symptoms if given to a well person. In so doing, Homeopathic system attempts to
stimulate the body's own natural healing capacity with Homeopathic
remedies acting as a trigger for the body's own healing forces.Homeopathy offers natural, effective remedies for
patients suffering from Diabetes. The symptoms expressed by patients depend
on the individuality of the person, type of diabetes and the complications
that arise from having diabetes over time.
As Homeopathic remedies are chosen for the whole person rather than for a disease, it also
considers symptoms that arise from other complications . The duration of the treatment and the
progress depend on the type of diabetes, the associated symptoms and
vary from person to person. Homeopaths generally ask you to continue the
medications you are currently on until your body starts responding to the
treatment and produces and uses the insulin.
DISCLAIMER: The information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not
meant to diagnose or treat any health condition and is not a replacement for
treatment by a healthcare provider.
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