What is the need for monitoring Diabetes? At the beginning Diabetes is often without symptoms. Time and again it has been proved in various scientific studies that uncontrolled Diabetes has a very high risk of developing complications (will be discussing later). Once complications develop, they do not go away. Diabetes needs to be treated to […]
Introduction to Diabetes
Diabetes remains a very common health issue among non-communicable diseases affecting 10-15% of the general population. It is a metabolic disorder due to Insulin lack, resistance or both resulting in high blood sugar.
We need to control Diabetes with Diet and exercise (Medical Nutritional Therapy) along with medicines taken either orally or by injection to remain in good health.
Here in this section, we write about diagnosis, diet, exercise, treatment, complications with management in other situations like pregnancy and Childhood.
Vaccination in Diabetes
Diabetes confers an increased risk of infections. Although people of all ages are prone to infectious diseases like pneumonia and influenza, extremes of age and certain underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma, Chronic Bronchitis and heart disease aggravate the risk. The increased susceptibility of diabetes subjects to pneumonia is mainly due to high blood […]
Why worry about Diabetes?
IF you have Diabetes,Don’t worry and freeze,Careful about your diet Please,Best are grams vegetables & green leaves,Must exercise every day with ease,Make sure your doctor sees,Your Eyes, Heart, Kidneys and below knees:If you have a problem to cease,Go to Specialist in Diabetes,Your problem just flees,So why worry about Diabetes.Dr Enoch Sundaram
Can we have a normal Baby when I have Diabetes?
Pregnancy Diabetes is a very important area and needs special attention, close supervision both by Obstetrician and Diabetes physician. Diabetic pregnancies are mainly of two types. First one is women with known diabetes either type 1 or 2 becoming pregnant. The other is diabetes for the first time detected in the current pregnancy what is […]
Honey and Diabetes and Antioxidants
It’s a common belief that taking multivitamin tablets or more recently taking antioxidant tablet is helpful to replenish your body’s vitamin or revitalize oneself (in fact to make the issue more complicated some Pharmaceutical companies using names in the same line!). Antioxidants block certain types of cell damage caused by molecules called free radicals, which […]
What is Diabetes?
What is Diabetes? Diabetes is an old illness. It has affected mankind for many hundreds of years and is referred in old Sanskrit writing. It is a chronic metabolic disorder with high levels of sugar in the blood. The word “Diabetes” means siphon and “Mellitus” stands for sweet. The words Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus are […]
Can I drive when I have Diabetes?
One 2-year study in the Public Library of Science compared the Hba1c levels of 795 drivers with diabetes who had or hadn’t been in an accident. The researchers found that lower HbA1c levels were tied to a higher risk of a motor vehicle crash. Those in previous accidents had an average HbA1c level of 7.4, […]
Can I take Honey when I have Diabetes?
Antioxidants block certain types of cell damage caused by molecules called free radicals, which are caused by exposure to tobacco smoke, environmental pollution and some chemicals. Foods rich in antioxidants help destroy free radicals, and scientists think they reduce the risk of diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke. Recently taking an antioxidant tablet […]
Good, Bad and Ugly of Diabetes Diet
Diet is a very important aspect in the treatment of Diabetes particularly the timing of it. At the beginning you may be successful in controlling Diabetes with diet only, but unfortunately a time will come when only diet won’t be enough, you will require medicine. This time is different for different people, for somebody this […]
Can I have a drink when I have Diabetes?
Diabetes Mellitus is condition where the sugar content of your blood goes higher than normal. In Type1 where pancreas in tummy can not produce insulin (the only hormone that lowers blood sugar), it is the common type in children. More than 95% of Diabetes is type 2, here although the body produces insulin but it […]