Thursday, January 5, 2012

WORLD DIABETES DAY-NOVEMBER 14


            WORLD DIABETES DAY-NOVEMBER 14
                   346 million people worldwide have diabetes..In 2004, an estimated 3.4 million people died from consequences of high blood sugar..More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries..WHO projects that diabetes deaths will double between 2005 and 2030.
                  Healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintaining a normal body weight and avoiding tobacco use can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes
Over time, diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves.
       Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. 50% of people with diabetes die of cardiovascular disease (primarily heart disease and stroke).      Combined with reduced blood flow, neuropathy in the feet increases the chance of foot ulcers and eventual limb amputation.         Diabetic retinopathy is an important cause of blindness, and occurs as a result of long-term accumulated damage to the small blood vessels in the retina. After 15 years of diabetes, approximately 2% of people become blind, and about 10% develop severe visual impairment.
          Diabetes is among the leading causes of kidney failure. 10-20% of people with diabetes die of kidney failure.Diabetic neuropathy is damage to the nerves as a result of diabetes, and affects up to 50% of people with diabetes. Although many different problems can occur as a result of diabetic neuropathy, common symptoms are tingling, pain, numbness, or weakness in the feet and hands.
The overall risk of dying among people with diabetes is at least double the risk of their peers without diabetes.achieve and maintain healthy body weight;be physically active – at least 30 minutes of regular, moderate-intensity activity on most days. More activity is required for weight control;
eat a healthy diet of between three and five servings of fruit and vegetables a day and reduce sugar and saturated fats intake;avoid tobacco use – smoking increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Siddha system of medicines are more effective to control the type-2 diabetes. Yoga ,traditional food and siddha medicines to control and prevent diabetes . Some of the siddha medicines like vallarai, nellikai, manjal and naval are to prevent the diabetes complications.

1 comment:

  1. I am immense pleasure to say that Dr.Karunakaran was my old classmate. He is one of the great siddha doctor. His tips and advise in the health related thing is extremely useful.

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