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Candidiasis is a very common condition in our country and primarily in diabetic patients. It is caused by an overgrowth of Candida in the mouth, digestive tract, vagina and other tissues. Poor metabolic control is responsible for diabetic patients to present more fungal infections than the rest of the population. The clinical diagnosis is often apparent, treatment is with antifungal medicines to these germs respond well.

Superficial mycoses are a major cause of morbidity in our country. Candidiasis is a very common condition in our country and mainly in immunocompromised patients such as diabetics.

They are skin condition – mucous membranes, and occasionally systemic, produced by the genus Candida (of which the most common is Candida albicans).

Diabetes is a major health problem with high mortality. There are infections that are virtually unique to diabetics, others that occur with increased severity and complications. Several studies support the idea of ??greater susceptibility, frequency of bacterial infections, while others emphasize the more severe infections to rare organisms, including fungi.

Fungal infections are caused by overgrowth of a type of fungus called Candida, also known as yeast . In the vagina, mouth and digestive tract, there are usually small amounts of yeast and other organisms.

Candida is a common fungus that usually gets the immune system control. However, in immunocompromised individuals, they can multiply in the mucous membranes or other parts of the body and cause symptoms of an infection known as candidiasis. Read the rest of this entry »

The diabetes mellitus is known in humans for many years, especially since prehistoric times. Antigua, a clinical diagnosis of diabetes was sentenced to death invariably more or less quickly. The progression of type 2 diabetes is left undiagnosed. But with the discovery of insulin, treatment was possible. Diabetes was first identified by the Egyptians 3500 years ago. Explained in medical books of the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, India, Rome and China. In ancient books it is mentioned that the disease is associated with polyuria, ploydipsia, etc. A Roman citizen described diabetes as a melting flesh and limbs into urine. In addition, the Charaka and Sushruta, known Ayurvedic physicians describe patients with diabetes have the sweet urine and it was like a shower of honey .

So, they called diabetes mellitus as ” Madhumeha “,” madhu “means sweet or honey, and” meha “is excess urine. Since then, we can say that diabetes has been recognized since antiquity, and treatments were known since the Middle Ages. But the etiopathogenesis of diabetes occurred mainly in the twentieth century. The ancient Chinese tested for diabetes by observing ants, if they were attracted by the urine of a person or not. Medieval European doctors tested the diabetes, by testing the urine of diabetic patients, from time to time have a scene appears in Gothic reliefs , and called it ” sweet urine disease “.

Incidence of Diabetes
The diabetes mellitus occurs throughout the world, but is more common in more developed countries. There is an increased incidence of diabetes in developing countries due to changing lifestyles and the call of urbanization. According to the World Health Organization, more than 200 million people around, in the year 2010. But because of its increasing incidence, it is believed that by 2030 this figure will double. Asia and Africa are the most commonly affected. Diabetes is considered as an important cause of death and is among the top 5 diseases most important in the developed world. In 2005 there are about 30 million people with diabetes in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes mellitus is a disease well known. This disease is caused due to the presence of excess glucose in the blood due to the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin. The two most famous of known diabetes mellitus are type 1 diabetes mellitus, which is also known as insulin-dependent diabetes, and type 2 diabetes mellitus , which is also known as noninsulin-dependent diabetes. However, there are other types of diabetes caused by other reasons.

In this post we will clarify the lesser known forms of diabetes mellitus. The list below is actually a list of the conditions of diabetes mellitus that occur at different stages of the body. His symptoms and even methods of treatment may be the same, but differ in their causes.

Gestational Diabetes
The gestational diabetes occurs in pregnant women. It is caused by hormonal changes that occur in the bodies of women due to prenatal conditions. The insulin secreted by the pancreas is also a hormone. An increase in other hormones can cause a decrease in insulin production, which can lead to gestational diabetes.

Gestational diabetes is mostly temporary. It occurs when the woman is in her second half of pregnancy, especially in the third quarter and continued until delivery. Once the birth has taken place, gestational diabetes symptoms are reduced, and the disease is cured automatically. Read the rest of this entry »

When glucose levels are high, the cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia), we can help.

On different websites you can read that studies like the one conducted in the Department of Human Nutrition, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan, show that cinnamon is effective down (between 15 and 25%) abnormally high levels of glucose and at the same time, cholesterol levels (between 10 and 25%) and triglycerides (between 20 and 30%)
is good news for those with diabetes (type 2) and / or patients with cardiovascular risk (excess cholesterol and triglycerides)

In most cases of diabetes after completing treatment (twenty days in the case of impaired glucose and forty in cholesterol and triglycerides) and stop taking the cinnamon, patients continued to be more balanced than before starting taking it.

This is a very interesting fact that what is sought is trying to regulate the body and not taking a drug that often improves only when you take that to stop taking it back to be just as bad in the beginning. Not to mention all the side effects.

These studies continue as they now try to see what happens if the cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) is taken for months or for a long time and if there are any unintended effects. Read the rest of this entry »

As we have discussed in previous entries, diabetes can cause a variety of foot problems making the diabetic foot care is essential. The effects of peripheral neuropathy can cause numbness in the feet (sensory neuropathy), weakness and pain in the muscles of the legs and feet (motor neuropathy), and problems in general with the sweat glands in the skin, resulting in dry, cracked (autonomic neuropathy).

These symptoms, when combined with other effects of diabetes, including poor circulation of blood and decreased immune system response, can cause serious foot problems if not taken care of diabetic treat you proper foot . skin ulcers, cracked skin and fungal infections can be very difficult to treat a diabetic and can not heal properly without extensive medical attention. In the long-term cases, support may cause incorrect displacement of the bone as well, and in severe cases of poor circulation may become necessary, amputation of toes. Prevention is definitely your best choice in diabetic foot care.

Diabetic foot care begins with control of sugar levels in the blood, reducing the severity of all symptoms mentioned above. But the diabetic foot problems are difficult to avoid completely, there are many options for proper care of the diabetic foot to minimize pain and damage. Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes and Your Skin
Diabetes affects almost every part of your body and your skin, the body’s largest organ n? is an exception to that rule. A large proportion of people with diabetes, as well as a third or more, also at one time engaged in some kind of skin disease or disorder. There is a wide range of possibilities for skin diseases, including some that are specific to diabetes and others who are simply more likely to occur due to diabetes.

One of the most common and is directly caused by diabetes is diabetic dermopathy. Diabetic dermopathy is also known as shin spots, because the result is usually brown or tan circular spots on the legs. The good news is that these are completely harmless and require no treatment n?. N? itch, bleed, extent or cause pain. Diabetic dermopathy is caused by diabetes has on blood vessels.

Vitiligo is another disease that affects skin coloration people with diabetes. Vitiligo more effect on the chest and stomach, but have also been known to appear on the face. Because the pigments are produced in that area of ??your skin and can be produced by n? attack. There are several treatment options for this type of condition and must take precautions whenever you’re in the sun.

Diabetic blisters can also occur in some people. Diabetic blisters can actually get quite large and can be found almost anywhere. The most common however are in the fingers or the back of the hands. These are harmless, n? must be painful. It should heal by themselves without leaving any marks in most cases.

People with type 2 diabetes can be affected by a skin disorder known as scleroderma rarely diabetes, resulting in the skin of her neck and upper back that are thickened and hardened.

A similar condition affects those who are obese or very overweight. It’s called acanthosis nigricans and the result is a thickening and darkening of the skin areas as well. It also occurs frequently in the neck, but also known to occur in the armpits of a person, knuckles, breasts and groin. The sites are usually more susceptible skin folds across the top of the body.

There is also a wide range of problems that people with diabetes may be more likely to compared to others. These are fungal infections and bacterial infections, which must be addressed by seeing a doctor and considered getting.

Skin problems are just another area where people with diabetes need to be prepared to do battle against. Unfortunately this is only a sample of the many skin problems that people with diabetes have to take into account.

The positive side is that our understanding of modern science and medicine, most of these problems are relatively benign, though some still can be serious. It is important to arm yourself with the knowledge necessary for you to try to prevent problems from occurring and to be able to recognize when they do.

Diseases such as diabetes, obesity and anorexia are also reflected in the dermis and therefore we can detect it early to avoid more than a headache …

Diseases such as diabetes, obesity and anorexia are also reflected in the dermis and therefore we can detect it early to avoid more than a headache. Certain conditions such as diabetes, are overweight or obese and other problems related to the case Instead, as is malnutrition or anorexia, might well damage the internal organs have serious effects on our skin. However, each problem should receive early treatment and each one separately. Several experts say that skin care is essential to ensure our health and ensure that the damage caused by these diseases in the dermis are highly visible and well capable of providing the warning signs of these conditions.

Thus, according to these experts, when sugar is elevated in the blood is very possible that they may be problems related to fungi. Thus, among the most common injuries in the skin due to diabetes, you can register Generalized Granuloma Annulare, which is characterized by atrophic patches (thin skin) hyperpigmented, oval or round. Other ill-effects of diabetes can be chronic ulcers, soft tissue infections and in severe cases, gangrene. Furthermore, if we look itchy, thickened dermis stained yellow nails with this color, we could detect that this is a principle of diabetes. In other cases, lesions appear purple, red and blisters diabetes, experts say.

The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is increasingly common in children and adolescents xestadounidenses, especially those who are obese. Some studies show that between 8 and 45% of children newly diagnosed with diabetes have the type known as 2, depending on geographic location and racial / ethnic group.

Diabetes is a chronic condition that needs careful attention, but with some practical knowledge, you can make your son to be his most important ally in learning to live with the disease.

What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose, the principal form of sugar in the blood. Glucose comes from foods we eat and is the major source of energy needed to perform the functions of the human body.

After you eat a meal, your body crumbles and turns food into glucose and other nutrients that are absorbed into the bloodstream from the gastrointestinal tract. The level of glucose in the blood rises after a meal and triggers the pancreas make the hormone insulin and release it into the bloodstream. But in people with diabetes, the body is unable to produce or respond to insulin properly.

Insulin works like a key that opens the doors to cells and allows the entry of glucose. Without insulin, glucose can not get into the cells (the doors are “closed” and there is no key to open) so that it stays in the bloodstream. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood remains higher than normal. High blood sugar levels are a problem because they can cause various health complications.

Researchers Diabetes Research Institute in Miami (USA) have joined the Malaga group that studies the development of a cell therapy for diabetes, thanks to a collaboration agreement signed with the Foundation IMABIS (Mediterranean Institute for the Advancement of Biotechnology and Health Research) as part of the researchers from the Center for the Study of Diseases of the pancreatic beta cells, group run from Malaga by Antonio Luis Cuesta Muñoz. With this agreement, the group of researchers working in the Malaga study of a genetic mutation that produces highly efficient islet is part and represents the American Institute in Malaga. At the same time, it goes IMABIS represent the Foundation in the United States.

The progress made ??by the research group of professionals from IMABIS, in particular the Regional Hospital of Malaga, along with researchers from the U.S., Israel and Belgium, have served collateral for the Diabetes Research Institute Miami-Diabetes Federation-Research Institute, the largest diabetes cell therapy in the U.S., were interested and signed the agreement. Scientists Miami This will allow the exchange of researchers between the Miami centers and Malaga and the possibility of requesting funding assistance to U.S. National Institutes of Health through the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami.

The Center for the Study of Diseases of the pancreatic beta cells has been working since 2004 in the development of human pancreatic islet large size, high metabolic efficiency and ability to proliferate, using genetic engineering techniques. The research is based on the finding in two patients, one outside the family in a different country and race, affected by a rare condition known as hypoglycemia monogenic and described by Luis Cuesta, a genetic mutation that activates the glucokinase enzyme and producing islet cells with the characteristics mentioned . Glucokinase regulates insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells and is responsible for maintain blood glucose levels normal. The severe hypoglycemia-low or critical levels of blood sugar, occurs when the enzyme is active over normal levels, producing a sustained secretion of insulin. Monogenic People with hypoglycemia due to severe activating mutations of glucokinase, have extremely low levels of blood glucose.

A new vaccine to protect children with low glucose tolerance before an impending type 1 diabetes. Whether this is really possible, is now finally prove, inter alia, a study of the Technical University of Munich.

A type-1 diabetes develops when the immune system attacks a bad reaction in one’s own pancreas and destroys the insulin-producing cells. Due to an inflammatory reaction, which takes different lengths, the pancreas can no longer fulfill their function and diabetes becomes apparent. The onset of diabetes may last, depending on the injury, so that even ill babies or adults only. How it but at the slip of the immune system, so the exact cause of diabetes, occurs remains unclear.

Vaccination against type 1 diabetes?
If several relatives of a child have type 1 diabetes are affected, the genetic risk for the child greatly increases also suffer from diabetes too. Now by contrast, could potentially help the early administration of small doses of insulin as a kind of vaccination. Unlike type-1-Diabektikern with overt diabetes, the insulin for at-risk children do not serve to lower their blood sugar. It affects the immune system and prevent the fatal bad reaction to the pancreas in the long run. Two studies will now investigate in Austria, Italy, Britain, Canada, the USA and in Germany, how much insulin is suitable for the prevention and how it needs to be taken. The hormone could for example be administered in very small doses by mouth or as a nasal spray. When taken orally, insulin has no blood glucose-lowering effect, because it is ineffective by the stomach acid. With the hormone only children should be treated, although they are burdened with a high hereditary risk of diabetes, but still show no symptoms of the disease.

Who can participate in the prevention trial?
In Germany, experimental subjects aged 18 months to 7 years to be searched, where a family history is given with diabetes. Notes for a high risk of disease include pre-existing diabetes type 1 disease among siblings or their own parents. Before study participation, the individual risk of diabetes of the participating child is determined. The examinations and treatments during the studies are free of charge to participating families. The study is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research and the American Foundation for Diabetes Study. The study is called “pre-point” and is conducted in Germany by Professor Ezio Bonifacio at the TU Munich. For the 18-month study will be looking for a total of 40 children.