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Diabetes is an incurable chronic disease characterized by the presence of high concentrations of glucose in the blood that is caused by lack of insulin or a defect in the action itself.
There are two types, explains Silvia Chahin, pediatric endocrinologist and member of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Endocrinology. The first can be present from birth, while the latter is manifested by eating disorders and lifestyle.

Claudia Medina is the mother of two children with type one diabetes. For 10 years up every night at two o’clock to medirles glycemia.
At 5 years, his son Khalil began to feel constantly thirsty and urinating several times a day. He looked like a virus but really your blood sugar level was very high.

Insulin and manage diet to stabilize their energy is converted into the priorities of their parents. When everything was controlled, the same symptoms in his second son, Said, who kept repeating that he did not suffer from this evil.
The type of disease that are the children of Claudia is present even in newborn infants prone. The body produces antibodies that mistakenly attack the insulin-producing cells. When you finish these, the disease manifests itself, explains endocrinologist William Rojas. Read the rest of this entry »

Type I diabetes
Type I diabetes, still called insulin-dependent diabetes, affects about 10% of diabetics.
In the course of diabetes type I, destroys the cells in the pancreas leading to a decrease or even complete absence of insulin secretion.
Type I diabetes affects children and adolescents and adults younger than 40 years.
Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease, a disease that causes hyper-reactivity of the immune system against certain cells or tissues of the body: in the case of diabetes, the pancreas cells that produce insulin are destroyed by certain white blood cells called T lymphocytes

The symptoms of type I diabetes
The symptoms of type I diabetes establishing a fairly quick.
- Frequent urination
- Thirst
- Feeling intense hunger
- Weight loss
- Severe fatigue ..

Type II Diabetes
Type II diabetes is a disease that remains silent a long time can develop for years without causing any symptoms.
- Most type II diabetics do not feel any discomfort for several years.
- Type II diabetes is not: no symptoms to detect diabetes before the onset of complications.
- Diabetes develops unpredictably.
- 50% of those diagnosed as diabetic complications.

To understand diabetes you must have a good idea of how the body works and changes that occur when you have diabetes. Once you know how is that different types of diabetes affect the body, it is easier to see how you can prevent complications and the importance of both insulin therapy and the blood glucose monitoring.

Start learning how the body converts food eaten in the energy needed to live. During digestion, the body converts food to the three basic groups:
- Protein (found in meat, fish, eggs and other products).
- Fats (found in vegetable oils, meat, cheese and other products).
- Carbohydrates (also known as sugars or starches, and is found in bread, pasta, fruits and vegetables).

Carbohydrates of which glucose (also called blood sugar) is a part, and which acts as fuel and energize the body. For the sugar in the blood to enter body cells, we need the help of a hormone called insulin. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people are seeking natural ways to treat type 2 diabetes. The reason it was decided to use natural treatments for type 2 diabetes than those prescribed by the doctor, they are much safer.

Natural Remedies for Type 2 diabetes

Then see what kind of natural treatments can be used to help treat and control type 2 diabetes . It is also important to note that we have chosen to discuss in this article are available through your health food store locally or online.

Ginseng
It is important to note that several types of Ginseng , but studies have shown that North American ginseng or Panax quinquefolius Ginseng has very good results. This particular form of ginseng has been in helping diabetics to improve control of blood sugar and glycosylated hemogobina level.

Chrome
Is an essential trace element and plays a role in helping the body to produce enough insulin for the body. Also this plant is effective in carrying out a role for the control of the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats. It is important that when you want to use to control type 2 diabetes should avoid an herb called Chromium Picolinate as that which may have adverse effects on the body.

Magnesium
Another essential mineral that the body needs to function properly. Like chromium, magnesium helps the body to produce sufficient amounts of insulin . The most natural and effective way to get magnesium is to eat green leafy vegetables, whole grains and certain fruits with shell and pecans. Otherwise you may need to take a magnesium supplement as well. But if you do have to keep to the recommended dose but could suffer other health problems such as diarrhea, nausea, loss of appetite, low blood pressure.

Cinnamon
Of all the natural treatments for type 2 diabetes that are available not only the easiest to achieve, but also has a pleasant taste. In studies on this species in particular, have found properties that were effective in helping control blood glucose levels in people with this form of diabetes.

Zinc
The Zinc is another mineral that our body needs to function properly and helps in the production of insulin, as well as help the body to store it for future use. The easiest and most efficient way to obtain additional quantities of zinc in your body is through eating foods such as nuts, peas and liver.
And remember that before starting any treatment , it is important that you first contact your doctor.

Although there are three types of diabetes , the first symptoms of diabetes that are experienced are typically those of hyperglycemia or excess sugar (glucose) levels, and this first indicator is not very reliable.
The symptoms of hyperglycemia may include blurred vision, fatigue, increased thirst and appetite and increasing the number of times urine.

Type 1 Diabetes
In a person with type 1 diabetes , the onset of hyperglycemia can be quite steep due to the fact that the pancreas does not produce almost no insulin or produces no insulin at all. This means that there is absolutely no loss of glucose, since levels can only rise and rise quickly.
The type 1 diabetes is extremely dangerous and can cause death. The symptoms of type 1 diabetes , once known as juvenile diabetes because it usually only affects young people, should not be ignored and you should consult a doctor immediately.

Type 2 Diabetes
For a person with type 2 diabetes , hyperglycemia may take longer to develop until the symptoms can be felt and noticed. Many people do throughout their lives with type 2 diabetes and believe that some of the symptoms may be age thing, especially for type 2 diabetes usually affects adults of middle age onwards, hence its old name adult onset diabetes.

Because the number of children who developed type 2 diabetes in recent years due to poor diet and obesity (the leading cause of diabetes type 2), just became the name of type 2 diabetes. As type 2 diabetes symptoms can be subtle, many people are completely unaware they have diabetes.

The symptoms of type 2 diabetes are two, the first factor is a lack of production of insulin in the pancreas, the second is the resistance to insulin. Here is where the body begins to reject the admission of insulin, which transports glucose.
Therefore, the body of a person suffering from type 2 diabetes glucose is converted into energy, so that starts to accumulate in the blood glucose. The body may try to remove some of the glucose through the urine, increasing the number of times the person needs to urinate.
Gestational Diabetes

The diabetes gestational diabetes may be more difficult to detect because the symptoms are so similar to those of pregnancy can be nearly impossible to distinguish. Symptoms of gestational diabetes are, for example, fatigue, increased appetite and thirst and increasing the number of times urine. Gestational diabetes is usually a temporary form of diabetes, which disappears shortly after childbirth, although both mother and child will be permanently susceptible to type 2 diabetes in the future.

Another concern in relation to gestational diabetes is the damage it can cause the baby, which can be respiratory or cardiac damage, stillbirth or death shortly after birth. Untreated gestational diabetes can also be a contributing factor to health problems later and when the baby reaches adulthood, such as chronic obesity.
“Symptoms of hypoglycemia? Consult your doctor

If you think you have it, even slightly, one of the symptoms of hyperglycemia mentioned, it is important that you consult your GP as soon as possible. Diabetes is a disorder that should not be taken lightly as it can be fatal, particularly in the case of type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes , although it can be a very dangerous condition, if diagnosed early, treatment is very effective. The most important things a diabetic should do is take the prescribed medication and regular monitoring of levels of blood sugar.
If your doctor has advised you carry an emergency kit of insulin / glucose , must be made ??at any time. The other factors are much exercise to help regulate glucose levels and a good healthy balanced diet .

Whether to try to prevent diabetes can follow several paths. However, without a lifestyle that is tailored to the disease is not possible to assess progress, and changes in the type of diet and activities are necessary for our body will not succumb to the disease.

In the field of herbal medicine , herbs of Chinese medicine have been managed on several occasions as an effective treatment to cure diabetes , or at least prevent it. This time, researchers at the University of Sydney have conducted a survey of previous studies that associated with Chinese medicine and diabetes , to see if it is effective to treat the disease.

The researchers analyzed the results of previously conducted 16 investigations involving cases of 1391 patients with diabetes , those who had started treatment in Chinese medicine to combat diabetes . In some cases, patients simply asking them to change their lifestyle , while in other cases this is added the use of medicinal herbs .

Suzanne J. Grant , who led the research, found that in cases where changes in lifestyle were accompanied by regular consumption of herbal medicines the patients perceived symptoms score closer to normal levels in cases in which There were only a change in lifestyle.

The findings are published in the journal Cochrane Library , and to demonstrate the effectiveness of herbal medicine as a treatment for diabetes.

The diabetes is a chronic disease that is increasing in case the whole world, belonging to type 2 diabetes can be controlled through meditation and the contribution of some natural treatments that are based on blueberries, chromium, zinc, magnesium and ginseng, and other nutrients.

Diabetes should be cured by a doctor, but some foods and natural method will also help to get healthier.

Ginseng, the most famous is Korean, which is also called Asian and Siberian, some substances found at the root stimulate various parts of the body, muscle tone, metabolism, nervous system.

The ginseng plant is an element and can do to slow the process of digestion and assimilation, and this greatly helps diabetics.

The Zinc is another mineral that our body needs for healthy functioning and also helps the production of insulin, the best way to get zinc into your body is eating nuts, peas and liver.

The berries, these berries contain vitamin C, inhibit the development of diabetic cataracts and retinopathy, as well as improving vascular system.

He spent nearly a decade of the 21, and the global epidemic of diabetes, which accelerated in the early 1970-no signs of slowing. At the same time, ideas about diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2 (T2DM) have increased at an equally rapid pace.

In the early 1970′s, it was still unclear whether glycemic control would make a great difference in the long run for the welfare of people with diabetes, except to relieve symptoms of hyperglycemia and reduce the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis of a hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic. It expressed concern about the risk / benefit of antidiabetic agents so that there is nothing new under the sun, says the author of these comments. The drugs available in the United States were limited to insulin and sulfonylureas. The rest of the world also had access to metformin, but in truth, its potential was underestimated until much later.

Recognition of the value of glycemic control
Outside this environment of scientific uncertainty, there were two trials that ended the debate about the value of glycemic control: the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) for type 1 diabetes and the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) , for type 2 diabetes.

The performance of these tests provided a timely demonstration of the usefulness of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as an objective measure of glycemic control and microalbuminuria as a marker of early nephropathy.

The final reports of both studies (DCCT and KPDS) published in the 1990 established the role of glycemic control in reducing the risk of retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy, microvascular complications of diabetes. In addition, the UKPDS showed that type 2 diabetes, the management of hypertension was at least as important as glycemic control, with respect to reducing the risk of microvascular complications.

Neither the DCCT or the UKPDS was initially designed to determine if glycemic control was a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, however, the longer-term surveillance of cohorts of patients has been successful in this regard. The reports of both studies have shown that efforts to control blood sugar early during the course of diabetes are rewarded years later by a decreased risk of cardiovascular events and death. This is true even when excellent glycemic control achieved at the beginning does not stay indefinitely. It has also been widely shown to diabetes management and prevention of microvascular and cardiovascular disease as the main objectives involves more than just a concern for glycemic control.

New therapeutic options
Coinciding with the DCCT and UKPDS studies, in the 1970′s there was also considerable progress in the therapeutic field with the development of new classes of antidiabetic agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. These include antidiabetic thiazolidinediones (TZD), inhibitors of ?-glucosidase, the non-sulfonylurea insulin secretagogues (also known as glinides) and, more recently, drugs based on incretins.

The understandable enthusiasm to use these new medications have been explored so far its pathways and mechanisms is inevitable but at the same time is balanced by the knowledge of the adverse effects identified and sometimes unexpected. Some of the side effects typically associated with antidiabetic drug use, before having the treatment with incretins, are hypoglycemia, weight gain and fluid retention, all these effects are perceived as able to increase the risk of the same problem we are trying to avoid: cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in diabetes.

Such is the concern about this risk-identified, rightly or wrongly, the controversial meta-analysis of clinical trials of rosiglitazone, which the Food and Drug Administration United States today requires new standards for antidiabetic drugs: not only must be parra effective glycemic control but also must show that they do not increase cardiovascular risk. The requirement must be completed through scientific studies prior to approval followed by postmarketing studies to demonstrate the absence of cardiovascular risk

By its mode of action, incretins not influence body weight or promoting weight loss, and are unlikely to cause hypoglycemia, and, as shown so far, not related to fluid retention and increased risk of heart failure. However, continued vigilance regarding cardiovascular risk is important for new treatments incretins.

The ß-cell function remains a challenge

Another aspect of T2DM highlighted by the UKPDS is the degree of loss of function of pancreatic beta cells (usually about 50% or more at the time of clinical diagnosis), and the steady decline following the function. This, as well as understandable fatigue regarding modification of lifestyle should undergo human beings realize the frequent failure of oral antidiabetic monotherapy or dual therapy to maintain satisfactory blood glucose control over the years. The alleviation of hyperglycemia by any means at the time of diagnosis usually leads to a temporary improvement in beta cell function, but the possibility of halting or even reversing its long-term decline has been a therapeutic goal elusive.

Although direct quantitative assessment of the function of pancreatic beta cells in humans is difficult in practice or outside of research protocols, a randomized trial comparing different monotherapy for type 2 diabetes showed that for several years, HbA1c was increased more gradually with rosiglitazone than with metformin or glibenclamide, suggesting that, at least in comparison with metformin and sulfonylureas, TZDs may have some benefits in the longer term, about the role of beta cells.

The incretin-based therapies can help preserve or improve beta cell function, as evidenced in animal studies but showing the same thing happens in humans will be much more difficult. A recent randomized study in patients with type 2 diabetes already taking metformin showed that adding exenatide for 1 year resulted in improved beta cell function as assessed by the C-peptide response to glucose and arginine for a combination of hyperinsulinemia-euglycemia and hyperglycemic clamp procedure. The improvement was evident in comparison with the baseline function and the patients randomized to receive insulin glargine plus metformin for a year. However, 4 weeks after administration was discontinued exenatide and insulin glargine, because the function of pancreatic beta cells had returned to pre-treatment level and found no significant differences in the two groups of patients. Moreover, 3 months after cessation of treatment, HbA1c levels had decreased during the same extent in both groups of patients and had returned to pretreatment levels. The researchers acknowledged that their study was not possible to discriminate between acute and long-term effects of exenatide on beta cell function. So, in the opinion of the author of this editorial, there remains the challenge of demonstrating that significant long-term effects are incretins on ß cell function. “Having said that,” he says, “there is no doubt that incretin-based therapy offers a new dimension to our ability to treat diabetes.”

A pilot had encouraging results using autologous stem cells combined with oxygen. Was conducted in conjunction with American researchers

The growing epidemic of diabetes in the United States has been considered crucial for scientists seeking new treatments to combat the disease and its many complications.

A new study by researchers at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), University of Miami, in conjunction with Stem Cell Argentina, Buenos Aires, showed that a new protocol that includes stem cells and oxygen therapy in the treatment of diabetes gave good results in the pilot. These were published in Cell Transplantation – The Regenerative Medicine Journal on March 11 and played by the portal News Medical. Read the rest of this entry »

On 9 and 10 April this year, was held in Lima in the first Latin American Course on Diabetes, organized by the Asociación Latinoamericana de Diabetes (ALAD) and the Peruvian Association for the Study of Obesity and Atherosclerosis (APOA) and sponsored by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMS) and the American Society of atherosclerosis (Solat).

This event was attended by foreign experts and themselves, who shared with physicians, medical students and health professionals experience and the latest developments regarding the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus.

The topics discussed were varied, including exercise and diabetes, feeding of patients with diabetes, drug therapy of type 2 diabetes, diabetes complications, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk and Hypertension in Diabetes.

The exercise was highlighted by many as a key in the treatment of patients with diabetes and pre-diabetes. The recommendation made by the specialists is that they do exercise at least 5 times a week, and 30 minutes a day. It was also recommended to the medical staff to prescribe exercise in writing in their indications and raise awareness and engage the patient to comply. Read the rest of this entry »