Managing Diabetes

Vidya K Nair¹ and Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan Nair²*

¹Departments of Virology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
²Departments of Health Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India

*Corresponding Author: Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan Nair, Departments of Health Science, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India.

DOI: 10.64258/3067-7130.2025.1020018

Submission Date: April 17, 2025

Published Date: May 19, 2025

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Abstract

Diabetes, or Diabetes Mellitus comprise a group of metabolic diseases manifesting impaired sugar metabolism with symptoms of high blood sugar, frequent urination, increased thirst, and increased hunger. If proper medical treatment is not given it will lead to acute complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis and nonketotic hyperosmolar coma, cardiovascular disease, stroke, chronic kidney failure, foot ulcers, loss of vision etc Traditional therapies existed from time immemorial and have been in use from antiquity to the present day while modern medicine came to existence much later. Some of the alternate therapies such as phytomedicine or herbal medicine, change of life style, Physical Exercises, Ayurveda, Siddha, Homeopathy, Yoga and Naturopathy do help in managing diabetes to aa great extent. The modern medicine goes with analytical approach while the traditional therapies proceed with whole some approach. The beauty of modern medicine is its systematic scientific approach with detailed experimentation and proper validation of the results.

Keywords

Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Diabetic ketoacidosis

Citation

Vidya K Nair, CK Krishnan Nair (2025) Managing Diabetes On J Clin & Med Case Rep 1(4): 1-8