Medical Treatment for Diabetes and Suspended Result

More than 90% of all diabetes is type II or adult onset diabetes.  At present, conventional medicines are used as main medical treatment for diabetes.  However, it is likely that there are many side effects and the question of its effectiveness arises.

Diabetes occurs either when the pancreas stops producing insulin or the body is unable to use the insulin it produces. Both result in glucose, the body's fuel, not being absorbed by the cells. Insulin is needed to be present and working for this absorption to occur.

The onset of Type I is usually sudden and severe, frequently occur in children. That is why it is called juvenile onset diabetes. It is thought that a virus attacks the pancreas so that it can no longer produce insulin. Insulin is the only hormone in the body which can lower blood sugar. Its job is to carry sugar to the cells where it's used to make energy.  (Note that kidney’s and red blood cells can take up glucose without the help of insulin.) The blood sugar rises because the body's cells are not absorbing glucose, and they begin to starve. As a result, the cells begin to use stored fat or triglycerides as their fuel. The breakdown of triglycerides as a result of being insulin resistant leads to elevated triglycerides and a condition known as dyslipidemia.

In Type I, blood sugar levels can swing wildly between Hyperglycaemia and Hypoglycaemia.

a) Hyperglycaemia - when there is an abnormally large amount of sugar in the blood

b) Hypoglycaemia - when there is an abnormally small amount of sugar in the blood.

Generally, type II diabetes risk is increased for those who are over 45 years of age although more children are being diagnosed at an earlier age. This type 2 or diabetes insipidus caused when the body produces normal amount of insulin but the target cells don't respond normally to the insulin.  The onset of Type II Diabetes is usually gradual. Symptoms include weight loss, excessive thirst and hunger, weakness, and excessive urination. 

Diabetes mellitus type II is the leading cause of kidney failure and blindness in the United States. The medical treatment for Type II Diabetes is usually an oral hypoglycemic agent such as Glucotrol which lowers the blood sugar but do not cure the disease. After many years of Type II Diabetes, the pancreas finally wears out, and the oral medications lose their effectiveness.  It is also possible that multiple dose of conventional medicines that produce sustained blood levels of long-acting sulfonylureas may induce a refractoriness in responding pancreatic B cells. (Source: Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD.) 

One subsequent problem due to the damage done to the blood vessels by the diabetes is higher cholesterol level.  But using cholesterol-lowering medications such as Lipitor, which belongs to a class of medications called HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors, possibly damage liver.  

With all of these medications causing liver damage to an already malfunctioning liver, I begin to wonder if we are on the right way for medical treatment.   What if modern westernized medicine do not work for diabetes, can we find other alternative treatment that are safe, nontoxic, and definitely do not damage the liver. 

Medical suggestion for type II diabetes treatment is commonly about dietary since diabetes is a chronic and progressive disease that is largely influenced by your food intake over time eventhough there are more reasons that may put you in the diabetes risk group.  To treat diabetes, it is basically suggested to avoid coffee, salt, sugary and oily food but take low fat meals and a lot of fruits.   Another recommend treatment for diabetes is herbal remedy.  Herbal remedy is one of home remedies for diabetic. It aims at preventing the diabetic risk factors or reduces the adverse effect of diabetes.