Ubat Penawar Obat Rawatan Diabetes / Kencing Manis Indonesia Malaysia Brunei

Symptoms Of Diabetes

2011-11-22T05:51:00.000-08:00

Symptoms Of Diabetes / Kencing Manis

Know what is symptoms of diabetes before it is too late. You don't have to wait for all these symptoms appear to go to see your doctor for regular check up.. but if you have some of these symptoms of Diabetes below then you have more reason to see doctor specifically for diabetes check.. I wrote about symptoms of diabetes before in my previous post but this one is kind of a summary.

Increased thirst and urination
Constant hunger
Weight Loss
Frequent infections
Slow healing wounds and sores
Blurred vision
Extreme fatigue

Extreme thirst is one symptom of diabetes

Maggot Treatment Help Heal Diabetic Wound

2011-10-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

Maggot Treatment Can Help Heal Diabetic Wound Now Tested in US

I have wrote before in July 2010 about using maggot as treatment to heal diabetic wound in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital Malaysia and my second post about private company that provide the services. This method of treatment to treat diabetic wound is still new, but even in short time it has show that this treatment is really effective to treat diabetic wound especially those with large and deep diabetic wound which manual dressing of this kind of diabetic wound is hectic and time consuming. Surely the wound dressing will not take long if it is done just for the sake to get it done not for the sake to get the diabetic would to heal properly and fast. Diabetic wound need a proper care to ensure it heal. Dead cell around the wound should be clean until left only red flesh of patient. Then the cell and flesh would grow faster. Now this hardwork of cleaning and dressing diabetic patient wound could be done in Malaysia. Thus doctor normally take easy way choose for amputation where healing of wound would be fast and the wound would be small. Amputation will save a doktor time and job, but it's at the end of the road for the patient. Now this worm treatment to treat diabetic wound now has been used in US. Research say that this treatment is safe but the price is expensive. Let read what this article from reuter, and what they have to say about maggot treatment to treat diabetic wound.

REUTERS - To jump-start the healing of difficult diabetic wounds, U.S. researchers have a suggestion: let maggots do the work.To allow such wounds to heal, doctors remove infected or dead tissue with scalpels or enzymes, a process they call debridement. But these tools often fail.

"These problem patients with diabetes really need better treatments in order to salvage their limbs," said Lawrence Eron from Kaiser Hospital and the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, who with colleagues presented their findings at a recent scientific meeting in Chicago."Maggot debridement treatment is overwhelmingly effective. After just one treatment these wounds start looking better," he told Reuters Health.The results from Eron's team, which treated 37 diabetics with the maggots, still haven't been vetted by independent researchers.All of the patients in the study suffered from a type of artery disease that causes poor circulation in the limbs and they all had stubborn wounds, some up to five years old.The doctors put 50 to 100 maggots, of the species Lucilia sericata, on the wounds and left them there for two days, at which time they applied new ones. They repeated this five times on average."We cage the maggots in a mesh-like material. Nylon panty hose might be used. And then we seal them so they don't get out," Eron said.Maggots secrete substances into wounds that liquefy dead tissue and then ingest the material to further degrade it in their gut. The wounds are cleaned, and other substances contained in the maggot secretions allow the development of granulation tissue, a type of connective tissue that forms during wound healing.Twenty-one of the patients had successful outcomes, defined as eradication of infection, complete removal of dead tissue, formation of robust connective tissue in the wound and more than three-quarters closure of the wound.Five wounds were infected with the "superbug" MRSA, but they healed successfully with the maggot therapy. Nine wounds were infected with another bacterium called MSSA, and six of those healed. All 10 cases with infection due to group B streptococci were successfully treated, Eron said.The treatment failed in some patients. One had excessive inflammation surrounding the wound, two bled too much, and three had problems with infected bones.Asked how he persuades patients to undergo the treatment, Eron said he carefully explains the procedure and then has them sign a consent form."A lot of patients might be somewhat wary of having live insects placed into their wounds so we explain how it works and what possible problems might occur," he said."After this, we go on to do further treatment with hydrogels, grafts of cell culture tissue, or negative pressure dressings. But to get to the point there these treatments will work, you really need to clean up the wound, get rid of dead tissue, and get robust granulation tissue into the wound -- and this is where the maggots help."

(Reporting from the United States by Fran Lowry at Reuters Health; editing by Elaine Lies)

Rawatan Ulat Untuk Merawat Luka Kencing Manis

2011-05-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

Rawatan Ulat Untuk Merawat Luka Kencing Manis

Ini adalah alternatif terbaru dalam Rawatan Luka Kencing Manis iaitu dengan menggunakan ulat. Bukan sebarang ulat tetapi ulat yang telah di sterile dan di ternak dalam persekitaran yang terkawal untuk mengelak jangkitan kuman. Perkhidmatan ini juga bukan boleh diberi oleh sebarang pusat kesihatan kerana ia memerlukan kepakaran dan latihan yang khusus. Bermula dengan kajian di Institute Medical Research IMR dan Hospital Kuala Lumpur HKL kaedah rawatan ini mula mendapat tempat dan meluas. Luka kencing manis adalah sukar untuk sembuh disebabkan kadar gula yang tinggi dalam darah dan kerosakan urat saraf badan pesakit kencing manis.

Berbanding dengan luka manusia normal yang mudah sembuh, luka pesakit kencing yang biasanya susah untuk sembuh malah mudah merebak kepada luka yang lebih besar dan dalam memerlukan penjagaan rapi dan kaedah rawatan yang baik untuk menggalakkan pertumbuhan daging dan kulit, dan memastikan luka kencing manis boleh sembuh dengan sempurna. Tisu-tisu mati di sekitar luka perlu dibersihkan dan digunting supaya hanya tinggal tisu yang baik dan kemerahan untuk menggalakan pertumbuhan daging yang lebih cepat. Jika kaedah lama memerlukan penelitian manusia untuk membuang tisu-tisu ini yang mengambil masa dan tenaga jururawat (yang mana kualiti dan kadar penelitian sebegitu tidak mampu diberikan oleh pusat kesihatan kerajaan kecuali di pusat rawatan swasta yang berbayar dan mahal), namun kini telah ada kaedah rawatan terbaru iaitu dengan menggunakan ulat untuk membersih tisu mati (nikrotik) tersebut.

Lanjutan daripada posting sebelum ini Rawatan Ulat Lalat Untuk Rawat Ulcer Diabetes, posting kali cuba menerangkan lebih lanjut berkenaan kaedah rawatan ulat untuk merawat luka kencing manis ini dan pusat kesihatan yang memberi rawatan tersebut. Terima kasih kepada En. Ghazali yang telah memberi maklumat lebih lanjut berkenaan rawatan ulat untuk merawat luka kencing manis. En Ghazali adalah seorang pengamal perubatan terlatih dalam memberi rawatan ulat ini. Beliau bekerja dengan Maggot Debridement Therapy ( Sterilarvae ) iaitu sebuah syarikat milik penuh bumiputra yang telah membawa teknologi rawatan ini dari dari Jerman dan mempraktikkan di Malaysia. Beliau berkongsi pengalaman dan maklumat berkenaan rawatan ulat ni di blog http://rawatanlukadiabetis.blogspot.com/ Kaedah rawatan ini telah mendapat kelulusan dari Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia. Rawatan ulat untuk merawat luka kencing manis ni boleh didapati di premis seperti alamat dan masa berikut:

STERILARVAE

Medical Biotheraphy Sdn Bhd

Maggot Debridement Therapy

( Pusat Terapi Maggot )

Waktu operasi : Isnin - Jumaat ( 8.30am - 5.30pm )

Sabtu ( 8.30am - 12.30pm )

Alamat : No 5, Jalan Sarikei Off Jalan Pahang, 53000 Kuala Lumpur.

Pejabat Pengurusan Medical Biotheraphy Sdn Bhd terletak di Sri Gombak manakala pusat rawatan adalah terletak di jalan Pahang berhadapan hospital tawakkal ( KPJ ). Syarikat ini juga melakukan rawatan rumah ke rumah (home service) bg mengurangkan beban pesakit.

En Ghazali boleh dihubungi di no telefon 012-4404352

Kaedah Rawatan Luka Kencing Manis

Sebelum memulakan rawatan pesakit perlu menandatangani borang persetujuan (consent form). Seterusnya saiz dan keadaan luka pesakit akan di nilai samada banyak tisu nikrotik atau tidak, ini kerana ulat tersebut hanya membersihkan tisu-tisu mati sehingga luka tersebut merah keseluruhannya. Ulat-ulat ini menggunakan 2 taring kecil nya untuk mengikis tisu nikrotik ini lalu merembes air liurnya bertujuan menyedut balik nikrotik tisu yg dikikisnya tadi. Air liur ini juga dipercayai elok untuk pertumbuhan daging. Saiz luka juga menentukan berapa banyak jumlah ulat yang harus digunakan. Setelah luka dinilai, dressing dimulakan dengan memasang benteng di keliling luka tersebut, kemudian ulat akan diletakkan ke atas permukaan luka. Luka akan dibalut dan ulat akan dibiar itu melakukan kerja membersih tisu nikrotik selama 3hari. Rawatan ini akan diulang sehingga luka tersebut kelihantan merah sepenuhnya. Kebiasaanya, luka akan berubah menjadi kemerahan hanya dgn sekurangnya 5 kali rawatan ulat. Kos rawatan ini adalah RM1 untuk seekor ulat. Jumlah kos keseluruhan adalah bergantung kepada saiz luka kencing manis. Rawatan ini juga di beri di Hospital Kuala Lumpur dengan kos lebih murah pastinya namun dengan jumlah pesakit yang ramai di HKL mungkin anda tidak mendapat kualiti perkhidmatan yang sama dengan pusat kesihatan swasta ini.

Vegans Have Lower Diabetes, Heart Risk

2011-04-16T20:22:00.000-07:00

Vegans Have Lower Diabetes, Heart Risk

A new study finds that a meat free diet seems to lower a person's likelihood of having risks factors for diabetes or heart disease and therefore, may lower the risk of one developing those illness. Researchers measures several factors such as blood sugar, blood fats, blood pressure, waist size and body mass - that when elevated add up to metabolic syndrome, and found that vegetarians were lower than non vegetarian on all measures except cholesterol. Having metabolic syndrome put people at a greater risk of developing diabetes and heart disease so consume more vegetables now in your diet and reduce meat and eat moderately.

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To Prevent Diabetes

2011-04-03T08:18:00.000-07:00

A Life Journey Struggle To Prevent Diabetes

Diabetes is a disease that come in package with your parent's inheritance. If your parent got diabetes, then it is also on your gene to have this disease sooner or later. Your risk to have diabetes is greater than others. It is a struggle, just like knowing that someone is waiting for you that you whole heartedly do not want to see. It is a stress that could only be relieved through healthy dietary and lifestyle, then just hope that you would not have to suffer this disease. Here I want to share an article written by a writer that share the same struggle as me. People feel related when they have something in common even though there is no way that me and she would know each other.. but what Juneita Johari write about her quest to stay healthy and to prevent diabetes need to be share by all ...

I WENT to the doctor’s last month for a check-up. My sugar level was on the high side of normal. This, despite my drastically cutting down on cakes, cookies and sweets.

Most people would take it in stride and face the crisis when it comes, whenever that may be.
For me, the alarm bells rang loud and clear. Diabetes. My mother had it when she was in her 40s. My father had it much later, in his 80s. With such genes, not to mention the others — heart problems and hypertension — or the “package deal” as some people call them, now would be the time to act. The doctor said I could start medication now, or change my lifestyle and dietary habits and see where that would take me. So I decided. Medication later. Diet and exercise first. Such simple things but what havoc it will wreak on all I am used to.

The doctor suggested going on a minimal carbohydrates diet, but I would be allowed meat and fish with unlimited servings of vegetables. First to be deleted from my carb intake are all the comfort foods I love — bread, pastry, pasta, potato and rice. Goodbye plain rice, nasi lemak, nasi goreng, kway teow, mee sua, bihun and all other noodles.

It is truly depressing looking at the menu in restaurants and realising that most of our foods are carb-based and quite often, loaded with coconut milk, oil and sugar. What an eye-opener!
I was shocked to find how our meals are really the cause of where we end up in terms of health.
But my fear of letting diabetes into my life strengthened my resolve. I did not like the way diabetes literally wasted my parents. So I tell myself I am going to beat this.

With a menu and a rather detailed plan, I worked it out with my doctor. We decided to have a 21-day plan for each cycle. The goal was to drop my body weight and slim down the waistline as much as possible. Do you know that the standard these days is to look at the waistline measurement first and then the BMI (Body Mass Index)? A woman’s waistline should be 80cm or less, and a man’s 90cm or less. That is a lot of work!
What I should eat and the workouts I should do, turned out to be simpler than I had thought. It was challenging the first week because I was craving for carb. I felt full after a meal but something seemed lacking. I was suffering from withdrawal symptoms. My body was missing the carb.
My bigger challenge, however, came from being with other people. Many of my friends are supportive and understanding of my mission. But I find I still have to explain in great detail why I have to do what I am doing.

The impact diabetes can have invokes fear in me. From the time I accompanied my mother to see various doctors about managing her diabetes in her 50s to the time she passed away at 73, I saw her slowly lose her vision, kidney functions and be put on dialysis, compounded by the excruciatingly slow recovery from sores. Her toes went purple one time, and toenails actually wobbled and threatened to drop off because the blood circulation in her feet was so poor.

These are the typical horrors caused by diabetes. The consequences are overwhelming. My father nearly had his foot amputated because his wounds would not heal.

My mother’s list of doctors grew as the years went by. From the endocrinologist, she had to later see the cardiologist, nephrologist and ophthalmologist. When she had water in her lungs, the specialists in respiratory medicines were called in. When she went into a coma, even the neurologist was involved. As a caregiver, you do not just watch and serve. You also learn. This is one journey I do not wish to take. It is one that I will fight and resist for as long as I can. I already carry the genes. I can only delay the reality for as long as possible.

For me, one of my most challenging moments is refusing food people offer. I have to learn the art of being gracious instead of being defensive. I have to learn patience. People generally laugh and scoff when you tell them you are on a diet. They would say, “One little bit won’t hurt” or “Just a little bit to mark the event”.
Few people take dieting seriously because we are always breaking the rules. It is supposedly fun to do so. I should know. I have been on some sort of diet nearly my entire adult life. Fighting weight gain that leads to diabetes has become like a mission in my life. But I find that I don’t want to be explaining myself all the time. If I say I am avoiding cakes and sweets, for example, I get lectured about how “everything should be done in moderation”, “you’ve got to know your limit” and “exercise la!”, followed by “have some”.

I can’t be peddling my fears openly all the time. But people just seem to need some sort of justification as to why you cannot eat what they offer. They take umbrage as though their food is not good enough for you. It is rarely a short story. Sad to say, I actually decline some invitations for fear of being grilled and having to repeat “the story”. If I feel up to it, I take the opportunity to “educate” people about diabetes.

Whether it is getting ourselves together for workouts, or being careful of what we eat, we all have issues to deal with. If it’s not about this, it will be about something else. All of us are fighting some sort of battle. A little bit of kindness and understanding won’t go amiss.

Few people take dieting seriously because we are always breaking the rules. Fighting weight gain that leads to diabetes has become like a mission in this writer’s life

The writer volunteers at the Special Children Society of Ampang. After more than two decades of grappling with the system, she finds that the whole experience is just one big learning curve

Read more: I,caregiver: Determined to stay healthy http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/I_caregiver_Determinedtostayhealthy/Article#ixzz1ITMbZE76

Stay Healthy To Prevent Diabetes

Saffron

2011-03-21T10:16:00.000-07:00

Health Benefit of Saffron as Healthy Food For Diabetic

Saffron flower (Crocus Sativus) has long been cultivated and used for various purposes since medieval time. Its stigma is the most beneficial part which is used as spice in culinary and have various health benefit too. Saffron is cultivated in Spain, Middle East, Kashmir and Iran is the main producer with more than 80% of world’s production. Saffron in Arabic is known as Zafaran or Za'afaran. Termed as a golden spice, saffron is a very expensive spice that price could fetch up to thousand RM per kg. It needs more than 150,000 Saffron stigmas to weight a kilogram.

Used in cooking saffron has the ingredient to give special flavor and turn dish into exotic once. Saffron is essential spice in Middle Eastern food. One popular use of saffron is to be used in Nasi Beriani (Rice) recipe to give its yellow colouring and exotic taste. This invaluable spice and natural herb have numerous health benefits which are good for our well being that very few of us know. I bought one of this processed saffron in powder form in small bottle for RM70. The market price of this product is around RM100-150 per bottle. Based on pamphlet that comes with the packaging, health benefit of saffron could be used to treat disorder and treatment such as:

1. Paralyse

2. Muscle fatigue

3. Rejuvenate and refresh body

4. Muscle Pain

5. Bone and joint health

6. High Blood Pressure

7. Diabetes – Control Blood Sugar Level

8. Arthritis & ghout

The health benefit of saffron that I want to discuss is its ability to control blood sugar level for diabetes patient (I have write about other foods that share similar health benefits in one of my posts before). This also related to its ability to be as blood purifier and anti-inflammatory. Saffron as blood purifier also helps in increasing the oxygen content of the blood thereby aiding in the overall health. This health benefit of saffron is very crucial to diabetes patients in which their sugar rich blood is bad for their blood vessel, nerve and kidney. In long term the high blood sugar level condition will damaging nerve in organs that will eventually lead to kidney failure, deteriorating vision, blood vessel and heart damage. Maintaining good blood ph is important for our health and well being which Saffron is beneficial in treating blood acidity, thus would help in relieving inflammation of arthritis along with providing relief from joint pains. Saffron health benefit to diabetes patient not exhausted in controlling blood sugar level but also to ensure overall well being and important organ health which usually affected by diabetes.

My own experience of drinking saffron water I found out that it is very useful to reduce fatigue and muscle inflammation by helping the tissues to get rid of lactic acid which gets built up after strenuous physical exercise.

How to Use Saffron

For health use, mix and stir half teaspoon of saffron powder with a glass of boiling water just like brewing tea. Maximum water temperature would make better juice and give a more greener and bitter taste. Advisable not to consume the residue left and if you feel it is a waste then you can mix boil water twice but the second mix would produce a lesser pure concoction. Drink twice or once daily.

Other benefits of Saffron

Saffron also could be used to reduce fever and as a mild sedative which can be used to treat insomnia and even treat depression, and has long been used for the improvement of digestion and appetite (saffron coats the membranes of stomach and colon thereby helping in soothing gastrointestinal colic and this is beneficial for providing relief from gas and acidity related problems). Saffron is used for the treatment of kidney, bladder and liver disorders as it helps in improving circulation to the organs of digestion. Lastly, saffron also help in treating various disorders like asthma, atherosclerosis, and painful menstrual.

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ZAFARAN

2011-03-20T07:46:00.000-07:00

Khasiat Manfaat Zafaran / Za'afaran atau Saffron Sebagai Ubat Penyakit Kencing Manis / Diabetes

Tambahan kepada post "healthy food for diabetes" yang menyenaraikan makanan bermanfaat untuk pesakit kencing manis. Satu lagi herba yang amat baik untuk pesakit kencing manis adalah zafaran. Nama Zafaran atau lebih tepat Za'afaran didalam bahasa Arab, juga dikenali dengan nama Saffron Crocus dalam bahasa Inggeris. Zafaran adalah herba yang mahal malah dipanggil sebagai herba emas. Herba zafaran adalah merupakan stigma bunga zafaran atau nama saintifiknya (Crocus Sativus). Stigma bunga zafaran yang kecil inilah dikumpul, samada diguna secara bentuk stigma asal atau diproses dalam bentuk serbuk, herba zafaran ini mempunyai banyak manfaat untuk kesihatan. Dalam bentuk stigma asal harga zafaran adalah dalam RM15 untuk 10 gram (jika tidak salah saya) dan untuk 1kg harganya boleh mencecah ribuan ringgit. Di negara timur tengah zafaran digunakan sebagai pewarna dan perisa di dalam masakan nasi beriani dan banyak lagi masakan lain. Antara manfaat kesihatan zafaran adalah untuk keadaan dibawah dan kesihatan tubuh keseluruhannya.

Lumpuh seluruh angota
Badan letih dan lesu
Meringankan tubuh ketika bangun tidur
Menyelesaikan masalah sakit urat
Sakit Lutut atau sendi
Darah Tinggi
Mengawal kadar gula / kencing manis
Penyakit Sendi

Khasiat dan Manfaat yang ingin dikongsi disini adalah kemampuannya penggunaan zafaran dalam mengawal kadar gula penyakit kencing manis / diabetes. Saya percaya Kajian Saintifik ke atas zafaran masih belum banyak dilakukan mungkin juga kerana zafaran tidak popular di negara barat malah di Malaysia dan Indonesia kegunaan zafaran untuk kesihatan tidak banyak diketahui. Hubungan zafaran dalam rawatan kencing manis adalah manfaatnya yang baik untuk darah. Zafaran dikenali sebagai pencuci darah (blood purifier), meningkatkan oksigen darah, mengurangkan asiditi darah, adalah baik untuk kesihatan tubuh badan dan manfaat ini juga adalah terbaik untuk pesakit kencing manis oleh kerana penyakit kencing manis itu sendiri adalah berkait rapat dengan kadar gula yang tinggi dalam darah. Kesan lanjut dari penyakit kencing manis ini dalam jangka masa lama adalah kerosakan buah pinggang, kerosakan salur darah dan seterusnya penyakit jantung koronari. Oleh itu apa herba lain yang elok untuk darah harus diamalkan oleh pesakit kencing manis seperti tongkat ali, misai kucing dan tunjuk langit. Herba zafaran juga amat baik untuk kesihatan buah pinggang dan merawat penyakit batu karang. Oleh itu amalan rawatan menggunakan zafaran ini amat baik di amalkan oleh pesakit kencing manis untuk mengekalkan kesihatan buah pinggang dan jantung. Kesihatan buah pinggang terutamanya amat penting dalam mengawal penyakit kencing manis itu sendiri. Pesakit yang mula mengalami kemerosotan fungsi buah pinggang akan lebih sukar dalam merawat / pulih dari luka, mengawal kadar gula dan menjejaskan kualiti darah yang boleh mengundang pula penyakit lain.

Saya telah berpeluang untuk menggunakan zafaran ini dan juga diguna oleh ayah yang mempunyai penyakit kencing manis dan juga diguna oleh ibu yang dah mula ada penyakit ghout. Apa yang dapat saya rasakan sendiri adalah peningkatan fitness dan pemulihan cepat otot dari aktiviti sukan. Sebelum ini jika lama tak berlari saya pasti akan merasa sakit otot peha selepas larian yang disebabkan asid lactic yang terkumpul dalam otot, namun setelah amalkan minum air zafaran ia tidak lagi berlaku, sesuatu yang saya anggap amat menakjubkan oleh kerana kesan sakit otot adalah sesuatu biasa dan pasti berlaku selepas sesuatu aktiviti fisikal.

Diperkenalkan oleh seorang ustaz yang memberi ceramah di pejabat dengan harga RM70 sebotol zafaran dalam bentuk serbuk, harga tersebut adalah amat murah dibandingkan harga di pasaran luar yang boleh mencapai RM120 sebotol.

Cara Penggunaan

Herba Zafaran dalam bentuk serbuk diguna dengan mencampurkan dengan air panas, lebih baik adalah air baru mendidih dengan suhu panas maksimun. Ini akan menjadikan airnya reningan menjadi lebih hijau dan pekat. 2 sudu kecil zafaran untuk satu gelas air dan diminum satu kali atau 2 kali sehari diwaktu pagi dan sebelum tidur. Sudu kecil ada disediakan bersama kotak bungkusan. Saya cadangkan tidak diminum serdak atau hampas didasar gelas dan jika masih sayang untuk dibuang boleh lah diletak air panas sekali lagi, air reningan kali kedua akan menjadi kurang hijau dan kurang pahit.

Khasiat dan Manfaat Lain Zafaran

Baik untuk sistem penghadaman -angin dan asid (detoxification), meningkat selera, sistem hati, asma, menstrual, arthritis, kemurungan, insomnia, mengurangkan suhu deman.

Rawatan luka kencing manis guna madu / propolis lebah

Herba penawar penyakit kencing manis paling mujarab

Blood Glucose Meter

2011-02-01T05:16:00.000-08:00

Blood Glucose Meter Bayer Contour TS

Blood Glucose Meter Bayer Contour TS which utilizes the advanced No Coding technology, is the best selling Blood Glucose Meter in Malaysia. Bayer is a well known brand. What come with renowned brand normally is sense of guarantee in term of quality and performance. Bayer has been bringing precision and reliability to diabetes care for over 60 years.

I would say that Bayer's Contour TS system is a simple win for people looking for high performance in blood glucose monitoring. I have not used other Blood Glucose Meter, but I am quite satisfied with Bayer Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter while using it to monitor my father blood glucose level. It is straight forward and easy. First, insert test strip into Blood Glucose Meter. Second, use lancing device to draw blood sample. Third, put blood sample onto test strip, in seconds Blood Glucose Meter will give result of blood glucose level. Due to its simple use my father could do the blood glucose test by his own. Testing is made virtually painless because only a small amount of blood is needed (0.6 microlite) / easier language that would mean less than a drop of blood.

The Blood Glucose Meter Bayer Contour TS is the perfect balance of advanced technology and simplicity for easy accuracy in test results. Unlike previous technology Blood Glucose Meter need calibrating and manually entering a code chip or code strip with each new box of test strip is now not required. Thus, Bayer's No Coding™ technology will eliminates inaccuracies due to miscoding errors. Blood Glucose Meter Bayer Contour TS equipped with a large memory capacity of the last 250 tests for easy reference.

Blood Glucose Meter Bayer Contour TS has retail price of RM192. I bought one for RM180 from Zuq Pharmacy after some discount. Each pack comes with;

1 Bayer Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter
50 test strips
1 Lancing device
25 lancets
100 pieces of alcohol swabs
Lifetime warranty

Refill of test strips of 50 strips that come in 2 bottles with 25 test strips each would cost around RM80.

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Rawatan Luka Kencing Manis Guna Madu Lebah dan Propolis

2011-01-31T22:07:00.000-08:00

Rawatan Luka Kencing Manis Guna Madu Lebah dan Propolis

Ini adalah rawatan tradisional , anda mungkin tidak menemui rawatan ini di Hospital Kerajaan, tetapi kajian telah banyak dijalankan oleh saintis tentang khasiat penggunaan madu lebah dan propolis. Madu lebah dan propolis mempunyai banyak khasiat. Apa yang ingin di tulis di sini secara khusus adalah rawatan luka kencing manis guna madu lebah dan propolis. Berdasarkan pengalaman semasa merawat luka kencing manis kaki ayah di klinik pakar kencing manis CARE4U di Kota Bharu, Doktor menggunakan propolis dalam rawatan luka kencing manis.

Apa itu propolis?

propolis diguna oleh lebah sebagai "sealant"

Saya pasti ramai yang telah jelas berkenaan madu lebah tetapi tahukah anda apa itu propolis? Propolis adalah bahan yang boleh didapati di bahagian luar tempat meyimpan madu di dalam sarang lebah. Propolis adalah lebih cair daripada madu dan berwarna lebih gelap coklat dan kehitaman. Propolis adalah terhasil daripada kombinasi cecair pokok, pucuk dan bunga yang dikumpul oleh lebah. Fungsi propolis didalam sarang lebah adalah sebagai “disinfectant” atau sterile bagi menghapus kuman supaya bahagian dalam yang mengandungi madu dan tempat pembiakan bersih dan selamat.

Kajian yang dijalankan oleh saintis Itali ₁ menunjukkan bahawa propolis mempunyai

sifat antiinflammatory, immunostimulatory, antiviral dan antibacterial. Anti-oxidant aktiviti di dalam propolis juga tinggi. Ia juga menunjukkan synergy dengan setengah antibiotik dan juga menunjukkan kualiti anti fungal. Kajian juga menunjukkan bahawa propolis berkesan untuk merawat jangkitan bahagian upper respiratory seperti batuk ₂ / sakit tekak dan mengurangkan jumlah oral bacteria dan dental plaque _3.Sifat propolis yang antiinflammatory, immunostimulatory, antiviral dan antibacterial amat bermanfaat dalam proses rawatan luka kencing manis menggunakan propolis dan juga madu. Propolis dititiskan / disapu di atas luka kencing manis di peringkat akhir cucian. Setelah luka kencing manis di bersihkan dengan ubat penghapus kuman seperti Evsol, boleh juga digunakan produk dettol, sel-sel mati dibuang sehingga daging kelihatan kemerahan, propolis boleh dititiskan/sapu di atas luka sebelum luka kencing manis ditutup/dibalut.

Madu lebah pula hanya boleh digunakan untuk disapu ke atas luka yang telah menjadi kulit yang sempurna. Ia berkesan untuk menguatkan kulit dan menghalang jangkitan. Madu lebah tidak boleh diguna ke atas luka kencing manis yang masih dalam peringkat penumbuhan semula daging.

Rawatan luka kencing manis guna madu lebah dan propolis ini amat bermanfaat dibandingkan dengan menggunakan ubat luka biasa seperti iodine, tambah lagi ia adalah natural dan tiada kesan sampingan. Namun harus diingat bahawa rawatan luka kencing manis guna madu lebah dan propolis ini hendaklah menggunakan madu lebah dan propolis yang asli tidak dicampur dengan bahan lain.

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1-Russo A, Longo R, Vanella A. Department of Biochemistry, Medical Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy. Fitoterapia. 2002 Nov;73 Suppl 1:S21-9. Antioxidant activity of propolis: role of caffeic acid phenethyl ester and galangin

2-Focht J, Hansen SH, Nielsen JV, van den Berg-Segers A, Riezler R. Bioscientia, Institute for Laboratory Medicine, Moers, Fed. Rep. of Germany, Arzneimittelforschung. 1993 Aug;43(8):921-3. Bactericidal effect of propolis in vitro against agents causing upper respiratory tract infections

3-Steinberg D, Kaine G, Gedalia I. Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel. Am J Dent. 1996 Dec;9(6):236-9. Antibacterial effect of propolis and honey on oral bacteria

http://www.lifetimehealth.com/article-propolis-clinical_review.asp

Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah

2011-01-31T02:51:00.000-08:00

Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS

Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS adalah alat pengukur darah yang paling banyak dijual di Malaysia. Bayer adalah jenama terkenal yang telah 60 tahun beroperasi. Jadi jaminan kualiti dan prestasi yang baik dari alat pengukur gula darah ini adalah dijamin. Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS terbaru dengan “No Coding” teknologi mempermudahkan lagi penggunaannya. Teknologi No coding ini amat penting kerana kajian yang dilakukan menunjukkan hampir 16% pengguna alat pengukur gula darah tidak tahu keperluan untuk menukar kod bila kotak kertas ujian baru digunakan. Ini akan mengakibatkan kesilapan bacaan kadar gula darah boleh mencapai hingga 43%.

Saya tidak pernah menggunakan jenama lain alat pengukur gula darah, tetapi saya amat berpuashati dengan prestasi alat pengukur gula darah Bayer Contour TS ini dalam mengawal kadar gula darah ayah. Ia amat mudah digunakan, malah ayah dapat melakukan ujian kadar gula darah sendiri. Cara menggunakannya adalah pertama sekali memasukkan kertas ujian ke dalam Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS, ini akan menghidupkannya. Kedua, dengan menggunakan alat jarum suntikan untuk mengambil sampel darah. Ketiga titiskan /letakkan darah tersebut ke atas kertas ujian . Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS akan mengeluarkan bacaan kadar gula darah dengan cepat iaitu kurang dari 8 saat. Jumlah sampel darah yang diperlukan juga amat sedikit iaitu sebanyak 0.6 microlite (dengan kata mudah ia kurang dari setitis darah diperlukan). Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS ini juga mempunyai memori sebanyak 250 keputusan ujian untuk rujukan.

Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS ini berharga RM192 di pasaran. Saya telah membeli 1 set dengan harga RM180 selepas diskaun dari Zuq Pharmacy. Setiap set permulaan akan mengandungi:

1. 1 Alat Pengukur Kadar Gula Darah Bayer Contour TS
2. 50 kertas ujian
3. 1 alat jarum suntikan
4. 25 jarum
5. 100 kapas sapuan
6. Warranty seumur hidup

Kertas ujian boleh dibeli dengan harga RM80 untuk 2 botol, setiap botol mengandungi 25 keping kertas ujian kadar gula darah.

Healthy Food For Diabetics

2010-10-16T09:01:00.000-07:00

Healthy Food For Diabetics

Once you got diabetes, it is not an option to not control your food intake. It is ironic that diabetes which is related with obesity and eating lifestyle could also be control with food, but certain special food which have unique natural ingredient in a way that make them healthy food for diabetics.

These are Healthy Food For Diabetics:

Bitter Gourd
Bitter gourd is a vegetable which naturally contain plant insulin. Juice of fresh bitter gourd, if consumed twice a day greatly helps in controlling the level of blood glucose. In Malaysia it is known as jering arab or peria katak.

Cinnamon

Spice famously link with Indian and South East Asia cuisine also have natural insulin. Other than normally used in food ingredient, its specific preparation for diabetes treatment is not scientifically known.

A study at the Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, found that if you use ½ teaspoon of cinnamon daily, it can make cells more sensitive to insulin. Therefore, the study says, the cells convert blood sugar to energy.

After 40 days of taking various amount of cinnamon extract, diabetics experienced not only lower blood sugar spikes after eating, but major improvements in signs of heart health. And you can sprinkle cinnamon on just about anything.

Saffron

Saffron flower (Crocus Sativus) has long been cultivated and used for various purposes since medieval time. Its stigma is the most beneficial part which is used as spice in culinary and have various health benefit too. Saffron has health benefits and ability to control blood sugar level for diabetes patient. This also related to its ability to be as blood purifier and anti-inflammatory. Saffron as blood purifier also helps in increasing the oxygen content of the blood thereby aiding in the overall health. This health benefit of saffron is very crucial to diabetes patients in which their sugar rich blood is bad for blood vessel, nerve and kidney. In long term the high blood sugar level condition will damaging nerve in organs that will eventually lead to kidney failure, deteriorating vision, blood vessel and heart damage. Maintaining good blood ph is important for our health and well being which Saffron is beneficial in treating blood acidity, thus would help in relieving inflammation of arthritis along with providing relief from joint pains. Saffron health benefit to diabetes patient not exhausted in controlling blood sugar level but also to ensure overall well being and important organ health which usually affected by diabetes. Saffron is cultivated in Spain, Middle East, Kashmir and Iran is the main producer with more than 80% of world’s production. Saffron in Arabic is known as Zafaran or Za'afaran.

Gymnema Sylvester

Gymnema Sylvester is an ayuvedic herb. Indian expert strongly recommend the diabetics to consume around 4gm of Gymnema Sylvester daily

Jamun Seed

Powder of Jamun seed if consumed with honey daily could reverse the diabetic condition

Raw Garlic

Raw Garlic is most commonly used spice, consuming raw garlic helps to lower down the level of blood glucose.

Fenugreek

Fenugreek is an Indian herb. It has been clinically proven that consumption of 3gm fenugreek daily could helps diabetec control diabetes's sympton.

Amla

Amla juice mixed with bitter gourd juice helps prevent dangerous spike of blood glucose level.. High blod glucose level will lead to various diabetic complications.

Neem Leaves

A handful of neem seeds are healthy for diabetics

Vinegar

Vinegar has the ability to drastically reduce the formation of spike in blood glucose level.

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Diabetes Meningkat Di Malaysia

2010-08-02T08:32:00.000-07:00

Professor Datuk Dr. Khalid Abdul Kadir dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia memberi amaran bahawa lebih banyak rakyat Malaysia akan menghidapi Diabetes! Menurut beliau penyakit diabetes atau kencing manis ini telah meningkat dengan mendadak di Malaysia dan memberi peringatan kepada semua, samada persediaan mencukupi untuk menghadapi situasi ini.

Di Malaysia statistik menunjukkan hanya 4 peratus penduduk menghidapi diabetes pada tahun 1984 dan 6.5 peratus pada tahun 1990, melonjak kepada 20 peratus dalam tahun 2008 yang menunjukkan peningkatan sebanyak 250 peratus dalam masa 20 tahun! Tambah Dr Khalid lagi bahawa seorang dalam tujuh rakyat Malaysia sekarang adalah pengidap Diabetes. Lebih membimbangkan lebih ramai penduduk berumur dibawah 45 tahun mengidap diabetes, ini bermakna penyakit diabetes / kencing manis bukan lagi penyakit esklusif oarng tua, orang muda sekarang juga tidak terkecuali malah makin ramai yang mengidap diabetes / kencing manis ini. Malah Orang Asli pun sekarang ada yang mengidap Diabetes! ini dapat dilihat dikalangan Orang Asli yang telah meninggalkan kehidupan sebagai pemburu dan peneroka hasil hutan kepada menjalani kehidupan di pusat penempatan baru Orang Asli. Ye la Orang Asli pun dah pandai makan gula sekarang..

Dalam isu yang berkaitan , merujuk kepada kajian "National Health and Morbidity Survey 2006"/ NHMS 2006 menunjukkan data bahawa 14.9% rakyat Malaysia mengidap Diabetes, 42.6% mengidap penyakit Darah Tinggi, 29.1% melebihi berat badan sihat dan 14.4% adalah gemuk / obesiti.

Gaya hidup tidak sihat menjadi punca utama peningkatan ini, memang dah tahu pun kan? namun perubahan gaya hidup moden kini yang memperkenalkan kita cara pemakanan segera dan diproses, perubahan ekonomi, tekanan hidup dan pekerjaan /profession baru hanya lebih menyusahkan kita untuk mengamalkan cara hidup sihat. Itu semua menjadi halangan, tetapi yang penting dalah kemahuan dan disiplin untuk amalkan cara hidup sihat aktif.. betul kannnn

Sumber : http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/15bet/Article#ixzz0vSGUPYbd

KUALA LUMPUR: Holding high positions in the public and private sectors comes with a price -- diabetes.

The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2006 revealed that the national prevalence of diabetes among senior officers and managers was 15.9 per cent, the second highest after the unemployed (16.1 per cent).

Housewives ranked third with 14.2 per cent followed by those under the technical and associates category (12.1 per cent), machine operators and assemblers (11.7 per cent), services and shop workers (10.7 per cent) and professionals (10 per cent).

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Khalid Abdul Kadir said there was a "diabetic explosion" in Malaysia and wondered whether enough was being done to stop it.

He said an example could be seen among the Malays in Tanjung Karang, Selangor.

The prevalence was four per cent in 1984 and 6.5 per cent in 1990. Two years ago, it shot up to 20 per cent.

In Malaysia, the prevalence of the disease was one to two per cent in 1960, 6.3 per cent in 1985, 8.3 per cent in 1996 and 14.9 per cent in 2006. In just 20 years, it has increased to 250 per cent.

Dr Khalid said one in seven adults in Malaysia was a diabetic.

The NHMS 2006 revealed that 14.9 per cent of Malaysians were diabetic, 42.6 per cent were hypertensive, 29.1 per cent were overweight and 14.4 per cent were obese.

"The worrying trend is that more people below the age of 45 are getting diabetes," said Dr Khalid, who is also a professor of medicine at Monash University.

He said with modernisation and economic progress, there would be an explosion of "metabolic catastrophe" in Asia, including Malaysia, due to obesity, hypertension and diabetes.

In 1990, he said the prevalence of obesity and diabetes among the Orang Asli, the hunter-gatherers in the jungle fringes of Pahang or in settlements at Carey Islands and Ulu Langat outside Kuala Lumpur was zero. But over the years, the Institute for Medical Research found that five per cent of the resettled Orang Asli had diabetes.

Dr Khalid attributed the growing number of diabetic cases to the lack of physical activity and excess calories accumulation as one ages.

"As the population ages, we are going to see more people with diabetes," he said, adding that diabetes, hypertension and obesity seldom killed a person but they contributed to heart diseases.

He said the problem could only be overcome through lifestyle modifications, such as weight loss, regular physical activity and dietary changes. He added that the time had come to create awareness of the disease among Malaysians.

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Rawatan Diabetes

2010-07-31T19:48:00.000-07:00

Genap setahun setelah rawatan diabetes pembedahan kaki di klinik Care 4 U pada bulan April 2009. Pemulihan memang cepat dalam masa sebulan dua selepas pembedahan. Namun semuanya bergantung kepada kadar penjagaan yang rapi. Selepas 2-3 bulan selepas rawatan diebetes (pembedahan) bila dah boleh berjalan kita mula lah ambik mudah dari segi pengjagaan makanan, gula, ubat dan sebagainya. Namun Alhamdulillah genap setahun setelah rawatan diabetes tersebut kaki ayah telah pulih sepenuhnya biarpun tidak lagi seperti dulu namun kesan dari pembedahan rawatan diabetes telah pulih sepenuhnya.

Log Pesakit Selepas Pembedahan Rawatan Diabetes

Rawatan Ulat Lalat Untuk Rawat Ulcer Diabetes

2010-07-10T22:58:00.000-07:00

Agak menjijikkan tapi sebenarnya amat bermanfaat. Dokumentari Majalah 3 semalam 3hb Julai 2010 berkenaan kaedah terbaru untuk merawat luka kaki diabetes memberi pendedahan dan memberi peluang baru / kaedah alternatif bagi pesakit diabetes dalam merawat luka/ulcer diabetes. Walaupun agak jijik dan pelik namun ia lebih baik dari menghadapi anggota badan di potong seperti kata salah seorang pesakit yang telah menerima rawatan tersebut.. Rawatan yang dipelopori oleh penyelidik di IMR (Institut of Medical Research Malaysia) dan Hospital Kuala Lumpur HKL ini telah terbukti mampu membantu dalam proeses rawatan ulcer kaki diabetes. Bagaimana ulat lalat ini membantu dalam proses rawatan kaki diabetes tersebut? ini caranya- luka seorang pesakit diabetes sukar sembuh disebabkan kerosakan saraf dan kadar gula yang tinggi dalam darah. Luka yang kecil bagi pesakit diabetes boleh merebak dan sukar sembuh. Ulat digunakan untuk memakan sel-sel mati ditempat luka dan ini akan mendedahkan sel-sel hidup dan menggalakkan pertumbuhan sel sel baru. Ulat-ulat terpilih akan diletakkan dalam kawasan luka pesakit diabetes, dibalut dan akan dibiarkan dalam masa 48jam. Pesakit dibenarkan balik ke rumah meneruskan rutin seperti biasa. Selepas 48jam pesakit akan kembali untuk proses memcuci luka dan penukaran ulat. Rawatan alternatif ini nampak menunjukkan keberkesanan berdasarkan keputusan rawatan ke atas pesakit pesakit yang telah menerima rawatan.Tentu ramai yang skeptical tentang bagaimana ulat yang selalunya dikaitkan dengan sesuatu yang kotor dan busuk boleh membantu merawat luka / ulcer kaki diabetes? orang ramai tak perlu bimbang tentang jangkitan kerana setiap ulat yang digunakan dalam proses rawatan ini telah dipilih dan disterile bermula dari proses pemilihan telur lagi. Bukan sebarang jenis lalat yang boleh digunakan. Jenih lalat yang terpilih akan diternak di makmal IMR seterusnya proses bertelur, incubation dan penetasan telur adalah dilakukan dalam persekitaran yang terkawal. Namun rawatan ini masih lagi hanya available ni HKL. Tahniah kepada penyelidikdi IMR dan doktor pakar HKL seperti Dr. Harikrisha Ketua Unit Pengjagaan Kaki Diabetes.

selepas 6 kali sesi terapi ulat dan rawatan kebuk udara dalam masa 30 hari kaki pesakit menunjukan pemulihan yang amat ketara

Ubat Natural Diabetes

2010-05-26T06:19:00.000-07:00

Pagi ini semasa bertugas, saya berjumpa dengan seorang pelanggan yang juga seorang pesakit diabetes / kencing manis selama lebih 30 tahun. Beliau iaitu En. Yau telah disahkan sebagai pesakit diabetes / kencing manis sejak berumur 20an. Apa yang menarik adalah pengetahuan dan disiplin En. Yau dalam mengawal penyakit beliau samada secara diet atau ubatan. Beliau memang tak lokek berkongsi pengetahuan tentang mengawal penyakit kencing manis. Salah satu amalan beliau adalah memakan sejenis daun secara mentah, terkejut jugak beliau dengan susah payah sudi untuk membawa dan memberi anak pokok tersebut pada saya. Beliau sendiri tidak tahu nama pokok tersebut. Saya mencuba makan sehelai daun tersebut dapati ia rasa sedikit pahit / payau..
Siapa pembaca yang tahu nama pokok ini boleh lah bagitahu saya.. harap anak pokok ni dapat tumbuh dengan baik..

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Diabetes patient's log after foot gangren operation

2010-04-11T07:04:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately My Dad (a diabetes patient) has to go for operation to remove three of his foot fingers. It start with whole foot swollen without really knowing the right cause. First visit to clinic, Doctor only prescribe antibiotic with instruction to follow up after few days. Just in short time it worsen, gangren start showing and so fast. Only after at Care4U clinics the real cause was discovered. But its already too late to save the fingers. What is the cause? it turn out that it start from a small wound on foot sole.. may be because of torn but the skin heal properly but inside it was infected, then infection spread to the above area - that was the real cause of the swollen. If this was discovered and treated early, my Dad still could keep his foot finger.. Worsen, fuss flow from top of the foot. Government hospital only solution is to amputate up to ankle.. Surely i would not agree to that.. its all too fast and stressful. After several visit to alternatives clinics and doctors finally we agree to seek treatment at Care4U clinics... at least dad could still have his foot..

before operation

one week after operation

One Year After Operation / Setahun Selepas Pembedahan Rawatan Diabetes

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SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES

2010-03-31T08:28:00.003-07:00

The classical symptoms of DM (diabetes mellitus)are polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger).[11] Symptoms may develop quite rapidly (weeks or months) in type 1 diabetes, particularly in children. However, in type 2 diabetes symptoms usually develop much more slowly and may be subtle or completely absent. Type 1 diabetes may also cause a rapid yet significant weight loss (despite normal or even increased eating) and irreducible mental fatigue. All of these symptoms except weight loss can also manifest in type 2 diabetes in patients whose diabetes is poorly controlled, although unexplained weight loss may be experienced at the onset of the disease. Final diagnosis is made by measuring the blood glucose concentration.

When the glucose concentration in the blood is raised beyond its renal threshold (about 10 mmol/L, although this may be altered in certain conditions, such as pregnancy), reabsorption of glucose in the proximal renal tubuli is incomplete, and part of the glucose remains in the urine (glycosuria). This increases the osmotic pressure of the urine and inhibits reabsorption of water by the kidney, resulting in increased urine production (polyuria) and increased fluid loss. Lost blood volume will be replaced osmotically from water held in body cells and other body compartments, causing dehydration and increased thirst.

Prolonged high blood glucose causes glucose absorption, which leads to changes in the shape of the lenses of the eyes, resulting in vision changes; sustained sensible glucose control usually returns the lens to its original shape. Blurred vision is a common complaint leading to a diabetes diagnosis; type 1 should always be suspected in cases of rapid vision change, whereas with type 2 change is generally more gradual, but should still be suspected.

Patients (usually with type 1 diabetes) may also initially present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an extreme state of metabolic dysregulation characterized by the smell of acetone on the patient's breath; a rapid, deep breathing known as Kussmaul breathing; polyuria; nausea; vomiting and abdominal pain; and any of many altered states of consciousness or arousal (such as hostility and mania or, equally, confusion and lethargy). In severe DKA, coma may follow, progressing to death. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a medical emergency and requires immediate hospitalization.

A rarer but equally severe possibility is hyperosmolar nonketotic state, which is more common in type 2 diabetes and is mainly the result of dehydration due to loss of body water. Often, the patient has been drinking extreme amounts of sugar-containing drinks, leading to a vicious circle in regard to the water loss.

A number of skin rashes can occur in diabetes that are collectively known as diabetic dermadromes.

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WHAT IS DIABETES?

2010-03-31T07:27:00.001-07:00

The Balance of Glucose and Insulin:

Diabetes is a disorder that affects the way your body uses food for energy. Normally, the sugar you take in is digested and broken down to a simple sugar, known as glucose. The glucose then circulates in your blood where it waits to enter cells to be used as fuel. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, helps move the glucose into cells. A healthy pancreas adjusts the amount of insulin based on the level of glucose. But, if you have diabetes, this process breaks down, and blood sugar levels become too high.

There are two main types of full-blown diabetes. People with Type 1 diabetes are completely unable to produce insulin. People with Type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but their cells don't respond to it. In either case, the glucose can't move into the cells and blood glucose levels can become high. Over time, these high glucose levels can cause serious complications.

Pre-Diabetes:

Pre-diabetes means that the cells in your body are becoming resistant to insulin or your pancreas is not producing as much insulin as required. Your blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be called diabetes. This is also known as "impaired fasting glucose" or "impaired glucose tolerance". A diagnosis of pre-diabetes is a warning sign that diabetes will develop later. The good news: You can prevent the development of Type 2 diabetes by losing weight, making changes in your diet and exercising.

What is Pre-Diabetes?

Type 1 Diabetes:

A person with Type 1 diabetes can't make any insulin. Type 1 most often occurs before age 30, but may strike at any age. Type 1 can be caused by a genetic disorder. The origins of Type 1 are not fully understood, and there are several theories. But all of the possible causes still have the same end result: The pancreas produces very little or no insulin anymore. Frequent insulin injections are needed for Type 1.

Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin and Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes:

A person with Type 2 diabetes has adequate insulin, but the cells have become resistant to it. Type 2 usually occurs in adults over 35 years old, but can affect anyone, including children. The National Institutes of Health state that 95 percent of all diabetes cases are Type 2. Why? It's a lifestyle disease, triggered by obesity, a lack of exercise, increased age and to some degree, genetic predisposition.

Type 2 Diabetes

Top 6 Risk Factors For Type 2 Diabetes

Gestational Diabetes:

Gestational diabetes (GD) affects about 4 percent of all pregnant women. It usually appears during the second trimester and disappears after the birth of the baby.

Like Type 1 and Type 2, your body can't use glucose effectively and blood glucose levels get too high. When GD is not controlled, complications can affect both you and your baby. Your doctor will help you work out a diet and exercise plan, and possibly medication. Having GD increases your risk for developing it again during future pregnancies and also raises your risk of Type 2 diabetes later in life.

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Pills for Diabetes

2010-03-31T06:42:00.000-07:00

Types of pills for Diabetes

Several types of pills are prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes:

Metformin helps reduce LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and is not associated with weight gain, and is the only antidiabetic drug that has been conclusively shown to prevent the cardiovascular complications of diabetes. As of 2010, metformin is one of only two oral antidiabetics in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines (the other being glibenclamide).

Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors prevent the breakdown of starches, such as bread, potatoes, and pasta in the intestine. They also slow the breakdown of some sugars. Their action slows the rise in blood glucose levels after a meal.

Biguanides reduce the amount of sugar produced by the liver and make muscle tissue more sensitive to insulin so that sugar can be absorbed.

DPP-4 inhibitors help improve A1C without causing low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). They work by preventing the breakdown of a naturally occurring compound in the body.

Sulfonylureas and meglitinides stimulate the beta cells in the pancreas to release more insulin.

Thiazolidinediones help insulin work better in the muscle and fat and also reduce the liver’s sugar production. They target insulin resistance.

Lovastatin is in a class of medications called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors ( a member of the drug class of statins) used for lowering cholesterol (hypolipidemic agent) in those with hypercholesterolemia and so preventing cardiovascular disease. Lovastatin is a naturally occurring drug found in food such as oyster mushrooms and red yeast rice. It works by slowing the production of cholesterol in the body. As bad diabetes's blood which is high in sugar could cause damage to blood vessels wall then increase the risk for cardiovascular disease, lovastatin normally prescribed to diabetes patient to reduce the risk. It is advisable to use lovastatin together with lifestyle changes (diet, weight-loss, exercise) to reduce the amount of cholesterol (a fat-like substance) and other fatty substances in the blood.

Diabetes pills don't work for everyone. Although you may find that your blood glucose levels go down when you start taking pills, your blood sugar levels may not reach the normal range.

What are the chances that diabetes pills will work for you? Your chances are good if you developed diabetes recently or have needed little or no insulin to keep your blood glucose levels near normal. This information of pills for diabetes is for my personal record and future reference

For record - pills taken during treatment:

Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate 400mg tab 2 times per day before meal - Antibiotic - April 2011

Unasyn (Sultamicilin 375) 2 times per day after meal - Antibiotic

Prolase 10,000 units tab 2 pills 3 times per day (chew / sip) - (anti swell)

Other Medicines

Curiosin - gel to strengthen skin
eusol - an antiseptic mixture used to clean diabetes wound. unlike iodine eusol have no colouring thus it will not prohibit flesh formation.

Remember, medicine is just part of your treatment

What is diabetes?

Symptom of diabetes

Supplements for Diabetes Patients After Foot Operation

2009-07-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

After major operation losing of 3 foot phalarges and a lot of skin and flesh my dad undergoing restricted diet for only certain kind of food; one particularly to control its sugar level and prevented from food that could give complication to new wound.. Shrimps and prawn is out of question, certain itchy fish, even chicken for fear of over creation of puss.. so basically its diet is a lot of sea cucumber soup, snakehead fish, salted fish and rice.. Dr advise to take a lot of vegetable.. but it is hard for your appetite to take a lot of vege daily... so I give dad B'young - a supplement consist of variety of vegetable, fruit and cereal... it realy give positive and fast healing process.. In 2 months flesh has grown over all exposed bone. even drs quite in disbelief.. on top of that my bro buy 4life product.. 4plus and glucoach

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Useful diabetes websites

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Your resources of what you need to know about diabetes.. visit this website

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http://www.infosihat.gov.my/penyakit/Dewasa/DiabetesMellitus.php
http://diabetes.about.com/
http://www.nadidiabetes.com.my/

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Managing DiabetesLong-Term
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease, which means that you have it for life. Although there’s no cure, you and your doctor can work together to control your blood sugar, which can help reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes complications.
Managing type 2 diabetes over months and years can mean making changes in your treatment plan. Diet and physical activity may control your blood sugar at first, but you may need to take medicine down the road. Over time, may need to change medicines, or add medicines, to keep your blood sugar under control. You may even need to use insulin.

Remember, you play a major role in controlling your blood sugar and helping to prevent complications. With time, the lifestyle changes and treatments your doctor suggests can become a regular part of your routine.
Support from family, friends and your healthcare team can help you deal with diabetes long-term.

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2009-07-11T07:41:00.000-07:00

Aku balik kg weekend 4 july hari tu tambah plak cuti rehat hari isnin boleh duk lama sikit tambahan pula tengah musim buah.. 7hb july genap la 2 bulan kaki ayah kena operate. Alhamdulillah pertumbuhan semula daging ayah cepat. level daging sudah hampir sama rata dan banyak yang telah jadi berkulit. Bahagian tidak berkulit makin mengecil. Cuma sedikit tulang sendi yg masih nampak ada lebih kurang setengah duit 5 sen... insyallah dalam masa terdekat semua akan ditutupi daging.. bahagian bawah kaki pula semua bahagian luka telah sembuh.. satu yg dibimbangi daging yang tumbuh masih teramat baru dan salur darah dan struktur tentulah masih amat lemah dan sensitif, jadi ia perlu dijaga jangan sampai terlanggar atau luka apatah lagi teringin nak buat kerja berat.. mak citer ayah buat hal mungkin boring sangat kot ada ke dia turun ke laman rumah & ambik beruk turunkan buah kelapa... malamnya sakitlah kaki tuu ...

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2009-07-11T07:31:00.000-07:00

Masa jumpa dgn Sohok ari tu dia, sambil sembang pasal unit trust public bank dia ada citer pasal mak mertua yang sakit kaki diabetes. Katanya kaki hingga dah berlubang tapi boleh pulih setelah menjalani rawatan di sebuah klinik di bangunan berhadapan Masjid Terapung. Saya akan update kemudian nama klinik tersebut. Katanya klinik tersebut sememangnya specialize penyakit kencing manis/ diabetes. Ipar sohok ada yang jadi nurse so memang sedarlah kalu rawatan di hospital kaki tu memang pasti akan diarah untuk potong.. mungkin kaki anda, mak anda, sedara atau kenalan anda boleh selamat disini.

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