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What is the prognosis of the neuropathy?

Acute neuropathy, whose presentation is very rare, usually disappears after a few weeks or months after landing for a while normalization of blood glucose levels. Chronic neuropathy does not disappear, but can be kept under control by an optimization of metabolic control of diabetes.

How is diabetic neuropathy and what types of medications are used?

The most important aspects in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy are to control blood glucose levels and daily examination of the feet to prevent the development of ulcers.

The decrease in sensitivity can not be treated with medication. The pain experienced by patients with diabetic neuropathy, however, can be controlled with various medications, such as: Read the rest of this entry »

What can I do?

The best way to prevent diabetic neuropathy and its consequences, is to strive to maintain high levels of blood glucose as close to normal.

Neuropathy occurs most frequently in the lower limbs. This is the reason why everyone with diabetes should maintain good hygiene and inspect their feet daily to prevent sores. This is a fundamental aspect in the treatment, since the absence of proper care may result in the need for amputation.

All people with diabetes should visit a podiatrist regularly to treat corns, nail care, etc.. Read the rest of this entry »

What are the symptoms of diabetic neuropathy?

Patients with predominantly sensory neuropathy may experience pain (perceived as a sensation of tingling, pricking, stinging or burning, which usually occurs at night, sometimes describe a feeling of walking on cotton), but more often in people who suffer from this type of neuropathy is loss of sensation or diminished sense of touch. The decrease in sensitivity occurs more frequently in the legs and feet, and less frequently, arms and hands.

Neuropathy with involvement of the control of movement and muscle function (motor neuropathy) occurs more infrequently. The symptoms of neuropathy involve a reduction in muscle function, manifested by weakness in the arms and legs. In some cases, the disorder leads to alterations in gait and poor alignment of joints, mainly in the feet. Read the rest of this entry »

What is neuropathy?

Neuropathy is the name given to many of the disorders affecting the nervous system. Diabetic patients not adequately care for glycemic control are at risk of developing diabetic neuropathy, that is, a nervous system disorder resulting from poorly controlled diabetes.

This condition can be acute or chronic. Acute neuropathy usually disappears when achieved adequate control of diabetes, while chronic neuropathy is accompanied by major alterations and maintained.

What are the types of diabetic neuropathy?

There are three types of diabetic neuropathy, which affects the nervous system in different ways: Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes is without doubt one of the most important diseases worldwide. An estimated 30 million people have diabetes worldwide, and about 40 percent of overweight people suffer from diabetes without knowing it.

Luckily it is a disease that can be treated successfully in most cases. The treatment of diabetes is something that is highly developed, and there are many tools that they use doctors to treat their patients with diabetes.

Diabetes is closely related to food. The dietary control is essential to any treatment for diabetes. Diabetics who are well aware of this, and have to control the level of glucose in the blood almost constantly and carefully choose food according to each situation. Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamins play key roles in preserving our quality of life and even more so when it is affected by conditions such as diabetes mellitus. In this way, become a key tool to counter or avoid the potential impact this disease has on our bodies.

In this regard, Dr. Rhadames Figueroa, Merck Laboratories Medical Manager, explains that an adequate intake of vitamin A (retinol), which is necessary to preserve the integrity and functionality of tissues, thus keeping functions such as vision or healing. As an antioxidant, vitamin A decreases the oxidation of lipids that are part of the membranes of cells throughout the body.

For its part, Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) helps keep blood vessels in good condition with which delays the formation of atherosclerotic plaque, which is responsible for the blockage of blood vessels.

“A key feature in the development of diabetes is hyperglycemia, which produces a disorder of proteins and other molecules known as glycation, causing the loss of function of the molecule and therefore the affected organ. Thus Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) counteracts the glycation process, which reduces the chances of complications of the disease, “said Figueroa.

Similarly, Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) is essential for maintaining the integrity and functioning of the nervous system cells, particularly the formation of neurotransmitters. Read the rest of this entry »

In the last ten years are registering in our country and the world an alarming increase in the number of cases of children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The increase of this disease in this population group is mainly caused by the increase of obesity in children and adolescents, so experts recommend as the main measure to prevent a proper diet and physical exercise.

The increase of obesity in children and adolescents is a result of changes in diet (increased consumption of high calorie diet from junk food “rich in fat and carbohydrates) and decreased physical activity, because children spend more television viewing, computer and / or electronic games.

Until about ten years, children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes accounted for about 2% of all cases (type 2 diabetes accounts for over 90% of cases of diabetes), but now children and adolescents with diabetes than 8% of cases. Read the rest of this entry »

Tobacco is a plant that has many benefits. a lot of fertile land that can be planted with tobacco plants. farmers are also pleased to grow this plant. many companies who use tobacco as their production materials ranging from cigarette and tobacco plants benefits as a remedy for some specific diseases.

Scientists have found a good use for snuff after the development of genetically modified plants which contain a drug that could halt type 1 diabetes.
The move marks the latest advance in the emerging field of molecular farming, which may offer a way to make cheaper biotechnology drugs and vaccines that traditional factory systems.

European researchers said they had produced plants of snuff, which contains a potent anti-inflammatory protein called interleukin-10 (IL-10) that could help patients with insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.

A series of agrochemical companies, including Bayer and Syngenta, have been seeking ways to make vegetable protein complexes that act with drugs while progress has been slow.
For now, drugs and vaccines of antibodies are produced in cell cultures in stainless steel fermenters.

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