Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

There are two type of diabetes mellitus, diabetics type 1 {Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes} and diabetics type 2 {Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes}. The major goal in treating diabetes is to minimize any elevation of blood sugar (glucose) without causing abnormally low levels of blood sugar.

Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

Those people who has diabetic type 1, most of them are treated with insulin, exercise, and a diabetic diet. Many Patients with diabetics type 1 they will get treatments include the combination use of regular or NPH insulin, and/or synthetic insulin analogs such as Humalog, Novolog or Apidra; the combination of Lantus/Levemir and Humalog, Novolog or Apidra. Another Type 1 treatment option is the use of the insulin pump with the some of most popular pump brands being: Cozmo, Animas, Medtronic Minimed, and Omnipod. Treatment by using insulin must be continued indefinitely.

Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Diabetic type 2 the most common treatments for them are consider to the lifestyle and physical activity. Monitoring the blood sugar level is a key part of the treatment program by weight reduction, a diabetic diet, and exercise. When these measures fail to control the elevated blood sugars, oral medications are used. If oral medications are still insufficient, treatment with insulin is considered. Diet is very important thing for diabetic type 2 as well as to decrease carbohydrate intake, and weight loss. Weight reduction and exercise increase the body's sensitivity to insulin, thus helping to control blood sugar elevations.

There is a natural methods to treat of diabetes mellitus that called "Naturopathy". Normally the natural method are use for the educated people, The programs are about how to learn and adopting the type lifestyle which promotes good health. Bellow are various types of natural methods :

1. Treatments based on nutrition and diet. In this program, the dietician decides a menu for healthy diet for diabetic patients.

2. Hydrotherapy. In this natural method of treating diabetes, the water is used. Actually using the water is the oldest therapeutic methods to managing physical dysfunctions. Hydrotherapy has provide lots of benefits for people suffering from Type 2 Diabetes mellitus. Some of diabetic patients by this treatment they told that they got better and improved sleep, reduces blood sugar level in the body and boasts the moral and well being of diabetic patient.

3. Detoxification. It consists of the use of short periods of fasting or controlled diets and supplements to aid the natural process by which the body rids itself of toxic substances.

4. Control and reduce stress. In this programs, Patients will learn how to do exercise, relaxation techniques, modification of diet and the use of supplements particularly to support the adrenal gland.

5. Mud therapy. Diabetics disease is disturbance of the metabolic process of the entire body. When the digestive system, and endocrine glands do not work fully, the result is accumulation of impurities and toxemia in the body. Mud bath treatment has used for improving elimination and removal of the toxins on the body.

6. Massage. Massage is highly beneficial in the treatment of diabetes, by massage the muscles and other soft tissues of the body become rilex (relieving muscle tension). Although, massage affects the body as a whole, but it particularly influences, the activity of the musculoskeltal, circulatory, lymphatic and nervous systems. Many of massage techniques use to hepl reduces stress and arises/develops the feelings of calmness, also helps in elimination of poisons and waste material through the various eliminative organs, such as the lungs skin, kidneys and bowels which useful treatment for the diabetic patients.

7. Herbal medicines. There were some plants and the natural products also used as natural method of treatment for the diabtes mellitus.