Medical Clinic

Complications of  Diabetes Mellitus  are serious and well known. Spectrum of Diabetic complications is vast, from being most trivial to life threatening.  Long term Diabetics are at very high risk of complications if they lack blood sugar control (more likely) and sometimes even otherwise (less likely). High BP and Cholesterol are the other two major harbingers. Inevitably Diabetics fall prey to its complications after several long yrs.  According to WHO,  Diabetes is predicted to become the seventh leading cause of death in the world by the year 2030. Total deaths from diabetes are projected to rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years.   Hence its very essential to have   proper   understanding and accurate knowledge of when to seek medical intervention. Specifically those who have co-existing diseases like Hypertension , Thyroid disorders or Heart diseases or Kidney problems  are at increased risk and should exercise extreme c...

Sugar and Diabetes Diabetes  is the one of the most common diseases worldwide. It has a long course and stays with the patient almost all through his/her life, although many diabetic patients have prolonged symptom free periods but complete cure in most cases remains elusive. One good thing about it is if kept in control, symptom free periods can be long &  patients life remains absolutely normal. To begin with diabetes, few terms need to be understood. Diabetes - When we say Diabetes, we intend to say  Diabetes Mellitus . There's another disease called  Diabetes Insipidus  which has a different cause and a different pathology. Diabetes Mellitus  is disease where your body (blood and urine) sugar levels get deranged (hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia) due to lack of an hormone named Insulin. Insulin also has other functions hence diabetes can present with a variety of  symptoms and signs .