Treatment of type 2 diabetes

In Vietnam, the number of adults with diabetes are higher. 90-95% of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. With belong to type 2 diabetes, we fully manage them with diet, movement in combination with drug treatment of type 2 diabetes will help people stabilize blood sugar and prevent complications.

Diabetes or type 2 diabetes is caused by a pathological disorder of carbohydrate metabolism of pancreatic insulin secretion when the deficiency is not sufficient to metabolize sugar. Since then makes the index higher blood glucose. Type 2 diabetes usually occurs only for adults, the older you are, the more susceptible to the disease. These genetic factors can also cause disease. Especially those who are overweight who have a high risk for the disease.

Signs of diabetes type 2: The clinical signs of the disease are often not very clear. This has led to people with diabetes is difficult to recognize the disease early.

Treatment of type 2 diabetes

- Group biquanid (meformin):

Members glucophage 500mg content, 850mg, 1.000mg.

- The drugs stimulate insulin:

This group of drugs to lower blood sugar through insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells of Langerhans islands have 2 types sulphornylurea and meglitinid.

Sulphornylurea are frequently used drug, is the first choice and the drugs platform in combination therapies.

- Group alpha-glucosidase inhibitors:

First generation: acerbose group 50mg or 100mg as glucobay type. rarely used today because drugs often cause digestive disorders opportunity, bloating.

The second generation: the voglibose as members Basen concentration of 2 mg or 3 mg

- Group glitazon or thiazolidinedion

- Group benfluorex (mediator):

This is a new class of drugs, drugs that lower blood sugar, by reducing insulin resistance, conditioned medium effect lipid metabolism (decreased triglycerides) currently has a number of reports on the use of mediator in the fight against fat hypertrophy.

- Use of insulin treatment in type 2 diabetes

Must continue to maintain oral medication unless your blood sugar is too high.

Starting at a low dose, usually 0.2 units / day maintenance dose after 3 days with no results.

It should be noted that drugs can have side effects, but the effects do not always occur. If the medication as directed by your doctor and follow-up treatment may be assured. When medical and medication, the doctor has to consider the drug to take effect and limit the highest to the lowest level (not even happen) side effects. It is important for patients to follow medication regimen your doctor has directed and timely re-examination; also tell your doctor abnormalities occur during medication.

It should be noted, diabetes medications sometimes have very long (even lifelong) and problems related to drug use as a combination of drugs and other alternative medicine, stop the medication completely ... right by doctors treating decisions. Patients should not arbitrarily change the mode of treatment as this when the result is unfavorable.

Also there is one thing you should note, diabetes medications work only control blood sugar at a certain level. So to control the disease, you should have a good diet and exercise positive.

Diabetes Medications

Diabetes also known as diabetes. It is a disease caused by endocrine metabolic disorder of carbohydrate when the pancreatic hormone insulin is missing or reduced effect in the body. Medication for diabetes is to help you have the best balance of blood sugar levels to ensure a healthy body.

Diabetes Medications

People with diabetes in addition to diet and exercise abstinence, the patient still needs to use drugs to help keep blood sugar stable to avoid dangerous complications later on. You can use herbal medicine, medicinal plants also help to control this disease is very good. In this article we will refer to these types of drugs that treat diabetes.

The oral treatment of diabetes mellitus currently includes:

Sulfamid hypoglycemia: Mechanism of action: stimulation of pancreatic beta cell insulin secretion increases with conditions remaining beta cells healthy. So this drug is indicated drink before eating 20-30 minutes. The commonly used drugs: sulfamid generation 1 (carbutamid, tolbutamid) now rarely used, sulfamid Generation 2 (gliclazide, diamicron, glipizid, glibenclamide), sulphonamides disposable (Amaryl, diamicron MR). The drug is indicated for the treatment of diabetes type 2. Do not use in cases of type 1 diabetes or people with liver, kidney, pregnant, patients with infections, surgery is indicated, stroke and coma caused by metabolic disorders, acute illness ...

Biguanides: Mechanism of action of the drug is increased sensitivity to the hormone insulin in target organs, increases glucose utilization in peripheral organizations, particularly in muscle cells, reducing hepatic glucose created, reducing intestinal glucose absorption . However, this group does not have the effect of insulin secretion in the pancreas. It can be taken alone or in combination with sulfonylurea. In this group of drugs includes: metformin, siofor, glucophage ... is indicated for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2. The case of diabetes type 1 or surgical cases, acidosis, pregnancy, liver failure renal not used.

The drug is taken after food. However, in the course of using the phenomenon may have digestive disorders, abdominal pain, lactic acidosis. These effects are less common and generally clears up when the medications.

Group inhibitor alpha - glucosidase: This group works to slow the absorption of sugar in the small intestine. Therefore, this drug is guided in the right drink meal. Includes: acarbose, voglibose. The drug is used to treat mild diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2. All Do not use this medication in patients with malabsorption, pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under 18 years of age.

Group thiazolidinediones: Mechanism of action: increases insulin sensitivity in target organs include the same group biguanide drugs: rosiglitazone, pioglitazone ... Indications are used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2. No for patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding, heart failure, liver failure, kidney failure, surgery, severe infection ...

Meglitimide Group: This group stimulates the beta cells of the pancreas increases insulin production. The drug is indicated for use as novonorm treatment of type 2 diabetes, drink 15-30 minutes before eating. The effects appear quickly (30 minutes after taking the drug), so do not get medication without food. Do not use in cases of liver failure, kidney, pregnancy, infection, surgery ...

The patient does not automatically adjust the dose of antidiabetic drugs without the guidance of a physician, not voluntarily quit. Patients should follow the indications for treatment of a doctor.

Generally, diabetes medication helps control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. However, these drugs achieve the best performance when used in combination with diet and exercise.

C-Peptide eliminate the side effects of treatment of diabetes

A new study by scientists at the University of Leeds, UK showed that using insulin in the treatment of diabetes often causes side effects such as narrow blood vessels which lead to heart disease.

However, a substance called C-peptide may become a "companion of insulin," eliminates side effects during treatment.

In a report published in the journal Diabetes latest issue, the researchers said, to control high blood sugar of diabetics, basically all applicable treatment is insulin.

However, insulin often causes some cells to blood vessels grow excessively, causing the blood vessels to narrow, which can cause serious consequences such as heart disease.

The scientists discovered simultaneously injected with insulin C-peptide substance can avoid the side effects of treatment with insulin.

Dr. Karen Porter charge of the team, said in a healthy human body, at the same time injecting insulin and C-peptide substances may help prevent side effects associated.

However, before we are often not aware of their effects, so it was not for C-peptide substance in the preparation and production of insulin.

Research shows that, at the same time using both insulin and C-peptide substance can help better control of symptoms related side effects of the disease. /.

Study treatment of diabetes in young squash

After 30 days the small squash eat 1g / head / day, combined with drinking water from the cooked squash young, white mice with diabetes began to stabilize blood sugar. It is the result of the initial research team from the Department of Biology - University of Natural Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City.


14/11, bachelor Nhung Truong Hai - young officers of the Department of Biology, University of Natural Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City said Thursday.

Nhung said, this study derived from a folk remedy. People with diabetes should drink boiled water from the young fruit squash (Benincasa hispida). Therefore, the research team has put her melon fruit to study the topic "Building a model of diabetes disease in mice and examined the stability of blood sugar squash left early."

This study focuses on building an animal model of diabetes and application of this model to test the ability to stabilize blood sugar of medicines, in particular, young fruit squash. Animals used in this study is the type mice, disease provided by the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City. Mice after making ill, would be premature to eat squash for 30 days.

In the limitations of the study period (one month), the team initially found that feeding young squash with a dose of 1g / head / day, combined with drinking water from the cooked squash with small stabilizing effect blood glucose in mice. From day 0 to day 20, the mice's blood sugar disease and decreased to 30, the blood sugar disease in mice at a not too high compared with blood glucose of normal mice (75 ± 7 mg / dl).

Diabetes is a group of symptoms related to blood sugar levels, and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. According to the World Health Organization (World Health Organization - WHO), in the next 20 years, Asia alone, the number of people with diabetes up to 330 million people.

This research project has been reported in scientific conferences 6th of Natural Sciences University (VNU-HCM) held on 14/11. This conference organization for scientific research activities of two academic years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, with nearly 390 research projects at many different levels.

From the results of the conference, the excellent report will be selected, independent reviewers to publish a scientific paper in the Journal of Science - Technology, Vietnam National University.

Potential therapies to help treat diabetes

Scientists at the Institute of Toronto General Hospital have discovered a new signaling pathway between three organs - the gut, brain and liver - may lower blood sugar if enabled.

Group led by Dr. Tony Lam use the mouse to find out the fat can activate a subset of nerves in the intestine, generated signals are sent to the brain and then to the liver to lower glucose levels or the production of sugar. But just consumed a high-fat diets in three days is enough to signal interference, the disabled, and making it impossible for other agencies reported lower blood glucose levels.

This work has been published as an article called "The fat in the intestine gut-brain axis formation-liver has the ability to regulate glucose production" in the online edition of the international specialized scientific sites Nature .

According to Dr. Lam, who holds the Chair John Kitson McIvor Diabetes Research at the University Health Network and University of Toronto, "This is a new approach in developing more effective ways to reduce the amount of glucose blood in people with diabetes or obesity. "

High glucose levels can damage the eyes, nerves and kidneys, increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, blindness, erectile dysfunction, the evidence leg numbness. (Photo: dav.gov.au)

Currently, people with diabetes to reduce glucose levels by diet, exercise, oral antidiabetics and insulin injections (usually several times a day) and to monitor glucose levels in Regular blood. High glucose levels can damage the eyes, nerves and kidneys, increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, blindness, erectile dysfunction, foot problems and the possibility of amputation. Many laboratories around the world are scrambling to find alternative measures can effectively lower glucose levels because of the serious consequences due to the excess sugar in the blood cause.

Dr. Lam emphasized, "We know the brain and liver can adjust the amount of glucose in the blood, but the question here is how can a therapist in these two agencies which do not suffer the side effects ? We can find a way to bypass this problem by showing that the gut is the initial target. Very close with a remote control device, the gut is able to deliver signals to the brain and brain turn signals the liver to lower glucose production. If these medicines can be developed to enable recognition mechanisms in the gut, we can get an effective method to inhibit the production of sugar by the body, which can reduce blood glucose levels of people with diabetes. "

Dr. emphasizes that it will take years of testing to determine whether this approach is effective and safe for people with diabetes.

More than two million Canadians suffer from diabetes. According to Dr. Gary Lewis, Head of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of energy Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, and is a lecturer Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of Toronto, the "Diabetes is a disease now Translation in Canada and around the world with the number of patients increased to alarming levels, consume a lot of resources valuable health care. We have evidence from clinical trials showed that lowering blood sugar to normal levels in people with diabetes will have a significant impact on the prevention of serious consequences. So we understand how to control the content of an effective and less vulnerability great importance. The work of Dr. Lam has unveiled a new round of conditioning showed targets and new areas to lower blood sugar in people with diabetes and obesity. "

Dr. Richard Weisel, Director of General Studies Institute Toronto (TGRI), Professor and Chairman of the Department of Heart Surgery at the University of Toronto, said he welcomes any potential interventions that may help reduce blood sugar, "The work has demonstrated that the levels of glucose in the blood are more likely to die from heart disease, so anything that can help lower the amount of sugar will help reduce process and the risk of dying of cardiovascular disease. "

Dr. Diane Finegood, Scientific Director of the Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes Energy, part of the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) said, "The discovery of Tony is an exciting breakthrough could lead to new treatment for diabetes. I am pleased that CIHR played an important role in the financing of this project. "

Mice, Dr. Lam and colleagues designed and performed a series of experiments showed that the first small fat enters the small intestine generate afferent nerve signals to the brain, the brain then passes signal to the liver to reduce the production of glucose and glucose in the blood by little every 15 minutes. This decline does not occur when the nerve between the gut and the brain or between the brain and liver were removed or blocked. The process reduces glucose also deactivated when mice were fed a high-fat diet for three days prior to the experiment, the findings show that people who consume more fat loss signal transmission This benefit.

Ulcers in people with diabetes: Treatment with topical honey?

Apply honey on diabetic ulcers will heal without treatment to "amputation" (amputation of hands and feet) to avoid gangrene? A US medical testing methods, according to the AFP news agency on April 4/5 ...

Diabetic ulcers healing and amputation often to avoid necrosis (Photo: jmu.edu)

Female Professor (GS) Jennifer Eddy, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, USA, was used honey to heal wounds ulcers of diabetic patients, helping them not Amputation due to infection and gangrene of the wound.

This treatment is very simple. Physicians should only cover 1 layer of honey thickened sores after disinfecting the wound and removal of dead cells.

Prof. Eddy said honey has antibacterial effects because honey has high acidity, low water content and containing hydrogen peroxide is produced from its natural enzymes. Moreover, the use of honey also helps prevent drug resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.

In diabetic patients, the ability to fight infection was impaired. Therefore, when they are injured or sore lesions that are difficult to treat and often very slow to heal. When severe wound infection and gangrene spread, the amputation is difficult to avoid. Mrs. Eddy said today every 30 seconds went by, then there is a case of amputation occurs somewhere in the world.

6 years ago, Professor Eddy has used honey to heal a persistent ulcers in diabetic foot a 79-year-old.

She said: "Because of resistance, all antibiotics have become disabled for this wound. After the failure of all other therapies, I was thinking of honey. During wound up honey, I do not for patients taking any antibiotic drugs. Fortunately happened: the ulcer was completely healed within a short time. "

She said: "The honey prove capable of accelerating wound healing opens great hope for many patients. This treatment not only solve the problem of drug resistance bacteria but also saves the cost of treatment. Its potential is enormous. "

Honey can become a new therapy, simple and effective in the treatment of wounds. (Photo: AFP)

Experts believe that the therapeutic wound with honey will open up tremendous opportunities for approximately 200 million diabetics worldwide, including about 30 million people with ulcers.

After the initial success is excited, Professor Eddy is preparing to conduct a large trial to widespread adoption of this therapy in the treatment of wound healing, especially in people with diabetes. She said: "How fast healing is an extremely important issue for human health."

To participate in this trial, patients must be over 18, diabetes, ulcers are at the bottom of the knee and not taking Prednisone.

Professor Eddy hopes to complete the test and study results published in 2008 or 2009.

Drug helps prevent diabetes

Millions of people at high risk for diabetes can prevent this disease by a drug commonly used to treat it ...

This drug called rosiglitazone or Avandia, used in three years may reduce the risk of diabetes to 62%. This is a group of drugs thiazolidinediones, are currently being used to treat diabetes once diagnosed.

(Photo: TTO)

The study of diabetes was conducted on 5269 people aged 30 and older from 191 regions in 21 countries. All are showing signs of "pre-diabetes" or abnormal blood sugar, shows half of them will develop type 2 diabetes within 3 years.

Participants were used Rosiglitazone and follow the advice to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Within three years, only 12% of people with diabetes using rosiglitazone, compared with 26% patients taking placebo. Rosiglitazone also been found to help bring glucose levels returned to normal in 51% of participants versus 30% on placebo.

Beneficial effects of Rosiglitazone was found in all patients, especially those who most clearly in weight.

However, the scientists also noted side effects of the drug: it can cause heart failure risk in low rate - the disease can be treated and non-fatal; beneficial for fat distribution ...

Research scientists from the Institute of People's Health in Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) conducted, reported at the annual meeting of the Association of European diabetes research in Copenhagen (Denmark) Monday 16 9.

Berberine drug can cure diabetes

Berberine - a kind of Chinese traditional medicine is widely used to treat diarrhea - can treat Type 2 diabetes, the Australian and British scientists said.

Berberine, yellow chemical bitter found in some roots and bark, Chinese literature has been recognized with the ability to lower glucose levels in people with diabetes.

To test the glucose-lowering effect, international scientists have experimented with mice berberine. The results showed that the drug can reduce the amount of sugar, fat leads to decreased blood circulation, thus helping the pancreas (insulin-producing organs) better performance and reduced body weight of mice.

With this result, the scientists hope this traditional medicine medicine will have a new direction for the treatment of diabetes and obesity because it is a medicine men.

Safflower Seeds - new insulin supply

A biotech company of Canada has made ​​a revolution in the treatment of diabetes - insulin made ​​from safflower seeds.

Safflower - Carthamus (Photo: viarural)

The company said SemBioSys Genetics has succeeded in making insulin from safflower seeds (Carthamus) GM. This allows the insulin manufactured at a lower price than the current method of using bacteria fermented. The company expects SemBioSys perform clinical trials next year.

Body diabetes can not produce enough insulin or the inability to use insulin is created. Your body needs insulin to turn the sugar in food into energy. There are three types of diabetes:

- Type 1 diabetes by gene: Body produce little or no insulin production.

- Diabetes type 2 is mainly due to bad lifestyle habits lead to obesity: body produce insulin but can not use.

- Gestational diabetes: The body can not use insulin during pregnancy. This disease disappears after the baby is born.

Pig cells can cure diabetes

The US scientists said in a decade insulin-producing cells from pigs will be implanted into the human body to treat type 1 diabetes.

Heart valves from pigs and pig cells have also been used to treat human diseases (Photo: TTO)

A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota, United States succeeded in transplanting cells from the pancreas of pigs in the body 5 monkeys with diabetes. The monkeys were given anti-rejection drugs, and they have fully recovered.

Scientists hope experiments on humans will begin in 2009. At that time there will be hundreds of thousands of diabetic patients transplanted tissues of animals. Previously it has been successfully transplanted cells from the pancreas of diabetic people to heal. But the gift is so rare, so the cells and tissues from pigs is optimal alternative.

But these drugs in the body excrete foreign object implanted in still make too many bad side effects for the patient. Therefore, more research needs to reduce this side effect.

Thought should also know hundreds of thousands of patients with heart valve replacement was heart valves from pigs and pig cells has also been widely used to treat Parkinson's shaking palsy.

Do obesity to diabetes

The discovery of a 11-year-old children in Hanoi suffering from obesity, diabetes can be a warning of appropriate diet for children.

Dr. Ta Van Binh, director of the Central Hospital of Endocrinology, the best way limit the risk of obesity in children is to increase the physical activity and eating habits make reasonable.

According to the endocrinologist, obesity is the cause of type 2 diabetes in children. Usually type 2 diabetes occurring in adults 30 years and older.

However, today, many families have a better living for their children should eat with a reasonable diet led to the percentage of obesity is increasing in Vietnam.

Prof. Dr. Ta Van Binh said the obesity rate in the city is higher than in rural areas.

In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the percentage of overweight in primary school children has risen to nearly 10%, particularly in some areas this percentage is much higher.

A reasonable diet for children include full of protein, vitamins, minerals in foods and fresh fruit.

But adults do not have the correct and enough awareness about this issue.

Evidence that obese children in Vietnam mainly fall into the wealthier families. Besides increasing the energy absorbed by the body, the obese children to gradually reduce energy consumption.

Dr. Binh is the result of technological advances, sedentary lifestyles and increased consumption of dietary fat ratio and high energy.

Currently reducing energy consumption as a result of the use of computers, remote controls, microwave, traveling by automobile. Besides less physical activity are factors that contribute to increased rates of obesity in children.

Many scientific works have demonstrated that the current obesity rates increased in proportion to the radio while watching the day but inversely proportional to the time outdoors.

According to Dr. Binh, changing diet for a child to avoid obesity leads to type 2 diabetes is very difficult to adjust because the diet for the whole family.

Currently, the most valuable method to reduce the risk of obesity in children is to increase the physical activity and eating habits make reasonable.

However, doctors recommend that adults also need careful consideration in the diets of children because it is the object are in the process of completion, physical development.

Cure Diabetes in traditional medicine

Eastern medicine has many remedies are good for diabetics. The principle of treatment is comprehensive (impact on many viscera) and dialectic (right depending on the particular patient).

Traditional medicine does not have the disease known as "diabetes"; but compared with the clinical evidence, the disease is provided on the scope certified "soft target". The disease arises mainly due to causes such as genetics, diet unreasonable, neuropsychological factors, schools, infection, medication or debauch unreasonable and excessive labor force. This causes functional disorders of the viscera, especially the three organs spleen, and kidneys discarded, which arise from soft target. For example, the use of too much fatty food and drink supplements and indigestion caused damaged spleen, inability to transport and digest food causes stagnant volume, long-term loss of heat that plays audio translation born diseases. Prolonged stress can make organ inability to preliminary information, the busy atmosphere that can of fire, fire damage above the sound of the waste service and location, damaging negative bottom of kidney care, from which arising soft target ...

As with chronic medical conditions other soft target for evidence, treatment principles of traditional medicine are:

Comprehensive treatment: From the perspective body, who can be considered a unity. In the therapy must always take into account and adjust the power celiac disease in relation binding and interaction with all other government organs. The combined use of measures such as drug and non-drug, diet, activity, practice qigong tai ...

Dialectical reasoning value: Means must be based on specific clinical situations, the type and stage of the disease, physical characteristics, gender, age ... of every person that drug selection and measures appropriate therapy.

To cure diabetes medicine therapies that use nature as pharmaceutical friendly (dishes - all medicines), medicinal tea, massage, acupressure, qigong, tai chi ... This principle is based on the point "heavenly merge": man and nature is uniform, people originate from natural, nature-based development with nature. Man is the product, is an integral part of nature, every change of physiological and pathological human can always influenced and dominated by nature.

No drug treatment

As the use of natural therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure, massage, good pharmaceutical, medicinal tea, porridge drugs, medications paste into the grave, medicated bath, practicing qigong tai ... diet so important advantage foods such as silks, preparations of soybeans and black beans, sausage sub beans, white beans sea, bitter gourd, pumpkin, squash, melons, garlic, nostalgic painting, onion, celery, tomato carrots, radish, bamboo shoots, chives, Bank atrium, marine algae, pancreas of pigs, fish, fruit, fish scouts, sea cucumbers ... often used as medicinal teas bitter tea, men over Christmas powder sugar tea, pearl mễ cultivate tea, fruit tea arhats, royal subjects associated circuit tea, pearl crystal structure royal tea, soft target circuit biogeochemical winter tea, pure tea pearl powder sand, ocean ginseng tea flower pollen soft target ... You can use all kinds of porridge drugs such as porridge pig pancreas, melon soup, porridge address mễ reinforced packing pearl cultivation, east through the course's porridge ...

Using empirical folk medicine

This therapy is very simple, easy to make, easy to use, inexpensive and effective at different levels. Experience in the treatment of diabetes is very rich folk but not yet due diligence and fully exploited. For example, using guava leaves, roots, hibiscus, mulberry root, bitter gourd, natural chalk flowers, bulbs grinding, royal inter-pod; Using watermelon, carrots, pears, cucumbers, squash, bitter melon extract the juice taken daily; Using cockroach nymphs Games gold star or powdered drink ...

Use your poison: silkworm pupae 20 children, wash, eat fried in vegetable oil. Oh mai 15 g, brake replacement drink tea with boiling water. Red beans to the shell, dried, cooked each day using 50 g of water. Sufficient amount of mushrooms, soup or stir-fried with vegetable oil daily diet. 100 g fresh zucchini, washed, pressed drinking water daily. Fresh carrot sufficient amount, washed, squeezed juice drink daily. Grass roots 50 g, washed excellent drink regularly. Eating fresh pears daily. 250 g pumpkin soup eaten in days. Bitter melon dried or dried, powdered, 3 times per day, every 15-20 g. Excellent oral and sesame seeds 100 g daily. Heliotrope juice or fresh bamboo shoots every day. Burdock root or leaf color rather drink tea.

Using many: perilla seeds and canola roots equal, so fragrant powdered, daily intake of 9 g with mulberry root decoction (tang white envelope). Watermelon seeds 50 g pound, mixed with water and then filtered residue, 30 g cooked with rice porridge to eat. Powder coating 2 nostalgic part, the reason one part flour and mix, using 90 g per day with boiling water to eat. 5 beet root, washed, sliced ​​boiled water with 100 g cooked rice porridge to eat. Red leaves 30 g, 30 g green beans, excellent drink. Flowers white beans 30 g, 30 g black fungus, dried, finely pulverized, 2-3 times per day, every 3-5 g. 15 g peel zucchini, watermelon rind 15 g, 12 g natural flower pollen, excellent drink. Crucian carp, 500 g, 10 g of green tea, fish cleaning, gutting and then stuffed into the belly of green tea, steamed, divided eat several times a day. 100 g sweet potato leaves, natural flower pollen 20 g, 15 g architectural gem, excellent drink. Bank atrium (white mushrooms) 15 g, 20 g architectural gem, 25 g sugar candy, mushrooms and pearl colors architecture Air candy drinking water.

Gastrectomy - Solutions for obese diabetic

US scientists recently published a study results showed that surgical removal of part of the stomach or stomach flap is cut two most effective solution for obese patients with Type 2 diabetes.

In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine issued on 31/3, the team said method gastric bypass surgery helps patients control glycemic index is better than the pill or apply the weight loss diet as directed by your doctor.

This is the conclusion drawn after scientists Cleveland Clinic Lerner School conducted a survey of 150 patients within three years. Of these, some are designated gastric bypass surgery, the rest are for medication and treatment under the guidance of expert physical therapists.

After three years, the results showed that only 5% of patients in the medication group had an average glycemic index three months less than 6%, 7% lower than the standard American Diabetes Association launched.

Meanwhile, in the group of patients with gastric surgery, this ratio up to 37.5% in the group cut a part of the stomach and 24.5% in group cut ties stomach. Not only that, the weight of the surgical patients were also reduced by 25% and 21%, much higher than the percentage weight loss of 4% in the surgery group.

Based on the positive results above, the head of the research team said Sangeeta Kashyap, the doctor may consider putting this surgical approach to the treatment of patients with obesity with type 2 diabetes .

Diabetes medications can cure blindness

The research results of scientists from the US, announced on 7/5 in the journal Science and the scientific investigation of visual eye (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science) showed that drug metformin, a popular therapy that treatment for millions of patients with Type 2 diabetes today, may become effective drugs blindness.

In the test cell culture and mice, scientists have found that metformin, components which are used to control blood sugar levels in diabetics, there are important uses More significantly reduce the impact of uveitis, the causes tissue inflammation outer surface of the eyeball, causing blindness in humans.

Currently, Uveitis is the cause of 10-15% of all cases of blindness in the United States and the leading cause of blindness caused a high rate worldwide.

The only treatments available today dysfunction on steroid therapy. But steroids will produce serious side effects and can not be used more in the long run.

Kota Ramana Professor with the University of Texas Medical Galveston (UTMB) said Uveitis originating from many causes, most commonly due to infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders, all these causes has produced custard eye inflammation. The study confirmed Metformin inhibits and prevents the inflammatory tissue eyeballs.

Scientists have discovered the benefits of metformin when tested on mice.

UTMB professor Satish Srivastava, co-author of the study, said: "We found that this drug is a good therapy and anti-inflammatory effect is very good. If we provide a dosage prior to this for mice, they did not develop uveitis agent, and if provided after uveitis therapy has grown, they have anti-inflammatory effects and prevent disease. Clearly, Metformin has anti-inflammatory properties very strong ".

According to the researchers, metformin works by activating enzyme called AMPK, which inhibit the activity of NF-kappa B protein. The NF-kappa B restraint prevents the production of molecules signs of inflammation, cytokines and chemokines capital necessary to create and maintain uveitis.

Since metformin is widely used as a treatment for diabetes, the scientists believe that it is possible to become drug resistant uveitis effective cure blindness worldwide.

Low cost insulin treated diabetes

The report by the Institute for Infectious, Helmholtz Centre (Germany) announced on 25/5, said the agency has discovered methods of producing the precursor of insulin (insulin precursor) with output doubled compared to the previous .

Institute on also decided not registered patent and the entire public specifications, to help diabetes patients, especially patients in developing countries have access to many with treatment with insulin.

Currently, insulin is used in the clinical treatment mainly modulated by insulin metabolic precursors. Insulin precursor mainly produced in E. coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Based on this, scientists have discovered a new method can make money producing insulin to double production, thereby helping to lower the cost of production of insulin.

Through practical test showed that insulin is produced by the new method can be applied safely to the human body. The report said that diabetes was no longer a disease of the rich anymore.

The number of patients with diabetes in the developing countries is growing, but many patients in poor countries face many economic difficulties.

The main cause of this problem is that many new drugs and new methods have been patented invention, it makes the cost of treatment is very expensive.

The objective of the research of scientists from the Institute of Infectious, Helmholtz Centre is to lower the cost of production of insulin, which makes many diabetics benefit. /.

Production of Insulin for diabetes from safflower

The Canadian scientists have discovered the cheapest method to produce insulin.

This finding could significantly reduce the cost of treating diabetes - diseases are costing the world each year to 132 billion dollars.

To create "Insulin pasture" Cheap, scientists at the University of Calgary was "implanted" an artificial insulin gene into the safflower plant. When this gene in operation, safflower will start producing insulin faster than traditional methods were conducted on pigs, cows, yeast or bacteria.

Plants used for extraction of safflower insulin.

This is the first time that a plant can produce insulin, and the production of this very powerful place, about 4,000m ² will flower with "yield" to nearly 1 kg of insulin.

Thus, only 6475 ha are planted safflower can extract enough insulin for the entire people with diabetes in the world.

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas to the effects of carbohydrate metabolism. Insulin also has metabolic effects of adipose tissue and liver ATP provide energy for the body's living activities. It is the main ingredient for the treatment of diabetes.

Successful treatment of experimental diabetes

Scientists France and Germany have successfully treated type 1 diabetes in mice with a vaccine made ​​from biological components in our own bodies. This success opened up the opportunity to use immunotherapy for the treatment of autoimmune diseases in humans.

This vaccine contains antigens structure of the mouse pancreas has been modified. That is also the structure of the mouse immune system was attacking the wrong way in the case of mice with type 1 diabetes, a disease resulting from autoimmune disorders (autoimmune disorder) - the same disease Free.

Scientists France and Germany have successfully treated type 1 diabetic mice with vaccines containing antigens their pancreas. (Photo: Petwebsite)

Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system is no longer able to distinguish any structure "our" (ie belonging to the body) and the structure does "not mine" (ie those outside agents from entering the body) as in type 1 diabetes.

Upon the occurrence of severe immune disorders, the immune system, rather than protect, back to the antibodies attack the components of the body. Specifically, the T lymphocytes of the immune system destroys the pancreatic beta cells, insulin-producing organs, endocrine substances essential to control the amount of sugar in the body.

The research results show that the antigen has been modified mouse, can help them against autoimmune diseases. When mice were injected vaccine, their immune system will not attack our own body anymore, help restore normal function of the immune system.

Although not yet know the cause and manner of operation of the mechanism of this effect, the researchers have demonstrated that the protective effect of the vaccine above comes from the successful activation of suppressor cells (suppressor cells) of the immune system.

These suppressor cells only prevents activation of T cells are attacking certain parts of the body, but does not affect the T cells are against external agents from entering the body such as viruses or bacteria. Thus, the immune system restore is able to identify the biological structure of the body and tolerability of the structure rather than attack.

Human pancreas. (Photo: Graphicpulse.com)

Dr. Rotzschke explained: "That is why suppressor cells have become a focus of research in immunology. Suppressing adverse immune response by the vaccine containing antigens of the patient's body will usher in a new direction and basic treatment of autoimmune diseases. "

With this success, the expert said, in principle, they can treat autoimmune diseases by stimulating "active tolerance" of the immune system. According to the team, creating immune effects in the body's own antigens mouse will open a new method for the treatment of all autoimmune diseases.

The immunologist believe may use this therapy to treat not only type 1 diabetes but also other autoimmune diseases.

This study was conducted by Dr. Roland S. Liblau Purpan University Hospital in Toulouse (France), and Kirsten Falk and Dr. Olaf's Rotzschke Center of Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch Max Delbrück (Germany) .

The study results, published in the electronic edition of the journal Proceedings of the American National Academy of Sciences (USA).

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas is unable to produce insulin, endocrine substances necessary for glucose from the blood into the cells. This disease comes from an autoimmune disorder in which the body control antibodies attack the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The cause of this disorder is complex and poorly understood, but may be related to factors such as genetics, viruses, diet, and environmental chemistry. This disease has been called diabetic children, because the disease is usually detected from any or cash teenage youth. Patients with type 1 diabetes must be provided by injecting insulin pump or the other way for a lifetime since the onset. Patients can be treated by grafting or pancreatic beta cells. Immunity is a collection of all the biological mechanisms enable a multicellular body to keep the connection between the cells and tissues, ensuring the integrity of the body by removing the damaged components damage as well as the quality and invasive species. The function protects the body consists of two types of immune mechanisms, in turn appear in the evolution of the species and closely related to each other in the higher animals, including natural immunity (or nonspecific immunity), capable of immediate response; and immune obtained (specific immunity), capable of responding after a few days, with characteristic is the ability to "remember". At the molecular level, both mechanisms are able to distinguish ("identifier") components of the body, ie the "my" with all the other molecules referred to as the "non It ".

Australia: transplantation of insulin-producing cells for type I diabetic patients

In recent years, the experimental transplantation of insulin-producing cells for diabetes type I succeeded in some countries, especially in Australia. Treatments can help patients with diabetes type I no longer have to inject insulin daily.

Researchers in Australia have been gradually approaching method cure disease type I diabetes after successful transplantation of insulin-producing cells for 8 patients.

This breakthrough gives hope for the 140,000 Australians are dependent on daily insulin injections.

Currently, candidates for treatment trials in patients with unstable medical condition, your blood sugar levels often decrease dramatically without prognostic sign. However, according to Dr. Wayne Hawthorne, the team's goal is to apply this method of treatment for all patients with diabetes.

For patients with type I diabetes, a disorder of the immune system produces antibodies that destroy the insulin-producing cells of the body. After a course of treatment, which patients need insulin to control blood sugar levels will be significantly reduced, in some cases may be 0.

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African Tea promising treatment for type 2 diabetes

Researchers are working to develop a new treatment for type-2 diabetes patients with the use of a special African tea. This tea has long been used as a remedy in traditional medicine, Nigeria, and is made ​​from extracts of leaves Rauvolfia
Vomitoria of them oleander and Citrus aurantium fruit of their commitment. Scientists recently tested the tea on patients with type-2 diabetes, and the results are very promising.
The researchers took tea fuel for Africa, a total of up to 50 kg and 300 kg of fruit tree leaves from the natural forest area of ​​Nigeria. Then, just as tea is produced in the traditional way. The formula is simple: boil the leaves, young stalks and fruit, and then extract the liquid.
Mouse, and then the
Associate Professor Per Molgaard and Dr. Joan Campbell-Tofte from the Departments of Pharmacology previously tested the tea on genetically diabetic mice. Through trial showed that after 6 weeks of daily treatment with the African tea, combined with a low-fat diet, the results are the changes in the combination and fat content in the mouse eye, as well as Pancreatic protect vulnerable capital of the mice.
The researchers recently completed a clinical trial lasted four months in 23 patients with type-2 diabetes and the results obtained are more than satisfied.

A special African teas data can be used to treat type-2 diabetes? (Image: iStockphoto / Manuela Weschke)

"The study subjects were drinking 750ml of tea each day. Other treatments for type-2 diabetes previously, this tea does not initially affect blood sugar levels. But after 4 months of treatment, we can see a significant increase in glucose tolerance, "Dr. Joan Campbell-Tofte from the University of Copenhagen said.
The change in the fatty acid
The clinical trial also showed that the changes of fatty acids in patients treated patients compared with placebo (placebo).
"In the patients treated with tea, the amount of fatty acids capable of cholesterol increases. This is very good for the cells in the body, because the polyunsaturated fats make cell membranes more permeable, from which cells absorb glucose from the blood, "said Joan Campbell-Tofte.
The researchers hope that the clinical trials and scientific experiments in the future will bring a new treatment for type-2 diabetes.

New methods to help diabetics avoid amputation!

People with diabetes often cut spending by gangrene if unfortunately they encounter scratch. There have been new treatments for them to avoid this tragedy: High pressure pumps blood to the injured limb.

High pressure pumps blood into the injured limb peripheral vascular disease by the new method of Australian experts to increase blood flow to the extremities, stimulate the development of new blood vessels, prevent necrosis leading to the to cut spending.

New treatments can help hundreds of thousands of diabetics to avoid the risk of amputation surgery. (Photo: Patient.co.uk)

The construction of a new medical technology is Dr. Rodney Lane, vascular surgeons Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. The new technique was officially announced on 08.08.2007, was the first to help a patient avoid cutting out a leg. It was Malcolm Brown, 52, of Newcastle, Australia.

According to Dr. Lane, clinical trials have been performed successfully in his leg Brown 1 year ago. Previously, Mr. Brown was 3 doctors announced that he needed surgery to remove a gangrenous leg.

The man had two children were peripheral vascular disease, leading to the formation of a thrombus (clot) in the arteries near the knee, causing severe congestion of blood supply to the leg from the knee down. Dr. Lane said: "At the time, Brown had his foot numbness and became cold and white as anemia. The necrotic lesions formed on the feet and toes. "

With no hope leg amputated, Mr Brown agreed to participate in the testing of new techniques.

Doctors implanted femoral artery in patients with a small device with pen, called Peripheral Access Device (PAD), that "access peripheral devices." The device is connected to a pump Blood placed outside the body. Then, the patient's blood is pumped through the leg with a high pressure, helps increase blood flow to the leg 2.5 times the amount of blood pumped from the heart, thereby stimulating the development of new blood vessels.

In a statement, Dr. Lane said: "After 50 hours of pumping is done in 5 days, the patient's leg had become warmer and rosy again. The feeling in the legs also significant recovery and ulcers on the feet and toes began to heal faster. "

He said: "Truth of the patients were rescued by the growth of blood vessels of the patient, thereby restoring blood supply to the legs. A year later, his legs Brown remains intact and he could walk. "

Currently, Mr. Brown is encouraging patients at risk for amputation volunteers participating in the trials are still continuing at the Royal North Shore Hospital.

Diabetes and smoking are two common causes of peripheral vascular disease - disease resulting in approximately 340,000 cases of amputation in the West each year. (Photo: img.timeinc.net)

Dr. Lane said: "This success opened up tremendous hope for approximately 340,000 patients underwent amputation surgery annually in Western countries due to peripheral vascular disease."

According to medical experts, diabetes and smoking are two common causes of peripheral vascular disease - disease resulting in approximately 340,000 cases of amputation in the West each year.

Speaking to AFP, Greg Roger, assistant professor of bioengineering at the University of Sydney, CEO of the company manufacturing equipment PAD, said he hopes to have more clinical trials from now the end of the year, so this method can be formally applied to patients at risk of amputation.