B2: Review of Diabetes Treatment

Do you still control your blood glucose by chemical drugs? 

1. Genetic Factors of Diabetes Are Not Clear 

The source of chronic disease comes from a genetic, gene mutation, and aging diseases. They are of different meanings.

1. genetic diseases

The pathogenesis of genetic disease is gradually obvious after the baby was born. And, dominate gene will be found in his DNA check such as Down Syndrome(唐氏症) and Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency(蠶豆症) etc. 

     2. gene mutation diseases

In general, gene mutation disease come from the baby happened gene mutation when it was a fetus. It gradually shows obviously after it was born. And, dominate gene will be found in his DNA check such as MSUD(楓醣尿症) and DiGeorge Syndrome(迪喬治氏症候群) etc.

     3. aging disease

         The aging disease starts when he was losing one of his normal functions.

Diabetes is one of the chronic diseases. So far as we know, the pathogenesis of diabetic patients is not gradually obvious after the baby was born. In general, they normally lived for a long time, and then, got diabetes. Moreover, the diabetic gene is not found until now.

Although, diabetes susceptibility genes(DSG) and diabetes-related genes(DRG) were found by scientists. But, the owner of DSG or DRG won't necessarily get diabetes. So, to own DSG or DRG is different from to get diabetes.  

So, why does original health people turn to get diabetes when they are not too old? 

2. To Type of Diabetes is not Good Enough

The year 1999, WHO Expert Advisory Committee suggested that diabetes is divided into 4 types.

A. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

     it caused by the insulin-producing cells were damaged. Then, the body absolutely lack of insulin and get diabetes.

B.  Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

     it caused by that the body is not responding to insulin's effect, either produces insufficient insulin. Then, the body is relatively lack of insulin and get diabetes. 

C. Special Type of Diabetes Mellitus(including 8 items)

D. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM）

Theoretically, Diabetes is divided into 4 types. But, different opinions are suggested by some scholars. Such as...

• • Early in the year 1985, they once thought that Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults should be called Type 1.5 Diabetes.

  • In clinical, some diabetics are Dual Diabetes, they got both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. 

  • So that, type 1(absolutely lack of insulin) and type 2(relatively lack of insulin) are Extreme situations as the concept of comparison. Or, type 1 and type 2 diabetes may overlap get sick of it?

3. The Chemical drugs of Diabetes Still Having Side-effect

There are 6 kinds of chemical drugs for diabetics. They are...

• 1. Biguanides: Decreases the amount of glucose released from the liver.

  2. Sulfonylureas: Stimulates the pancreas to release more insulin.

  3. Meglitinides: Stimulate the pancreas to release more insulin who has high blood glucose right after a meal. 

  4. Alpha-glucosidase Inhibitors: Slows the absorption of carbohydrates into your bloodstream after eating.

  5. Thiazolidinediones Pioglitazone: Makes the body more sensitive to the effects of insulin.

  6. Injection Insulin: Decreases the amount of glucose by injection.

According to medical records, these chemical drugs have side effects as follows.

• • They are harmful to the liver and kidney.

  • And, they make patients obesity, blood glucose too low and affect the function of digestion.

  • Moreover, Thiazolidinediones and Pioglitazone may have more side effects such as foot edema, anemia, congestive heart failure, resulting in blurred vision, etc.

The functions of these chemical drugs just control blood glucose and to delay the worsening of diabetes. And, they, not only can't stop progressing of pathological changes but also, can't cure diabetes mellitus.

4. Hypoglycemia and Mortality Increased Make Big Impact on Diabetics 

Diabetics, who take chemical drugs to descend blood glucose, easily occurs hypoglycemia condition.

At the beginning of the hypoglycemia condition, most patients show symptoms of dizziness, irritability, tremors, nausea, vomiting, sweating, cold extremities and etc.

Continuing to develop, the patient began to emerge symptoms of headache, dizziness, irritability, tremors, dim consciousness, drowsiness, disorientation, convulsions, coma.

Individual patients may appear fear, confusion, forgetfulness, hallucinations and paralysis and other psychiatric symptoms.

If diabetics strictly control blood glucose(HbA1c=6.4%), the study shows that...

For diabetics, they are cardiovascular high-risk patients. Their cardiovascular risk and total all-cause mortality are increased.

After two years when the study was closed, the report shows that total all-cause mortality is 19% higher than the standard group for diabetics who strictly control blood glucose.

mortality of the glucose strengthen treatment group is higher than the traditional treatment group.

The mortality is higher for diabetics have occurred severe hypoglycemia.

Macrovascular complications, small vascular complications, and mortality are higher for diabetics who have occurred hypoglycemia.

Obviously, both diabetes and the side effect of chemical drugs used to descend blood glucose are harmful to one's health. And moreover, mortality risk for the patient whose blood glucose is too low is higher. So, the scientist still keeps researching a new therapy for diabetes.

5. Stem Cell Therapy and Islet Cell Transplantation is Still Difficulty

Opinion by the recent reports, stem cell therapy has certainly good results. But, problems in infection, auto-immune system attacks, and stem cell growth in the wrong location, the worry of these side effects cannot be ignored.

And professor Shu though that. ... Islet cell transplantation and auto-immune inhibitors, these programs can't effectively prevent the occurrence of diabetes complications. ... Because insulin pumps can smoothly control blood sugar is stable, Islet cell transplantation is unnecessary. So, professor Shu though that using an insulin pump is better than stem cell therapy.

The defects of stem cell therapy and Islet cell transplantation are...

• 1. These therapies may appear the problem of rejection, the utility is not lasting, allergies or pollution.

  2. Diabetes can't be cured even if blood glucose is controlled in good condition.

6. Diabetics Collocated with Insulin Pump & Diabetes Prescriptions

The insulin pump may control blood glucose in high precision. So, diabetic patients may live as healthy people. But there are 2 defects.  

1. Ketoacidosis

Diabetics is in short of insulin in his body. If insulin pump stopped infusion or he forgot inject insulin. Then, he may occur ketoacidosis.  

2.Local infection

Bionic pancreas increased glucagon features. Even the realm progresses from "insulin pump" to the "bionic pancreas." They have some degree of risk when their cell phone is out of electricity and diabetes can't be cured. So that, bionic pancreas and insulin pumps may occur some harm risk.

And, how's the research of using the herb? There are so many diabetes prescriptions that diabetics may get lost in it.

There are lots of ancient, modern, all medical experts' prescriptions, called effective, secret, unilateral, recipe prescriptions. There are many published books about diabetes recorded thousands of prescriptions. The more prescriptions we have and the more herbs used in prescriptions stand for that diabetes is hard and complicated to treat. 

7. Diabetes Experts have Still Confined Their Ways for Controlling Blood Sugar

The books written by some experts for researching diabetes have been published recently. Up to more than 30, they were published in the past 5 years. Their general views are as follows.

• 1. Blood glucose should be properly controlled.

  2. Diabetes is a lifelong disease.

  3. Diet, exercise, chemical drug control, and long-term monitoring should be done well by diabetic patients.

  4. They may collocate with acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine to tonic themselves.

Few scholars and experts have some special viewpoints, such as...

• 1. Pressure can cause diabetes. 

  2. Acid poison will attack the cell and cause diabetes.

  3. Diabetes is a typical disease caused by a lack of the enzyme in the intestine in which corruption occurs.

  4. Some natural herbs have the function to descend blood glucose, it's effect just like chemical drugs. However, using the herbs can't absolutely replace chemical drugs.

There is a very special viewpoint that diabetic patient does not eat or just eat small amounts of starchy food. To eat steak is better than to eat starchy food. And, you can drink.

8. Which Way to Choose Is Correct for Diabetics?

Various treatment methods mentioned above have a great contribution in maintaining the health of diabetics. But, they can just control blood glucose well and retard deterioration. 

Although there are lots of ways, the only way for diabetics wanted is the way lead to health. But, these studies are no way lead to health? So, which way to choose is correct for diabetics?

We suggest as follows.

9. We Need to Change Thinking for Diabetes

• 1. Prevention of diabetes is not the "diagnostic" criteria, but rather the prevention of "deterioration" of body constitution.

  2. Before diabetic genes were found by scientists, suffering from diabetes is not genetic, but rather by environmental factors.

  3. Measurement of blood glucose is "to measure blood glucose concentration in our vein." But, the body for controlling blood glucose levels must sufficiently supply enough glucose to each cell which is demanded to work.

  4. Diabetics do not only need to properly control blood sugar but also to pay attention to "improve body constitution."

  5. Treatment of diabetics by Chinese medicine according to the criteria of differentiation of symptoms by Chinese medicine books is good. But, more important, diabetics need to pay more attention to eliminate no symptoms of diabetes. 

  6. If chemical drugs were only one way to descend blood sugar, can't improve diabetes body constitution. Then, Chinese medicine may play a more important role. Will bio-tech herbs, combined herbs with biotech, solve the trouble of diabetes, moreover solve the trouble of chronic illnesses?

Diabetes is terrible and trouble. How can we solve these problems? 

10. Let's keep on studying...

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