Basics about Diabetes
Diabetes refers to a group of metabolic disorders (which are quite common and becoming commoner or increasing in incidence) which share a common sign i.e. high blood sugar level or hyperglycemia. There are several types of diabetes and all of these are characterized by hyperglycemia and develop signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia. The cause of diabetes is complex and generally genetic and environmental factors play a role in its causation.
The cause of hyperglycemia in diabetes can be due to reduced insulin secretion, insulin resistance in presence of normal or near normal insulin secretion, decreased utilization of glucose by the diabetic individual or it may be due to increased production of glucose. The cause of decreased insulin secretion or insulin resistance can be different in different type of diabetes.Categories: General Health Tags: Diabetes, Hyperglycemia
Prevention of Migraine
“Prevention is better then cures” and in case of migraine also this is true. But the question is who should be given prophylaxis treatment for migraine?
The right candidates for prophylaxis of migraine are patients with high frequency of migraine headache or if frequency is increasing, if patient is not responding adequately to abortive treatments or if patients are not responding to abortive treatments of migraine are good candidates for prophylaxis treatment of migraine. Clinicians/doctors generally give prophylactic medication for migraine if a patient is getting 5 or more attacks of migraine headache per month. This is a rough guideline, but migraine patients may require prophylaxis with lesser number of acute attacks per month, especially if the attacks are severe.Categories: Migraine Headache Tags:
