Diabetes Mellitus is a syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin secretion and /or effectiveness. There are many complications of diabetes such as retinopathy, nephropathy, atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral arterial disease and peripheral and autonomic neuropathies. There are two types of diabetes IDDM (type: insulin Dependent) and NIDDM (type II: Non insulin dependent DM).
Diabetes is called Xiao Ke in Chinese Medicine. It is believed there are three major organs involved in the disease. They are the lungs, stomach and kidney organs. There are three types (patterns) Xiao Ke (diabetes) classified by Chinese Medicine according to the patient's clinical symptoms, pulse and tongue and which organs are mainly involved
What causes Xiao Ke (diabetes) in the Chinese Medicine point of view? It is believed that people who indulged in alcohol and sweet and/or greasy foods and have an irregular, unhealthy and sedentary lifestyle are prone to develop Xiao Ke diseases. This lifestyle easily consumes and blocks the body's energy. Once the body's energy is blocked, there is stagnation and eventually, toxic heat will be generated. The toxic heat will further consume the vital organ's fluid and cause organ malfunction and disharmony. The lung organ, spleen and kidney have not been in harmony for a long time before Xiao Ke (diabetes) develops.
The first step to treating and/or preventing diabetes is to start with exercising regularly and food therapy such as the Chinese diet therapy (Chinese Yao Shan.) Recently research indicates that our muscles transport blood glucose into the muscle cells to lower blood sugar level without the need of insulin during muscle exercise. That is the reason exercise is important in preventing diabetes and helping to control blood sugar. The increased circulation prevents and helps in delaying any degenerating complication such as neuropathy.
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The huge earth collapse hole swallowing the man in Shenzhen China southern city
One man died when a massive sink hole opened up under his feet at a Shenzhen residential compound on Tuesday evening, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
The sink hole that swallowed 25-year old security guard Yang Jiabin measured five metres in diameter and was some four floors deep.
It is unclear what caused the tragedy. The daily said residents at the residential compound have repeatedly complained about tremors caused by an adjacent construction site only two metres from where the collapse occurred.
The construction site belongs to the Shenzhen Press Group, a publisher of some of the city's leading newspapers, the daily said.
The Shenzhen Special Zone Daily, one of the group's newspapers, reported the collapse without mentioning its parent company. It did quote "an on-site expert" saying that the buildings near the sink hole were safe.
Residents did not heed assurances and many left to spend the night in a hotel or with friends, the Guangming Daily wrote.
The Symptoms and Diagnosis of Asbestos Mesothelioma アスベスト中皮腫の症状と診断
The symptoms some patients experience are so slight,
that they do not think it is necessary to seek medical attention. In some cases, there may be no early symptoms experienced at all. All three types of mesothelioma: peritoneal, pericardial and pleural can be undiagnosed or missed for years, thus giving the cancer ample opportunity to metastasize to other parts of the body.
If you have experienced any of the following symptoms, not only should you seek medical attention.
Shortness of breath: Your neighbor Al always made fun of himself for being overweight, so when he began to experience shortness of breath, he thought little of it. Only when he started gasping for air as he walked the few feet from his house to his car did he realize that something was amiss.
Shortness of breath (sometimes accompanied by a heavy feeling inside of the chest) is the first symptom typically observed in mesothelioma symptoms. 90% of mesothelioma patients will experience shortness of breath, and many of them will the mistake of not seeking a doctor's advice. If you have been exposed to asbestos and you experience shortness of breath, along with heavy sensation in the chest, you should alert your doctor immediately.
Chest Pain: Aunt Sarah's husband used to work as a steamfitter in the 1950s and died recently of mesothelioma. Sarah missed him terribly, and whenever she thought of what good man he was, she experienced dull aches in her chest. She dismissed them as symptoms of a broken heart, but the aches were actually due to "an accumulation of fluid in the pleura," (National Cancer Institute) the lining around the lungs. It was a common symptom of pleural mesothelioma.
Coughing: After working thirty years as a construction worker,Harry experienced coughing fits which seemed more severe than the common cold. He tried cough syrup, but the relief it provides was only temporary. He coughed and coughed "as a reflex action to try and clear his irritated lungs of the asbestos fibers" (Mesothelioma Symptoms) but to no avail. Soon, he was spitting up saliva with an unmistakably red tint.
Weight loss: When Patrick began to drop weight without dieting or much exercise, he was initially thrilled. Within just a few months, he had dropped several pants sizes, to the pleasant surprise of everyone. No one suspected that Patrick's gradual change in size was "a symptom in about a third of all pleural mesothelioma cases in the United States." (Mesothelioma Center)
Abdominal pain and swelling:
As a youth in the 1960s, Ed was a brake mechanic. He knew more about cars and car parts than most people, and could repair a faulty vehicle with seemingly no effort. In 1997, Ed started retaining fluid in his abdomen, but his scale did not indicate any weight gain. As his abdomen swelled, his back and arms got thinner. The swelling was accompanied by abdominal pain, which Ed dismissed as a "pesky stomach virus." Week passed and the "pesky stomach virus" showed no signs of going away. Medical X-rays confirmed a far more serious ailment- peritoneal mesothelioma, caused by Ed's decades-long exposure to the asbestos lining the breaks he repaired.
Bowel obstruction: At first, Uncle Enda thought that his frequent visits to the bathroom were part of getting older. Sometimes he was able to have normal bowel movements, other times it was exceedingly difficulty. Two especially unpleasant symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma are diarrhea (much like what a patient suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disorder experiences) and constipation.
Anemia: Great- AuntSherry often felt faint. For years, her doctors believed that her fainting was due to a lifetime of low blood pressure, and they suggested that she incorporate iron rich foods into her diet, such as broccoli. But Sherry's health problems were far more serious than a mere lack of iron. After being diagnosed with mesothelioma, she underwent her first round of chemotherapy, which caused her more problems. The chemotherapy drugs "had a temporal effect on her bone marrow, and caused a reduction in red blood cells." (Mesothelioma Cancer Aid) This is a condition known as anemia, which can accompany mesothelioma.
Coughing up blood: Your son's baseball coach loved sports his entire life and wanted to share his passion for baseball with younger generations. As he entered his mid-sixties, people began to question when he would retire, but he had no such intention. One day, after a grueling practice, Aaron began to cough up blood, a process clinically known as hemoptysis. Hemoptysis is "one of the most alarming of the mesothelioma symptoms. It is sometimes accompanied by difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) as well as hoarseness."
