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भारत में मधुमेह रोगियों की संख्या में चिंताजनक वृद्धि हुई है। आंकड़ों की यह बढ़त आधुनिक जीवन शैली और आहार की अनियमितता की वजह से विकराल हो रही है। डॉ. संजय गुजराती दे रहे हैं पाठकों के प्रश्नों का जवाब। डॉ. गुजराती जानेमाने फीजिशियन और कॉर्डियोलॉजिस्ट हैं। मधुमेह पर उन्हें विशेषज्ञता हासिल है।  प्रश्न :  क्या यह सच है कि मधुमेह रोगी को अन्य रोग होने की संभावनाएं ज्यादा होती है?  डॉ. गुजराती :  जी हां,  काफी लंबे समय तक रक्त शर्करा के उच्च स्तर दीर्घ अवधि में जटिलताएं पैदा कर सकते हैं -  आंखें-  रेटिनोपैथी, मोतियाबिंद और एक्स्ट्राऑक्युलर पाल्सीस  कान-  गहन शोथ, ‍वर्टिगो  मुंह-  गिन्गीवाइटिस, दांतों में ज्यादा वाहक, पेरियोडेन्टल रोग और पायरिया हृदय-  एंजाइना पेक्टोरिस, इश्चेमिक हृदय रोग की संभावना 6 गुना ज्यादा है।  फेफड़े-  अनियंत्रित मधुमेह के रोगियों को क्षय रोग होने की संभावना अधिक है।  गर्भावस्‍था-  बच्चे का विकृत आकार, मृत शिशु या गर्भपात, मिसकैरेज़, गर्भावस्था की रक्त व...

With fad diets and fitness routines round every corner, it is quite difficult to keep a tab on which weight loss tips really do work and which don't. Should you join that bhangra aerobics class, adopt that no-carb diet, or eat dinner at 6pm? Never mind all that loophole-ridden weight loss jargon, step over to the healthy side. Here are 10 tips for guaranteed weight loss that will set your weight straight, and help you adopt some really healthy, weight-friendly habits for life. Weight loss tip 1: Decide how much weight you need to lose - Most people start their weight loss journey by claiming to be xyz kilos overweight. This isn't a healthy way to project or aim for weight loss. Calculate your desired weight against your height by using reliable methods like the BMI, and set a healthy weight loss target. This is often half the battle won. Weight loss tip 2: Time management - This is quite often overlooked. Decide which part of your day will be dedicated to exercise...

SEXUAL TRANSMITTED DISEASES In the absence of proper knowledge about sex, sexual diseases are increasing day by day. Sexual diseases start at the young age of 12 years and if untreated, at the peak of youth, that is, between 25-30 year of age, the cause extreme despair and a feeling of helplessness in the youth . This is the story of thousands of young men I lave know personally. The basic cause of sexual diseases is masturbation or onanism. In adolescence they masturbate so much that the sexual organ becomes weak and as result their married life is unhappy. They acquire the habit of masturbation from bad companions. They fantasize and fall a prey to nightfall or emission and wet their clothes with their semen. The semen gradually becomes thin and after marriage they find it difficult to retain and there is early ejaculation and finally they become impotent. The disease is usually kept secret and the patient does not discuss it with the physician but he takes medicines given by quacks ...

INSANITY / CRAZINESS / MADNESS Pomegranate : Boil 15 gms. of fresh green pomegranate leaves alongwith  15 gms. of fresh roses in ½ litre of water. When it is reduced  to one fourth, strain it and mix 20 gms. of clarified butter and drink every day. It help in relieving bouts of insanity. Guava :  Eat 250 gms. sweet Allahabadi guavas twice daily in the morning and at 5.00 p. m. in the afternoon for 6 weeks. For taste, you can add lemon juice, black pepper powder and salt to the  guavas. It will provide energy to muscles, remove heat from the body and cure insanity. Eating guava relieves tension and worries. Caraway seeds : Half a tsp. of ground caraway seeds mixed with 4 ground large raisins and dissolved in  half cup of water taken twice a day for a considerable period cures insanity. Gram : If the insanity is due to pitta, soak 60. Gms. of gram in water overnight. Grind it well the following morning with loaf sugar and mix in a glass of water and drink. It is b...

TOO MUCH OF SLEEP Aniseed : A person who sleeps too much, feels drowsy and lethargic all the time, should boil 10 gms. of aniseed in ½ litre of water and when it is reduced to one – fourth, should mix a little salt and take it twice it twice daily in the morning and evening for five days. It will check drowsiness. Red chilli : Capsicum Anum is a homeopathic medicine made of red chillies. Take 5 drops of its mother tincture in a tsp. of water twice daily in the morning and evening.  It will check sleepiness.

INSOMNIA It is said that Henry  IV about whom Shakespeare has written a play suffered from insomnia. He used to say, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” The patients of insomnia can be divided into seven categories. The first and the largest category is of those who are victims of excessive insomnia─ people who keep awake during the night because they do not get any sleep or if their sleep is disturbed because of some reason, they can’t go back to sleep. The second category belongs to those who drink; they take sleeping pills or use some other sedatives. Another category of people are those who have been suffering from sleep disorders from cute depression or worries. The fifth category belongs to those who are somnolent ─such people are sleepy most of the time. Whatever vocation they may be engaged in and whatever the time may be, they feel drowsy and engaged in and whatever the time may be, they feel drowsy and want to go to sleep. The sleep of the people in the sixth categ...

Anemia is not a disease but a medical condition where the red blood cell count is lesser than the normal of what a healthy human must have. For men if the red blood cells goes below 13.5 grams then the individual is said to have anemia. For women it is 12.0 grams. Symptoms of Anemia Few patients with anemia will have no symptoms at all but for other there will be any of the symptoms like tiredness, fatigue, pale appearance, develop palpitations and short of breath. Additional symptoms may be hair loss, sense of feeling unwell, heart problems. If anemia is long lasting the body gets adjested to the low level of oxygen and shows up no symptoms until it gets severe. During acute anemic phase the patient might experience many of the symptoms more quickly.  Causes of Anemia Any process t hat disturbs the normal life span of the red blood cells causes anemia. Normally in a healthy body the red blood cells i=lives up to 120 days and are produced in the bone marrow. ...

Amebiasis refers to infection caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. The condition is most commonly transmitted when a person starts eating food or drinking water which contains the microorganisms. It is a complicated infection to treat with allopathic drugs, and repeated courses of specific medication are needed. One of the most common cause is its spread form infected person to other by stools or faces in this way it is comes in transferred condition. It is also occur due to crowded living condition. It is internally occur when blood spread through liver, brain or vital internal organs. Symptoms of Asthma The most common symptoms of amoebiasis include abdominal pain, diarrhoea, dysentery, etc. Stool can have blood or mucus. The abdominal pain can accompany severe fever. Amoebiasis symptoms can take a few days to a few weeks to develop and manifest after infection. The amoeba can move into the blood stream and move to other parts of the body, especially the liver. Ther...

Acne results when the oil glands that remain under the hair follicles become overactive. Sin cells can connects all the skin pores causing white heads and with pigmentation blackheads. A acne is an oil gland that is infected with bacteria, which results in the inflammation of the area along with formation of pus. Symptoms of Acne During the first stage of the acne a small boil pops up over the face. This can be very pain full even when you roll hand over it. This gradually grows over a period of time and forms pus which is said to be the ripen stage of the pimple. In a day or two this pimple will both pop out while having a shower and then disappear. This cycle again continues. Sometimes the pimple will cause some irritating sensation over the skin causing the person to scratch it. Bu either scratching or popping out the pimple by squeezing it will definitely going to worsen the condition rather that improving the skin. Causes of Acne Acne is caused due to ove...

STAMMER / STAMMERING / STUTTERING An involuntary or inability to utter a letter or syllable is called stammering. Because of defective control of muscles of the speech organs there is an obstruction in pronunciation of certain sounds or one utters them with repetition. There is a difficulty in the necessary movement of the tongue and lips and there is also a sound in the voice organs which leads to stammering.  This difficulty is usually limited to words beginning with sound produced by letters like p, b, t, d, g, k. Because of stammering one pronounces words like kabooter as tabooter. When these sound occur in the middle of a word, these is no difficulty in pronouncing them. The person who stammers should be given regular practice in pronouncing them correctly and in controlling the breath. He should be taught to speak slowly and patiently. Amla : Chewing fresh amla is helpful in curing stammering of children. The tongue becomes thinner and the speech becomes clear. Mix a tsp. of ...

MEASLES It is an eruptive, infectious disease of childhood. It spreads rapidly from one child to another. It is caused by a kind of virus which spreads from one person to another through breathing. Its major symptoms are sneezing by a child, running nose, red eyes and continuous dry with a grating sound. The child continues to cough for a long time. The temperature in fever rises to 103-104 degrees. Within three days of the development of fever there appear red eruptions on the face and chest. After the eruption subside, the fever and cough also begin to subside. Sometimes measles lead to pneumonia. Other children should not be allowed to come in contact with the child suffering from measles. Cloves : Grind cloves and give it the patient with honey. It will provide relief. It is based on experience. Amla : If there is burning and itching in measles boil dry amla in water and wash the body with it is cold. It will provide relief from burning and itching. Butter : If heat has generated i...

ITCH / ITCHING SKIN   The use salt is harmful in itching. Fruits and vegetable are beneficial. Fruits and vegetable increase the alkali content in the blood which is good for health. Patients suffering from itching should stop taking salt and increase the intake of fruits and vegetable in their raw and natural from without adding anything like spices, etc. It will be highly beneficial. Banana : Grind banana pulp in lemon juice and apply on parts affected with itch and ringworm or bald patches. It will be beneficial. Lemon : Suck a lemon and mix lemon juice with coconut oil and massage the skin with it. It will be very beneficial in itch. Harad : Boil 2 tsp. of harad powder in two glasses of water and strain it. Use this water to wash the parts affected with itch or soak a piece of cloth in the water and wipe the affected part with it. It checks the itching. Jasmine oil : (1) Mix lemon juice and jasmine oil in equal quantity and massage the  body will be useful  in dry itc...

ABSCESS Guava  : If you have  got an abscess, whelks, blood disorder and itching, eating 250 gms. Of guava daily   in the afternoon for four weeks will be helpful. It will cleanse the bowels, remove the head from the blood, also cleanse the blood and solve the problem of abscesses, whelks and itching. Harad : In case of suppuration of the abscess, burn a harad and grind it into a fine powder, mix it with Vaseline and prepare an ointment. Boil a tsp. of ground harad in a glass of water, strain and foment the abscess with the water when it is lukewarm and wash it. Also wash the spot where there is itching with that water. It will be beneficial. Bathua : Mix dried ginger powder and salt with pounded bathua, put it in a piece of wet cloth , make a little bundle, wrap it with wet clay and roast it on live coal. When roasted, dress the wound with it when it is hot. The abscess will subside and burst. Masoor daal : Prepare poultice by using masoor daal and apply it on the a...

LEUCODERMA / VITILIGO ‘Leuco means ‘white’ and ‘derma’ means ‘skin’, thus leucoderma means abnormal whiteness of the skin. This disease is usually very difficult to treat. If the patient and the physician treat this disease for a long time with patience, it is possible to cure it during the treatment very small blackish spots appear in the white patches. These   spots keep spreading and the skin gradually becomes normal. The abnormal whiteness disappears. In this way, the disease is cured. It is not an infection disease. Only the skin becomes white. Causes : Why do white patches appear ? So far it has not been possible to find out what causes this problem. However, there are certain things which affect the human body and can cause white patches in the skin, which spread rapidly. (1)When the quantity of melanin in the blood is reduced, the skin becomes white , (2) chronic constipation, (3) malfunctioning of the liver, jaundice, (4) ailments of the stomach, (5) worms, (6) diseas...