Coma is defined as a condition of unconsciousness. Diabetic coma generally occurs in case of people with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes .We all know that irregular change of blood sugar level causes diabetes. When this blood sugar level is extremely high or extremely low human condition turns to coma, which is a very critical condition but curable and prevented. This condition is more common in Type 1 diabetes. Causes of Diabetes coma 1. Diabetic Ketoacidosis. 2. Hypoglycemia : This is the condition of extreme low blood sugar(glucose) level below3.5 mmol/L. 3. Hyper osmolar syndrome : Severe dehydration and Hyperglycemia. Diabetic Ketoacidosis: If the patient is known to have diabetes then diagnosis’ of this can be done by observing the history of one or two days with vomiting.The diagnosis is confirmed when pathological report shows high blood sugar level and severe metabolic acidosis. Hypoglycemia: This occurs suddenly to Type 1 diabetic patients. When pathological investigation shows very low glucose with coma stage Hypoglycemia is confirmed. It is difficult to diagnose the Hypoglycemia quickly. It affects the diabetic patients who take insulin in form of injection or oral pills. Following few points are responsible for fall of glucose causing Hypoglycemia. Taking too much of diabetes medication Not eating enough food [...]

In a scientific study by researchers it was found out that major complications and problems like kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and blindness arises when the diabetes patient suffer from depression. The study was carried out among primary health care patients in west Washington. This study was recently published in the journal “Diabetes Care”. It was found out that among the subjects with type-2 diabetes associated with depression 36% higher risk of developing micro-vascular complication leading to end-stage kidney failure and blindness. It has a 25% higher risk of macro-vascular problem leading to heart attack due to a blood-colt. The comparison was done among diabetic patients with and without depression. Sample of 3723 primary health volunteers were tested with their medical data since last five year. A previous study has been found that the people with diabetes are prone to depression and vice versa. Diabetes causes kidney failure or blindness requiring a dialysis and it hamper the routine life of the patient making him depressant or making the existing depression worse.. Authors of the study noted that more investigation and research is required in this field, The researchers said that field based study is required to establish biological mechanism of relation between depression and diabetes. The family and friends of [...]

One of the commonest complications of diabetes is the nerve problem – Diabetic neuropathy. About 50 % of people suffering from both type 1 and type 2 suffer from the manifestations. The presence of cardiovascular problems, raised triglyceride, and hypertension pose a greater propensity for the involvement of nerves. Symptoms: Based on the type of nerves involved in your body, you find the distribution of symptoms and the type of sensations.. 1. You may have numbness, tingling, sharpness or burning sensations starting at your soles (feet) and also at your palms and hands in both limbs symmetrically and slowly extending above which is the most common. 2. You may sometimes find disturbances in your daily life like nocturnal diarrhea, impotence, difficulty voiding, sweating problems, abnormal fullness after having food, on standing you might find to be hypertensive. 3. You might feel burning or a stabbing sensation in the truncal region, which are usually of sudden onset. and some times severe buttock pain, or pain in the anterior part of thigh and back acutely. 4. With the symptoms already mentioned previously, their might also be a vision problem (perception of things in two images called diplopia ), pain at the back of eye. 5. And also with time, you might perceive [...]

Do you know, about 15 % cataract surgeries are done on diabetes patients…. And those 10.5% patients who have their first operations for cataract are diabetic…. And also, 28% patients are diagnosed as diabetic due to cataract…. The above explain how diabetes has become a pathway for one of its complications, cataract to be exhibited early. True diabetic cataract is rare, and often occurs in young patients with uncontrolled diabetes. The chances of occurrence of cataract, of senile type is more and early in patients with diabetes than with non- diabetics. And to the surprise of many, most of the diabetic cases are discovered during routine examinations on patients how come for extraction of cataract. What is cataract? To visualize any object, light rays pass into eyes through cornea and then through the transparent lens. Then the light rays strike the retina and images are thus perceived by the brain. As one becomes old, the opacity of lens gets reduced with the result of formation of opacities and so the person has a decreased visibility of what he sees. Lens of diabetics contain more sorbitol, fructose, and glucose than non- diabetics, which are said to be harmful for the lens to become cataractous. Such a process increases in rate in [...]