Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. Diabetes is a condition that results from lack of the hormone insulin in a person's blood, or when the body has a problem using the insulin it produces. The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into your cells to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't effectively use the insulin it does make.

Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage your nerves, eyes, kidneys, and other organs.

Types of diabetes

• Type 1 diabetes
  It is an autoimmune disease. The immune system attacks and destroys cells in the pancreas, where insulin is made. The causes behind this attack are unknown. About 10 percent of people suffer with this type of diabetes.
• Type 2 diabetes
  It occurs when your body becomes resistant to insulin, and sugar builds up in your blood. The person makes insulin, but either the insulin does not work in that person's body as it should, or they do not make enough insulin to process the glucose. When insulin does not work as it should, glucose (sugar) in the blood cannot get into the parts of the body that need sugar.
  This is the most common type of diabetes, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and it has strong links with obesity.
  
• Pre-diabetes
  It occurs when your blood sugar is higher than normal, but it's not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
  
• Gestational diabetes
  It is high blood sugar during pregnancy. Insulin-blocking hormones produced by the placenta cause this type of diabetes.
  

Cause

• Type 1 diabetes
  

  It is said to be unknown origin, exactly what causes type 1diabetes is not cleared. For some reason, the immune system falsely attacks and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Genes may play a role in some people. It’s also possible that a virus sets off the immune system attack.

• Type 2 diabetes and Pre-diabetes
  
  1. Sedentary lifestyle
     
  2. Overweight
     
  3. Patient more than 45 years of age
     
  4. A family history of diabetes
     
  5. High-density lipoprotein (HDL)
     
  6. A history of high blood pressure
     
  7. Patient suffering with gestational diabetes or giving birth to a child with a birth weight of more than 9 pounds
     
  8. A history of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
     

Prameha is the disorder explained in Ayurveda which is merely similar to the diabetes mellitus. In Ayurveda this disease can be manageable but not curable. Due to modern and sedentary lifestyle, food habits, stress, competitive life, workload, improper sleep, opposite diet leads to diabetics. Root cause is people are far away from the healthy daily routine. This disease needs proper daily routine which is explained in ayurvedic science. It also helps to come out of the pain and live better life.

Our Solution for Diabetes

• Ayurveda has many treatment modalities to overcome this.
  
• An Ayurvedic medicine plays a vital role in diabetic problems, especially in Type 2 diabetes and Pre-diabetes.
  
• Ayurvedic medicines are most essential for controlling the Diabetes along with emergency drugs.
  
• Many medicines and formulations give better solution in diabetes. And are also helpful to keep away side effects of diabetes.
  
• Detoxification process from Panchakarma is essential in diabetic conditions.
  
• Vaman and virechan, both major panchakarma are definitely useful as per condition and type of diabetes.
  
• Virechan and Basti in most of the cases definitely give results.
  
• Along with that powder massage and bloodletting modalities surely give benefits to the patient.
  
• Panchakarma modalities which are useful in these conditions are Udavartanam (Powder Massage), Massage, Shirodhara, Padaabhyanga, Panchatiktha basti, Kshara Basti, Lekhan Basti etc.
  
• Suggestions for particular diet, lifestyle modifications, exercise, yoga etc.