Journal de l'obésité et du métabolisme

Abstrait

Significance of Maintaining Cause in the Study of Diabetes Mellitus

Vinoth N, S S Manhas

The diabetes is a chronic disease a, fast growing issue with major effect on social, economic aspects. Epidemiologically, there is rise in DM in past 20 years with 177 million cases by 2000 and the figure has estimated to 285 million people in 2010 i.e.,6.4% of the population. More than 360 million people may have DM by 2030.This study supports the importance of maintaining cause in cases of diabetes mellitus. Lifestyle disorders are ice-berg diseases. So, the cause gives an utmost importance while prescribing medicine in Homoeopathy. According to Organon of medicine by Hahnemann, it is clearly stated that the perseverance of health is done only when the causes that deranges and maintains the disease is removed completely. Obstacles that hinder in resolving the derangement of health has to be given importance and should be annihilated. Result: Of 30 patients who completed the study, 15 are the experimental, i.e.; medicine is prescribed and 15 are control group. It is seen that 15 cases where medication is prescribed shows marked to moderate improvement, whereas, control group shows no improvement. Statistically, for all three clinical variables, p-values are very small so, the conclusion of the study shows that the removal of identified maintaining cause produces significant improvement in diabetes mellitus.