Diabetes : a comprehensive treatise for patients and care givers

**Diabetes: A Comprehensive Treatise for Patients and Care Givers** is written with the intention of keeping readers abreast of the latest advancements, understanding, emerging trends, and technology in the field of diabetes. Several tables help to facilitate understanding of the concepts presented. Gestational diabetes, a topic commonly ignored, is also discussed in detail in a separate chapter. This book reviews recent findings of the most popular herbal medicines to treat diabetes through their relevant mechanism of actions. The book is unique in the sense that it is written for both care providers and patients. Chapter 18, __Food and Diabetes__; the Epilogue; and Appendices 1-4 are the sections especially designed and written for patients and care givers. An overview of above subjects will provide readers with a solid background to understand the exciting future developments in this rapidly moving science. Diabetes is a complex disease and is also one of the most common. It is very difficult to reach an accurate estimate for the global prevalence of diabetes since the standards and methods of data collection vary widely in different parts of the world. In addition, many potential sufferers are not included in the count because according to an estimate about 50% of cases remain undiagnosed for up to 10 years. However, according to an estimate for 2010, globally, there are about 285 million people (amounting to 6.4% of the adult population) suffering from this disease. This number is estimated to increase to 439 million by 2030 if no cure is found. The general increase in life expectancy, leading to an ageing population, and the global rise in obesity are two main reasons for the increase. With the basic platform set, Editor presents his views and advice to the readers, especially to diabetic patients suffering from T2DM, on the basis of his observations and information collected from other diabetics. "Diabetes: A Comprehensive Treatise for Patients and Care Givers is written with the intention of keeping readers abreast of the latest advancements, understanding, emerging trends, and technology in the field of diabetes. Several tables help to facilitate understanding of the concepts presented. Gestational diabetes, a topic commonly ignored, is also discussed in detail in a separate chapter. This book reviews recent findings of the most popular herbal medicines to treat diabetes through their relevant mechanism of actions. The book is unique in the sense that it is written for both care providers and patients. Chapter 18, Food and Diabetes; the Epilogue; and Appendices 1-4 are the sections especially designed and written for patients and care givers. An overview of above subjects will provide readers with a solid background to understand the exciting future developments in this rapidly moving science."--Provided by publisher Content: Introduction -- Epidemiology -- Risk factors for diabetes -- Classification of diabetes -- Glucose production and its control in body -- Pancreas, its structure and function -- Pathophysiology of diabetes -- Biochemical factors playing roles in diabetes -- Environmental factors inducing type 1 and type 2 diabetes -- Signs and symptoms of diabetes -- Diagnostic criteria and tests for diabetes -- Complications of diabetes mellitus -- Miscellaneous complications -- Management of diabetes -- Pharmacological treatment of diabetes mellitus -- An overview on gestational diabetes mellitus -- Food and diabetes.