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Looking for A Cure for Diabetes?

By: The Alternate Medic With the increase in the number of diagnosed cases each year, modern science is racing to find a cure for diabetes.

Before looking for a cure for diabetes it is important that we get a little background detail to help us understand the problem more clearly.

Diabetes is a disease that affects the levels of insulin in a person's body. This disease is found in three different types, these are type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. They all relate directly to the insulin levels and how our body functions under this altered state.

A basic overview on the Types of Diabetes

1. Type 1 diabetes

In this form of the disease the individual's auto immune system attacks and reduces the pancreatic beta cells from producing the insulin for the body to function properly. If the pancreas is not functioning correctly the production of natural insulin is reduced below optimum levels or is in fact stopped altogether, this can have dangerous implications for other functions of the body.

2. Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. It actually accounts for more than 90% of all cases of diabetes. With this disease the body does not make or properly use insulin, a hormone that helps convert sugar, starches and other foods into energy. Eventually a person's body will stop producing insulin if they have this disease. Unfortunately, it is not yet known why this happens. However, genetics and environmental factors do play a role. .

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes occurs only with women and only during pregnancy. Unlike the other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes has no recognizable symptoms. The only way to know if you are suffering from it is through regular blood screenings throughout your term. These screenings take the form of blood tests where you have to fast overnight, then are given a sugary drink to see how your body reacts. Two positive readings are required before you are diagnosed with gestational diabetes.

Cures For Diabetes

The cure for gestational diabetes is simply to give birth. Since some hormones produced in a pregnant woman's body promotes some tissues to resist insulin, by giving birth these symptoms will disappear. Your doctor will suggest a diet that will assist in keeping your blood sugars in check during your pregnancy.

However, doctors have no actual "cure" for diabetes types 1 & 2at the moments. What they do now to "cure" diabetes is to present alternatives to patients who suffer from this disease. As an actual cure for diabetes is not available there are however cures for the symptoms which are readily available.

For Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes, most doctors both recommend changing the patient's diet and keeping a close watch on insulin levels or in more severe cases, injecting insulin into the patient during times when it becomes too low.

Research is currently underway where replacing the defective beta cells that produce insulin in order to refresh the pancreatic cells. This method of cure for diabetes is still undergoing experimental tests and has not been made available for public use.. So far, the research and studies have brought to light the potential problem of needing long maintenance medication in order to support the transplanted beta cells.

Even though there is still a long way to go before an affective cure for diabetes, you should keep an eye on developments as a break through could happen at any time. The major pharmaceutical companies are working around the clock to reach the cure for diabetes first.

If you are a sufferer, whilst waiting for this cure for diabetes, you should keep yourself healthy with plenty of regular exercise and a healthy natural diet. Try to keep away from all those fatty, oily processed foods as we await the day when the cure becomes a reality.