Volume 5 Issue 1 Jan. -March 2022
Case Reports
A CASE OF TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS
Poonam Singh, Pranesh Kumar Singh
Diabetes Mellitus, as it is clinically termed, is a chronic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia with or without glycosuria, resulting from an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin. Clinically, diabetes is characterized by a wide spectrum of disorders, ranging from asymptomatic hyperglycemia to abnormalities in various vital organs like heart, brain, retina and peripheral vessels. Once regarded as a single disease entity, diabetes is now seen as a heterogeneous group of diseases, resulting from a diversity of aetiologies, environmental and genetic, acting jointly. It is typically gradual in onset and occurs mainly in the middle-aged and the elderly. Its main causative factors are the much-acclaimed longevity of life, obesity, indiscreet diet, sedentary lifestyle and increasing urbanization. Here I discussed a case of type II Diabetes mellitus 58 years of male suffering from Type II DM since 2 years, Gymnema Sylvester prescribed in this case and patient respond very well.
