Dr. S D Prasad

Please start with chandraprabha vati 2 bd before meals & syrup ayaskruthy 3 tsf bd after meals. Don't have excess water. Have only when you feel thirsty. Keep a gap pf min 6 hrs between meals.

Diabetes is a vast subject and normally one diabetic differs from another. The best thing about diabetes is unlike other ailments this if taken care off can be controlled effectively. Diabetes is a problem which requires lot of self-control. Certain foods and lifestyle changes can show long term results on your health. Depending on the type of diabetes you have, your food habits, age and body type your treatment, insulin counts and monitoring should be scheduled. I can help you with carbohydrate counting to correct insulin techniques and monitoring your sugar levels whatever the need be. Diabetics require personalized care when it's about the diet-plans and activities that are needed to be done. A professional advice in this regard is a must in order to manage diabetes effectively. I hold expertise with diabetics as I am a certified diabetes educator apart from being a consultant dietitian. You can consult me privately online for any advice related to diabetes.

Hello, your sugar level are under control as. Of now but you need to check hba1c every 3 months and if any symptoms of diabetes like increased urine, increased appetite, weight loss, increased thirst etc. In between, check fbs-pp2bs levels that time. Regarding bp, it is also under control with medicine so continue it and measure bp every month regularly. And I would like to know your baseline tests like creatinine, urine albumin, lipid profile. & ecg, 2d echo.

It requires a detailed evaluation as what might be the reason for the weight loss. A good nutritionist and your doctor (who is treating you) can coordinate and help you to take necessary steps. You need to go slow and don't push the limits of your endurance. Let the exercise be of mild to moderate level. You need not be strict with your diet but ensure that food is always healthy and nutritious and a balanced diet. Yoga (including pranayam and meditation) can be a better tool to bring harmony in the natural rhythm (including your metabolism ). Kindly read more about Diabetes and it's management from the internet and adapt the healthy habits.

This is a general strain due to excessive walking or standing and for this you can follow these measures: one keep a pillow right under the knee while sleeping, next is you can keep ice in the painful area for about 5--10 minutes. One time you can do hot water fermentation that would help to reduce the muscle strain. Ice therapy would definitely help to reduce the inflammation. We also advise you to use knee cap which would help to prevent the knee from damaging further and also to maintain the quadriceps muscle tone. Simple knee exercises would help to strengthen the quadriceps muscle which is the key muscle. Specific knee exercises will also help ie. Keeping a soft ball underneath the knee and you have to keep pressing it. That's the simple exercise which will help you to strengthen the knee. We also advise you to use knee cap which would help to prevent the knee from damaging further and also to maintain the quadriceps muscle tone. That might be due to knee pain or it might be due to ankle pain. Our suggestion would be to do hot water fermentation along with cold (ice) therapy. You shall also keep a pillow under the knee while sleeping, next is you can keep ice in the painful area for about 5--10 minutes. Varicose veins are due to dilated, inflamed veins where there is reverse blood flow in the lower legs due to heavy density of blood. You can wear stockings to improve the blood circulation, can do leg massage using castor oil which pumps the blood and improves the blood circulation.

Hello Jitender, YES, Hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid disease, is a common disorder. With hypothyroidism, your thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone.If you have hypothyroidism, your doctor will prescribe a synthetic (man-made) thyroid hormone T4.

It is very much treatable. Please continue the medicine in empty stomach as advised by your pedatritrician and keep on monitoring her TSH status at frequent interval 8 to 10 weeks interval and dosage has to be titrated to maintain her euthyroid status. Late diagnosis and noncompliance with treatment may have adverse impact on her psychomotor development.

Boiled egg can be taken but omelet will increase the calories. If she has to take omelet, she should avoid some other calories that day.

Hello, Thanks for the query. If fasting blood glucose is 300 mg, then it is really very badly controlled diabetes. That can lead to a number of serious long term complications related to various vital organs and systems. It is clear that her present treatment is not at all helping her. There has to be an up gradation of therapy with some additional drugs. For suggesting the same I need to know the following: current fasting, PP blood glucose levels, HbA1c%, dietary pattern and extent of daily exercise being done. So please come in a private conversation with all these details, then I will be able to give specific advice and prescriptions. In this communication I am supposed to give only general guidelines, which she will have to follow meticulously. Thanks.

Cold & cough often means low immunity. Start putting anu tailam 2-2 drops daily on nose. Start taking siva syrup 10 ml bd. This will improve the immune system & you will bot get frequent infections. Take 1 amla everyday.