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Asked for male, 64 years old from Calicut
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MBBS

General Physician•Cuttack
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1. Do regular aerobic exercise for 1 hour daily like brisk walking
2. Reduce weight if overweight
3control diet
a) avoid sweets, sugar/honey, milk, milk product excess calorie and carbohydrate rich diet like white bread, cereal, rice, pasta
b) avoid all refined food like maida, pasta, starchy food like rice, potato, bakery item, processed food,
c) include more fiber like pulse, green leafy vegetable, cucumber, carrot, tomato, j legume.
D) avoid sweetened fruit like banana...more
Asked for male, 34 years old from Alappuzha
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Diabetes cannot be transmitted sexually. Oral sex with female vagina or licking a vagina cannot give you diabetes.
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Ayurveda•Ambala
Dear, the most common causes of weakness are
* anemia
* metabolic disorder (diabetes, hypothyroidism)
* breathing problems (asthma, sinusitis)
*digestion problems (diarrhea, gestric ulcers)
* cervical spondylosis
first check out your haemoglobin (hb), if your hb is low, then eat a lot of green vehetables and iron rich foods like apple, guava, sapotas (cheeku, beet root and oranges. Takeiron suppliments for increase in hb. If your hb level is normal then your all parts of ...more
Asked for male, 70 years old from Mumbai
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Diploma in Nutrition

Dietitian/Nutritionist•Secunderabad
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Hello , glad to hear you are more healthy I wish the same for coming years too. Pls do - general check up regularly. Once in a year will be good. Also, let me advice you some natural food supplements, which gives more vitamins minerals required by your body and makes you healthy aging. Have a nice day.
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Asked for male, 24 years old from Bareilly
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International Academy of Classical Homeo...read more

Homeopath•Pune
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Potential side effects of common diabetes drugs*
Sulfonylureas: low blood sugar, upset stomach, skin rash or itching, weight gain
Biguanides/Metformin: sickness with alcohol, kidney complications, upset stomach, tiredness or dizziness, metal taste
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors: gas, bloating and diarrhoea
Thiazolidinediones: weight gain, risk of liver disease, anaemia risk, swelling of legs or ankles,
Meglitinides: weight gain, low blood sugar
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Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physica...read more

Physiotherapist•Chennai
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Burning foot pain is a common complaint, usually as a result of damage to the nerves of the foot or leg. It may develop due to an injury or medical condition either of which can cause compression of the nerves.
Our nerves are the structures that carry messages to and from the brain. They tell our muscles when and how to work and are responsible for sensation including pressure and temperature. Damage to the nerves affects how these signals are transmitted.
Burning type symptoms may be co...more
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Asked for male, 56 years old from Secunderabad
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Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine & Surgery...read more

Ayurveda•Navi Mumbai
Hi, when u ask it mean your health is at better mode n requesting best! its best thing. Its drawback of modern medicine in spite of your good glycemic control u tend to land in nutritional set back n u may land in diabetic complications so like what u r facing now, maintain healthy habits of Balanced Exercise n Diet is turn key things. I request u to enroll for Rasayana (Rejuvenation ) therapy in ayurveda u' ll find difference
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Asked for female, 60 years old from Mumbai
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BHMS

Homeopathy Doctor•Noida
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Follow this
1. Don't take tea empty stomach. Eat something like a banana (if you are not diabetic). ) or any seasonal fruit or soaked almonds and a glass of water first thing in the morning (within 10 mins of waking up). No only biscuits or rusk will not do.
2. Don't Overeat
3. Take your breakfast every day. Don't skip it. U should eat whatever ur mother or grandparent eat in bfast. I mean to say whatever is ur traditional food. If punjabi eat paratha, if belongs to south then...more
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Asked for Male, 28 years old from Chennai
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MBBS, CCEBDM, Diploma in Diabetology, Di...read more

Endocrinologist•Dharwad
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Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
For a patient with diabetes and high BP it is absolutely essentail to take all the prescribed medication, plus follow the diet restrictions and also do regular physical activity (exercise) without fail. When both the conditions are well controlled, the person invariably has excellent health as a normal person. For that blood glucose has to: Fasting < 100 mg, PP 150 to 170 mg & HbA1c% <7. (preferably < 6.8%). BP 120 to 130/ 70 to 80 mm Hg. When glucose ...more
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