Eye Problems and Diabetes

If you are Diabetic and notice blurred vision , Don’t neglect at the same time don’t buy a new pair of glasses immediately. Visit your ophthalmologist  just be a temporary eye problem that develops rapidly with diabetes and is caused by high blood sugar levels. High Blood Sugar levels causes the lens of the eye to swell, which changes your ability to see. To correct this kind of eye problem, you need to get your blood sugar back into the target range, It may take as long as three months after your blood sugar is well controlled for your vision to fully get back to normal.  Blurred vision can also be a symptom of more serious eye problem with diabetes. The three major eye problems that people with diabetes may develop and should be aware of are Cataracts, Glaucoma, and Retinopathy.

Cataracts :

A cataract is a clouding or fogging of the normally clear lens of the eye. The lens is what allows us to see and focus on an image just like a camera. Although anyone can get cataracts, people with diabetes get these eye problems at an earlier age than most and the condition progresses more rapidly than in people without diabetes.If you have a cataract, there is a cloudy area in the lens of your eye that results in the inability to focus light, and your vision is impaired. Symptoms of this eye problem in diabetes include blurred or glared vision.During cataract surgery, the cloudy lens is removed or cleaned out and replaced by a clear man-made lens.

Glaucoma :

When fluid inside the eye does not drain properly from a build up of pressure inside the eye, it results in another eye problem with diabetes called glaucoma. The pressure damages nerves and the vessels in the eye, causing changes in vision.Treatment of this eye problem in diabetes can include special eye drops, laser procedures, medicine, or surgery. Surgery and laser treatments are directed at improving the eye's aqueous drainage. You can prevent serious eye problems in diabetes problems by getting an annual glaucoma screening from your eye doctor.

Diabetic Retinopathy

The retina is a group of specialized cells that convert light as it enters though the lens into images. The eye nerve or optic nerve transmits visual information to the brain. Diabetic retinopathy is one of the vascular (blood-vessel related) complications related to diabetes. This diabetes eye problem is due to damage of small vessels and is called a "microvascular complication. "Kidney disease and nerve damage due to diabetes are also other microvascular complications. Large blood vessel damage (also called macrovascular complications) includes complications like heart disease and stroke. The microvascular complications have, in numerous studies, been shown to be related to high blood sugar levels. You can reduce your risk of these eye problems in diabetes complications by improving your blood sugar control. Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in industrialized nations. The duration of diabetes is the single most important risk for developing retinopathy. So the longer you have diabetes, the greater the risk of this very serious eye problem. If retinopathy is not found early or is not treated, it can lead to blindness.

Preventing Eye Problems With Diabetes

The American Diabetes Association offers these eye care guidelines for people with diabetes to help prevent eye problems:

·         People with type 1 diabetes should have a dilated eye exam by an ophthalmologist or optometrist within three to five years after diagnosis.

·         People with type 2 diabetes should have a dilated eye exam by an ophthalmologist or optometrist shortly after diagnosis.

·         Annual eye exams should be done with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes by an ophthalmologist or optometrist; more frequently if necessary.

·         When considering pregnancy, women with a history of diabetes should have an eye exam prior and during pregnancy. This does not pertain to women with gestational diabetes.

To prevent eye problems in diabetes, you should:

·         Control your blood sugar

·         Control high blood pressure

When to Contact Your Doctor About Eye Problems in Diabetes

If you have diabetes, contact your doctor about any eye problems in if any of the following occur:

·         Black spots in your vision.

·         Flashes of light.

·         "Holes" in your vision.

·         Blurred vision.

Diabetes & Your Feet

Diabetes affects the circulation and immune systems, which in turn impairs the body’s ability to heal itself. Over time, diabetes can damage sensory nerves (this is known as “neuropathy”), especially in the hands and feet. As a result people with diabetes are less likely to feel a foot injury, such as blister or cut. Unnoticed or untreated, even small foot injuries can quickly become infected, potentially leading to serious complications.

Daily Foot Care

1.      Wash your feet in warm (not hot) water, using mild soap. Don’t soak your feet, as this can dry your skin.

2.      While your feet are still wet, use a pumice stone to keep calluses under control.

3.      Dry your feet carefully, especially between your toes.

4.      Thoroughly check your feet and between your toes to make sure there are no cuts, cracks, ingrown toe nails, blisters etc. Use a hand mirror, to see the bottom of your feet, or ask someone else to check them for you.

5.      Clean cuts or scratches with mild soap and water, and cover with a dry dressing suitable for sensitive skin.

6.      Trim your toenails straight across and file any sharp edges. Don’t cut the nails too short.

7.      Apply an un-perfumed foot-care cream lotion  to your heels and soles. Wipe of excess lotion that is not absorbed. Don’t put the lotion between your toes, as the excessive moisture can promote infection.

8.      Wear fresh clean socks and well fitting Footwear every day. Whenever possible wear white socks – if you have any cut or sore, the drainage will be easy to see.

When to see your Doctor

If you have any swelling, warmth, redness or pain in your legs or your feet, see your doctor right-away.

If you have any corns (thick or hard skin on toes), calluses (thick skin on bottom of feet), ingrown toenails, warts or silvers, have them treated by your doctor, or a foot care specialist. Do not try to treat them yourself.

Have your bare foot checked by your doctor at least once a year. In addition ask your doctor to screen you for neuropathy and loss of circulation at least once a year.

Best Advice

Do’s

ü Do wear well fitting shoes. They should be supportive, have low heels and should not rub or pinch.

ü Do wear socks at night , if your feet get cold

ü Do elevate your feet when you are sitting

ü Do wiggle your toes and move your ankles around for a few minutes several times a day to improve blood circulation in your feet and legs.

ü Do inspect your feet daily and in particular feel for skin temperature differences between your feet.

Don’ts

Ø Don’t wear high heels, pointed-toe shoes, or worn out shoes

Ø Don’t wear anything tight around your legs, such as tight socks or knee-highs

Ø Don’t ever go barefoot, even indoors.

Ø Don’t put hot water bottles or heating pads on your feet.

Ø Don’t cross your legs for long periods of time

Ø Don’t smoke. Smoking decreases circulation and healing.

Ø Don’t have pedicure by non-healthcare professionals.

Typical Indian Diet Chart for a Diabetic Person

Based on the general diet queries from our customers, we decided to publish a general diet chart for a Diabetic Person that can be followed. For any specific queries kindly feel free to post your queries in: http://www.diabetesindiastore.com/pages/form, our dietician will answer to your queries. 

General Diet chart

Early Morning - Always start your day with a healthy drink it can be a warm lemon water (without honey and sugars) or just warm water.

Breakfast- 7-8am: 2 Phulka, 1 veg curry / 2 Idli or 1 plain dosa with pudina/tomato/pulse chutney (Avoid coconut and ground nut chutney) / 1 Bowl Wheat Upma or Flakes / 1 Bowl Oats Upma or Flakes / 1 Bowl DalIa / 2-3 Slices Brown Bread Sandwich (Veg Sandwich) and 1 cup Milk (Tonned milk without sugars)

Midmorning - 11am: 1 Fruit / 2 Wheat Biscuits / Ragi Biscuits / Oats biscuits with tea or with Milk.

Lunch - 1-2pm: 2 Cup Rice / 2 Phulka, 1 veg curry, 1 Cup Dal, 1 Plate veg Salad and 1cup Curd

Evening - 5pm: 1 cup veg soup / 1 cup of Sprouts / 2 Wheat Biscuits / Ragi Biscuits / Oats biscuits/ 1cup Tea (without Sugar)

Dinner - 7-8pm: 2 Phulka, 1cup veg curry, dal and a plate of VEG SALAD (Cucumber, Tomato, Onions, Carrot).

FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER
Eating Right food, Right quantity on right time.
Avoid high Carbohydrate foods like White Bread, Sweets or Sweet Dishes, over dry Fruits, Cold Drinks, Fruit Juices.
Avoid fatty foods (Biryani, fried rice, deep fried samosa bajji), ice creams, pastries.
Fruits to Eat - Apple, Sweet Lime, Oranges, Papaya, Watermelon, Guava, Pomegranate, Jamun. (Note: When Sugar levels are Normal you can go for Fruits if no, then, please avoid all fruits).
Always prefer whole fruit avoid Fruit Juices.
Try to eat High Fibre foods like Wheat Items (Chapati, Phulka, Oats, Ragi), sprouts, Fresh whole fruit, Veg Salads.
Include moderate protein and minerals like Pulses (dals), vegetables (except underground veg) every day.
Veg soups and veg salads are very healthy and also it help in reducing your weight.

Walking at least for an hour every day is a must.

Venkata Ramana Murthy

Spiritual Counsellor,

Reiki Master,

Energy & Pranic Healer,

Psychic Consultant,
Crystal Therapist.

www.chakra-healing.in  E mail: vkr@chakra-healing.in Mob: 9177397261

DIABETES & CHAKRA HEALING 

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both.

This much, we are all familiar with.

What causes Diabetes?

Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a metabolism disorder. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose as we all know, is the principal source of fuel for our bodies.

When our food is digested, the glucose makes its way into our bloodstream. Our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. However, glucose cannot enter our cells without insulin being present - insulin makes it possible for our cells to take in the glucose.

Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. After eating, the pancreas automatically releases an adequate quantity of insulin to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells, as soon as glucose enters the cells blood-glucose levels drop.

A person with diabetes has a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated (hyperglycemia). This is because the body either does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin the pancreas produces.

This results in too much glucose building up in the blood. This excess blood glucose eventually passes out of the body in urine. So, even though the blood has plenty of glucose, the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements.

This too, most of us are familiar with.

But do we know what causes this metabolic imbalance? What causes the pancreas to mal-function?

We all know that our mind and physical body are closely intertwined.

For instance, when we think of something sad, we feel a physical heaviness in our heart.

When we feel strong emotions like fear, stress, anxiety, resentment, jealousy etc, our breathing pattern gets affected. We are unable to breathe in properly. This causes an oxygen-scarcity in the body.

Our metabolism, the ability to convert food into energy is diminished. We experience low energy, and are susceptible to fatigue. Due to this, we have less resistance to adversity. Our reactions to people and negative environment are in extremes, in turn fuelling more negative emotions like anger, fear and resentment.

Thus, a never-ending pattern is established.

All this affects our emotional centre or the Solar Plexus Chakra.

What is the Solar Plexus Chakra?

According to ancient teachings, a human being is a combination of seven layers of visible and invisible (energy) bodies. They are the soul, subconscious, causal, mental, astral, etheric and physical bodies. Out of these, the physical body is visible surrounded by the energy bodies. The energy body inter-penetrates and extends beyond the physical body.

Chakras are energy centers located in the energy body along the spine. These centers correspond to major acupuncture points in the physical body and have varied functions.

Chakras are like power stations that supply life energy or prana from the environment to vital organs of the physical body. They control and energize the vital organs of the body, in turn affecting a person's physical, psychological and spiritual conditions. There are 7 major chakras located along the spinal cord, from the base of the spine to the top of the head.

The Solar plexus or Manipura chakra is present slightly above the navel and below the ribs.

In the physical body, this chakra rules over the epigastric plexus and governs the working of the stomach, intestines, spleen, gall bladder, diaphragm, liver, pancreas and the adrenal glands. These glands create important hormones involved in digestion, converting food into energy for the body.

The Solar plexus chakra is associated with the power of fire and digestion.

In the energy body, the Solar plexus chakra is our emotional centre and is considered the center of dynamism, energy, will power and achievement, which radiates prana (energy) throughout the entire human body.

When we feel strong emotions like fear, stress, anxiety, resentment, jealousy etc, these emotions block the solar plexus chakra, due to which it stops giving energy to the respective organs like liver, Pancreas, stomach and gall bladder resulting in weakness of the organs.

Now do you see how emotions and metabolism are tightly interwoven through the Solar Plexus Chakra?

The True cause of Diabetes

A consistent, never-ending pattern of negative emotions like fear, anger, resentment, anxiety, jealousy, clogs our energy body with negative energy, disallowing the flow of healthy energy, eventually affecting our emotional centre or Solar plexus chakra. The environment we have grown up in also plays a role in affecting the Solar plexus chakra. Poor feedback, lack of affection, criticism, rejection, and being ignored or unappreciated, all play their part.

The Solar plexus chakra becomes blocked and weakens, resulting in weakened functioning of all the organs and glands it governs. The pancreas is unable to produce the quantity and quality of insulin required to help our body absorb the glucose and convert it into energy.

This leads to the chronic disease we all know as Diabetes.

Thus, Diabetes is in fact, just a symptom, not the cause.

How to Cure Diabetes

The popular belief is that diabetes is a life-long disease and can never be cured, only controlled by controlled consumption or non-consumption of food containing sugar.

However, now that we have understood that the root cause of diabetes lies in the emotions and energy body of the individual, not in his physical body, the logical conclusion is that if the energetic body of the individual is brought back into balance, it will result in balance in the physical body. Once the cause is removed, the symptom will no longer exist.

Thus, the first step to remove diabetes is to clean the energy body and strengthen the Solar plexus chakra. This will enable it to supply sufficient healthy energy to the organs and glands it governs, in turn strengthening the functioning of the pancreas, enabling production of the right quality and quantity of insulin.

The next question is, how can we clean the energy body and strengthen our Solar plexus chakra?

This is where Chakra-Healing can help.

Chakra-Healing

Chakra-Healing is an energy-based healing therapy, which focuses on strengthening the affected chakras so that they can function properly. This is done by clearing the blockages in them and aligning the energies of the human body so that they work together in harmony and bring abundance, happiness, physical and mental health, love and confidence to the individual.

To achieve this end result, different healing techniques are used, based on the severity of the problem and the energy of the person.

Chakra-Healing works on the root cause of the problem, which is in the energy body; not on the symptoms. It is purely energy-based and is completely a no-touch, no-drug and no-pain therapy.

How does Chakra-Healing work?

Everything is energy.

Like the fish are connected to each other through water in an ocean, we all live in a pool of energy. All healing techniques are based on Law of Resonance. According to the law of resonance, when two systems are oscillating at different frequencies, there's a force that causes the two to transfer energy from one to the other to attain the same frequency. This is scientifically called Entrainment. Entrainment is a process by which things align their movement and energy together to match in rhythm and phase. We may look at diseases as out-of-tune behaviour of one or more of our organs of the body. When a strong harmonizing rhythm is applied to it, the interference pattern of waves which is the organ, may start beating in tune again. When two bodies are vibrating at different frequencies through resonance and entrainment, either the lower vibration will come up, the higher vibration will come down, or they will meet in the middle.

In Chakra-Healing, the practitioner raises his vibration and connects to the energy body of the individual who is ill or with a low vibration. Like a similarly tuned circuit, the lower vibration will eventually match up to the higher vibration, thus facilitating healing. In summary, all the healer is doing, is providing the resonant energy to allow the individual to heal himself.

 Love is the universal vibration that allows people to transfer healing energy from one to another.