What a Diabetic Needs To Know About Diabetic RetinopathyThe Diseasediagnosis and Ayurvedic Management
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Diabetes mellitus has in recent times gained importance as one of the most common disease which contributes to death and disability worldwide. Diabetes is defined as a metabolic and vascular syndrome. Prevalence of which is 4-28% in India. About 2% of diabetic population isblindas a result of retinopathy. A type 1 diabetic patient is 20% prone to acquire the disease and 25% in type2 after a period of 10 years. After 30 years of being diabetic there is a 95% chance to have acquired diabetic retinopathy which left untreated can cause blindness. Currently available conventional treatments (Focal laser therapy, Anti-vascular growth factor drug) for DR have certain limitations, considering which options from alternative resources are being searched. Despite advances in science the treatment of DR is challenging.Here is an attempt to correlate the disease diabetic retinopathy with Prameha Jnaya Timira with an effort to plan a ayurvedic line of management for the same including various Kriyakalpas.
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4406814800