“Characterization of urine of patients of Pre-diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome and its Correlation with different types of Prameha”. Array Section Original Research Articles

Abstract

Prediabetes is the state in which some but not all of the diagnostic criteria for diabetes are met. It is often described as the “gray area†between normal blood sugar and diabetic levels. It is an alarming sign for upcoming diabetes or a chance to change your future. Universally, numerous terms are given such as, Borderline Diabetes, Chemical Diabetes, Touch of Diabetes etc. The US Department of Health And Human Services and ADA on 27th march 2002 with an intention to create awareness and convey seriousness of the condition gave the term Prediabetic.

Obesity and Lipid disorders have been vividly conceived in Ayurveda with context of Medoroga and Prameha. The classical Ayurvedic texts have vividly described Santarpanjanya Vikaras, which comprise of diseases due to over nutrition and defective tissue metabolism. Ayurveda is very much concerned about conservation of health rather than eradication of disease. It presumes that improper dietary habits and deranged functions of different sets of Agni give rise to formation of Ama (reactive antigenic factor). Since last few decades, the conventional system of medicine is focusing on the concept of metabolic syndrome, which seems very similar to the concept of Santarpanjanya Vikaras of Ayurveda.