Health Condition 1: E114- Type 2 diabetes mellitus with neurological complications
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized homeopathic medicines plus standard antidiabetic care: Intervention is planned as administering the indicated
homeopathic medicines in centesimal potencies (cH), once or
dosage and repetition depending upon the individual requirement of the cases. Patients will be advised to refrain from handling the globules or from eating, drinking, smoking or brushing teeth within
Sponsors
D.N.De Homoeopathic Medical college
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy for 3 months or more diagnosis confirmed by DNE > 3 clinical assessment. 2.Age between 30 and 65 years 3.Participants of either sex 4.Literate patients; ability to read English and/or Bengali, Hindi. 5.Illiterate people will be interviewed by the investigators maintaining adequate privacy to fill up the scales or questionnaires. 6.Providing written informed consent voluntarily.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Persons suffering from any other neurological disorders 2. DNE score 3 or less 3. Diabetic polyradiculopathy, diabetic amyotrophy, abnormality of gait, loss of arch with multiple fractures in tarsal bones wrist, foot drop. 4. Paralysis of III, IV, VI cranial nerve. 5. Neuropathy due to vitamin B12 deficiency to be determined by peripheral blood smear 6. Development of typical Charcot joints, particularly in the feet. 7. Complication of Diabetes (retinopathy, renal involvement or with history of recurrent acute complaints like hypoglycemia, keto-acidosis). 8. Immune-compromised patients. 9. Person taking homoeopathic medicine for any other cause 10. Vulnerable population - unconscious, too sick for consultation, differently abled, terminally ill or critically ill patients, mentally incompetent people 11. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting quality of life or any organ failure. 12. Pregnant and puerperal women, lactating mothers 13. Patients with the habit of tobacco chewing and/or smoking, alcoholism and/or any other form(s) of substance abuse and/or dependence. 14. Self-reported immune-compromised state 15. Already undergoing homoeopathic treatment for chronic disease within last 6 months 16. Simultaneous participation in any other clinical trials 17. Persons dependent on insulin or requiring insulin as per guideline of the Director of West Bengal Health Service whose HBA1C 10 or above
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Neuropathic total symptom score 6 (NTSS-6)Timepoint: At the baseline, and every month, up to 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Diabetic neuropathic examination (DNE) scoreTimepoint: At the baseline, and every month, up to 3 months;DN4 questionnairesTimepoint: At the baseline, and every month, up to 3 months;HbA1C%Timepoint: At the baseline and after 3 months;McGill pain short form questionnaireTimepoint: At the baseline, and every month, up to 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactShubhamoy Ghosh
D. N. De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
Outcome results
None listed