Diabetes mellitus
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will be recruited from the Rural Ayurvedic Hospital,Karaveddy and the Government Siddha Ayurvedic medical Clinics functioning under Vadamarachi South West Piradesha sabba, Jaffna District
Sponsors
National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosed diabetes mellitus 2. Adult patients between 40-70 years of either gender 3. Fasting blood glucose equal or greater than 140mg/dl at recruitment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of other illness such as GIT, Hepatic, Renal, Endocrine disorders according to Siddha diagnostic criteria. 2. Patients on allopathic drugs 3. Presence of complication of the diabetes mellitus (chronic wounds, renal disease, eye disease and peripheral neuropathy) 4. Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus 5. Those unwilling to come for regular follow - up for the entire duration of the study and any subjects considered not eligible according to the researcher’s discretion. 6. Pregnancy 7. Breast feeding 8. Having child bearing potential (Age below 45 who are not on regular contraception)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fasting blood glucose 2. Lipid profile 3. Alanine amino transferase 4. Aspartate amino transferase 5. Alkaline Phosphatase 6. Total antioxidant capacity of serum by Ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP method) [All investigations will be done on the 1st day, to establish a baseline, and then according to the following schedule. 1. Every ten days for 1 month, then monthly for a total of 3 months 2. At the end of 3 months 3. At the end of 3 months 4. At the end of 3 months 5. Monthly for a total of 3 months 6. Monthly for a total of 3 months] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient symptoms as recorded in patient diary: Thirst, hunger and frequency of urination at day and at night 2. Random blood glucose 3. Fasting blood glucose 4. HbA 1c 5. Urine for reducing substances (Benedict’s test) 6. Urine for ketones [Day 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and 49 and then monthly interval up to 3 months] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactDr Mrs T Kumutharanjan
Senior Lecturer Gr 1
Outcome results
None listed