Medical attack on diabetes is a lie Japan has attacked diabetes

Reader's Advisory: I am a diabetic who has been taking medication for a long time. Recently, I saw an advertisement of a diabetes hospital on TV, saying that it has an exclusive Chinese medicine formula that has conquered diabetes and can cure this disease. The advertisement said that Western medicine can not cure diabetes, and take their traditional Chinese medicine, accept their Chinese medicine dialectical treatment, short for a few months, long for a year or two, can completely cure diabetes, get rid of the pain of long-term medication. I don't know whether it is credible or not.

Answer:

Traditional medicine (TCM) is a great treasure, but we should not blindly exaggerate its role. "Chinese medicine can cure diabetes" is a kind of blind exaggeration and irresponsible statement, the person who said these words is to the motherland's traditional medicine in black. Some people in the country under the banner of "pure Chinese medicine", but in fact in the fake drugs sold by adding a few cents a piece of euglycemic, hypoglycemic and other Western medicines, which is not only profiteering, but also often because of the dose of inappropriate application of the patient's harm.

In fact, there is no way to cure diabetes with drugs, either in Western medicine or Chinese medicine. Although islet transplants may cure type 1 diabetes in the future, at this stage, although it can be controlled through treatment, diabetes is still a lifelong disease that cannot be cured. Although traditional Chinese medicine is useful in preventing and treating diabetes, it is unrealistic to expect it to be a complete cure for diabetes.

Special note:

Diabetes can also occur in some special cases, such as hyperthyroidism, Cushing's disease and other metabolic diseases and pregnancy. However, this diabetes can disappear when these diseases are corrected or after delivery. This is a special case and does not mean that diabetes can be cured. In fact, these people who have had diabetes before are very likely to develop diabetes again in the future.

Reader's advisory: I saw a hospital in the advertisement recommended their Chinese medicine therapy, said it can play a rapid role in lowering sugar, said that no matter what kind of diabetic patients, can be treated by their Chinese medicine method, can be free from the use of insulin trouble. May I ask the experts whether such claims are true?

Answer:

Clinical practice has shown that Chinese medicine is definitely not as fast as Western medicine in terms of glucose reduction. In addition, for insulin-dependent patients, traditional Chinese medicine is not suitable, because insulin-dependent patients have no or very little insulin production, and are completely dependent on exogenous insulin to maintain normal physiological needs; once insulin treatment is discontinued, ketoacidosis will occur and threaten life. So far, no herbal medicine has been found to replace insulin.

Special tips:

Because people do not know much about the treatment of diabetes in Chinese medicine, or because of some misleading advertisements, some patients have too high expectations of Chinese medicine for the treatment of diabetes, so that they give up the regular treatment and seek for "miracle cure", which affects the control of their condition and even endangers their lives. Therefore, patients should not blindly trust the advertisements.

Reader's Advisory:

I am a diabetic, recently in a self-proclaimed "treatment of diabetes specialist hospital" website to see some of the introductory information, said that diabetes should be used in their development of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, because traditional Chinese medicine has no side-effects, while the toxicity of Western medicine is very big side-effects. I am currently taking western medicine and I am a bit worried. Should I switch to Chinese medicine?

Answer:

Many diabetic patients, because of the wrong propaganda, habitually think that the western medicine treatment of diabetes has a lot of side-effects, while the Chinese medicine is "pure natural", with little side-effects, can be taken for a long time, and can even completely replace the western medicine to lower sugar treatment. In fact, this is a kind of misconception. Many western drugs (such as metformin, etc.) have been used in the clinic for many years, and their safety is worth recognizing, so patients can use them safely according to the doctor's instructions. On the contrary, the main ingredients of many herbs, the medical profession is not yet understood, some may be harmful to health.

Special Note:

Because of the influence of traditional concepts, people still over-expect the "miraculous" efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, and believe that traditional Chinese medicines are free of side effects or have fewer side effects. Modern medicine has proved that this is not the case, and patients should be aware of this, and under the guidance of doctors in regular hospitals to use medication in a scientific and rational manner.