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Any Homeo Medicines To Reduce Swelling And Pain In Legs And Arms Due To Diabetes?
Hello. I am a 59 year old woman, 5 2 , ~205#. I developed diabetics because of several years of steroids for asthma. Doctors did nothing to make certain that the diabetes was controlled. I ended up going from 40 units of insulin BID to 185 units BID. Because of that, I gained ~50#. I ended up with three strokes, a heart attack, quadruple bypass, and loss of ~80% of my kidneys. With the surgery, my legs and feet were bound very tightly to reduce swelling. However, I was told that because of the tightness, I lost some circulation in my feet. Consequently, I have extreme to excruciating pain and great swelling in my lower legs, ankles, and feet. I also have swelling in my hands, wrists and arms. My doctors are ignoring my complaints about the pains and swelling. I take more than a dozen drug pills everyday. I am not willing to take more drugs. Some of my new drugs work well for the first week, then stop working at all. Are there homeopathics I can use for these problems? I must do something to relieve at least some of my pains and edema. I appreciate your answers. Thank you, and G-d bless. Anne R. Taylor YYYY@YYYY
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
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1. going by the symptoms it is a case of type 2 diabetes mellitus with evidence of renal involvement [swelling, loss of kidney function] i.e. K.W. [ kimmelstiel wilson] syndrome [nephropathy] and peripheral neuropathy [reduced circulation]
2. since in diabetes every system is involved [as complication] thus you need to have a thorough examination from Neuropathy to diabetic foot [head to toe], as angiopathy [circulatory] problem, [heart attack] was one of them, check with an EKG for any IHD [ischemic heart disease]
3. since renal function loss is there thus resulting swelling and also because insulin causes water retention too, moreover low hemoglobin in such cases can lead to swelling of the body, so check with the values.
4. check with high blood pressure, urine for microalbuminuria and if there then ACE inhibitors are the drug of choice.
5. Recommended investigations are:
. Serum cholesterol and lipid profile
. Retinoscopy
. Glycosylated hemoglobin
. Surgical Opinion for peripheral pulses and feet examination
. Urine sugar, 2 hours after lunch, once a week
6. pain in diabetes could be due to autonomic neuropathy or due to vascular changes, thus prior to shifting to any Alternate system of medicine, have an appointment with your doctor for any clinical examination and tests, in the mean time follow diet which doesn't increase swelling and also doesn't affect remaining kidney function.
i. avoid salt and salt rich diet: like pickles, papads, pizza,sauce, cheese, salted butter, butter milk,salted biscuits, waffers, popcorn.
ii. avoid potassium rich diet: like potato, tomato, papaya, banana, fruit juice, coconut water, high protein diet, chocolates, cheese
iii. for calcium take milk, guava
1. going by the symptoms it is a case of type 2 diabetes mellitus with evidence of renal involvement [swelling, loss of kidney function] i.e. K.W. [ kimmelstiel wilson] syndrome [nephropathy] and peripheral neuropathy [reduced circulation]
2. since in diabetes every system is involved [as complication] thus you need to have a thorough examination from Neuropathy to diabetic foot [head to toe], as angiopathy [circulatory] problem, [heart attack] was one of them, check with an EKG for any IHD [ischemic heart disease]
3. since renal function loss is there thus resulting swelling and also because insulin causes water retention too, moreover low hemoglobin in such cases can lead to swelling of the body, so check with the values.
4. check with high blood pressure, urine for microalbuminuria and if there then ACE inhibitors are the drug of choice.
5. Recommended investigations are:
. Serum cholesterol and lipid profile
. Retinoscopy
. Glycosylated hemoglobin
. Surgical Opinion for peripheral pulses and feet examination
. Urine sugar, 2 hours after lunch, once a week
6. pain in diabetes could be due to autonomic neuropathy or due to vascular changes, thus prior to shifting to any Alternate system of medicine, have an appointment with your doctor for any clinical examination and tests, in the mean time follow diet which doesn't increase swelling and also doesn't affect remaining kidney function.
i. avoid salt and salt rich diet: like pickles, papads, pizza,sauce, cheese, salted butter, butter milk,salted biscuits, waffers, popcorn.
ii. avoid potassium rich diet: like potato, tomato, papaya, banana, fruit juice, coconut water, high protein diet, chocolates, cheese
iii. for calcium take milk, guava
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