American ginseng. American Ginseng also known as Panax quinquefolius, and often by its Chinese name Xiyangshen or Huaqishen is an herbaceous perennial in the ivy family that is commonly used in medicine. It is native t... Read more
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Diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body does not make or properly use insulin, a hormone that is needed to convert glucose and other food into energy. People with diabetes have increased blood glucose levels due to an absence of insulin, or failure to respond to insulin's effects (insulin resistance). Inadequate insulin results in high concentrations of glucose that build up in the blood and spill into the urine, causing an obligate urinary excretion of glucose. As a result, the body loses its main source of fuel. The rate of beta cell destruction in type 1 diabetes is quite variable--rapid in some individuals (mainly infants and children) and slow in others (mainly adults). Children and adolescents may present with ketoacidosis as the first indication of the disease. Others may have modest fasting hyperglycemia that rapidly changes to severe hyperglycemia and/or ketoacidosis in the presence of infection or other stress. Most children and adolescents diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese, insulin resistant, and have a family history of type 2 diabetes. They also may have physical signs of insulin resistance such as acanthosis nigricans. Diabetes complications such as microalbuminuria and the presence of cardiovascular risk factors such as abnormal cholesterol and high blood pressure have been observed among teenagers.
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at Diabetes in Children Home Remedy Using American ginseng
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