Herbal Health

The name “diabetes mellitus” describes two striking symptoms of the disease. People with uncontrolled diabetes usually have a constant, urgent thirst. Though they drink huge quantities of liquids, the fluid seems to run right through them, for they also have a continual need to urinate. Indeed, it often seems that more fluid comes out than went in. So the first part of the name, meaning a siphon or drain, seems quite appropriate.

The urine of a person with diabetes contains sugar, which is the reason for the “mellitus” part, from the Latin word for honey. Most people today just talk about “diabetes,” but physicians prefer to use its more precise, full name, diabetes mellitus. In this way they avoid confusion with another much rarer disease called diabetes insipidus, in which great quantities of urine are also produced, but it does not contain sugar.

There are actually two main types of diabetes mellitus. Type I diabetes used to be called “juvenile diabetes,” because it most often (but not always) occurs in children, teenagers, and young adults. This form is also called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), because the bodies of people with this condition produce little or no insulin, and they must receive insulin injections every day in order to live. Type II diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM) usually strikes people after the age of thirty-five or forty. These people’s bodies do produce insulin, but their body cells cannot use it properly. This kind of diabetes can generally be controlled with diet and exercise, or with drugs that lower the amount of sugar in the blood.

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Cancer can develop in any organ of the body. The most important characteristic of many cancers is the development of a new growth, a nodule or a tumour in the tissues of their origin. The other features of cancer are that the original tumour or growth has a remarkable tendency to form colonies at some distant parts of the body. This tendency of forming tumours elsewhere in the body makes the disease extremely difficult for satisfactory treatment.

There are two types of tumours known as Benign and Malignant. Only malignant tumours are termed as cancers. They do not have capsules or limiting membrane. They therefore, invade and destroy the tissues in which they occur.

They reproduce their cells in a disorderly and uncontrolled way. The cells are of a more primitive type than the originating tissue. The rate of growth is unusually rapid. They are capable of producing secondary growths in parts of the body remote from the original tumour.

Benign tumours are opposite to malignant growth. They have capsules of fibrous tissues and do not invade normal tissue. They reproduce themselves in orderly ways. The cells resemble the tissue in which they originate. The rate of growth of benign tumour is slow and they stop spontaneously. They do not spread, except by direct extension. They are not fatal, except perhaps in the skull. They only produce ill-effects by occupying space and pressing on adjacent normal tissue.

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Yes, they do. The presentation of ADHD in a six-year-old is much different than in an adolescent or adult. The symptoms are very similar, but their manifestation changes with age.

A small child may present ADHD through behavior such as extreme hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and impulsivity. All small children exhibit these characteristics now and then— they’re part of growing up—but a child with ADHD will be like that every waking moment.

An adolescent with ADHD will present the syndrome in a much different way. He may do very poorly in school despite obvious intelligence, have a tendency to “zone out” during class or while his parents are talking to him, be moody or irritable and exhibit serious behavior problems that result in few friends. Again, a great many teenagers are moody, irritable, and difficult to be around—but not all the time. Nor do most normal adolescents present such a neat package of telltale symptoms.

ADHD is a bit trickier to see in an adult, though the symptoms are similar. He may have trouble focusing on and finishing projects at work, experience difficulty relating to bosses and co-workers, be irritable and moody at home, and have problems with interpersonal relationships because of his temper and inability to focus.

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