A concept of madhumehvidagdha drishti as complication of madhumeh w.s.r. to diabetic retinopathy

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Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose & either insufficient or ineffective insulin. Complication of elevated glucose levels in the blood, over a time, results in microvascular retinal changes. These retinal changes develop retinopathy known as Diabetic retinopathy (DR). It is a serious sightthreatening complication of diabetes. If left untreated, it is the number one cause of blindness in people between the ages of 20-64 years in the United States. The treatment like photocoagulation, vitrectomy, antiinflammatory injections etc. may help before the retina has been severely damaged. There is no permanent cure for DR. There is no exact correlation of DR in Ᾱyurvēd . But the reference of CharakaĀchārya all the innate disorders do not arise without Vāta,Pitta&Kapha . The wise physicians having observed the location, characters, & function of Vāta,Pitta and Kapha define the disorders caused by them. Kapha is the main Dōsha involved in Samprāpti of Pramēha. ĀchāryaSushruta has told that when PramēhaVyādhi manifests, if it left untreated will cause Māmsa, ShōnitaDuṣti . In this stage, if proper treatment is not given, Upadravās of Pramēha occurs. So we can contemplate DR as MadhumēhvidagdhaDriṣti . As Madhumēh can becorrelated with DM. Vidagdh means destroyed or decomposed and Driṣti means retina. Thus,“ MadhumēhvidagdhaDriṣti ” can be defined as “ Driṣt (Retina) which is destroyed by Madhumēh (DM)” Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, MadhumēhvidagdhDriṣṭi , Driṣṭi , PramēhaUpadravās INTRODUCTION Diabetes Mellitus affects almost every system in the body. It is associated with long term complications involving eyes, kidneys, nerves and blood vessels. Eyes are specially subjectedto diabetic disturbances because of their peculiar structure and metabolism. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the eyes is one of the major vascular complications of diabetes INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (June, 2017) 5(6) A CONCEPT OF MADHUMEHVIDAGDHA DRISHTI AS COMPLICATION OF MAD- HUMEH W.S.R. TO DIABETIC RETINOPATHY Varsha B. Solanki 1 , Hemangi Shukla 2 , Jayesh Katrodiya 3 , Dhaval Sojitra 4 1 PG. Scholar, 2 Associate Professor& HOD, 3 PG. Scholar, 4 PG. Scholar,Department of Shalakyatantra, Govt. Akhandanad Ayurved Collage, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Email: slnkvrsh@gmail.com ABSTRACT Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose & either insufficient or ineffective insulin. Complication of elevated glucose levels in the blood, over a time, results in microvascular retinal changes. These retinal changes develop retinopathy known as Diabetic retinopathy (DR). It is a serious sightthreatening complication of diabetes. If left untreated, it is the number one cause of blindness in people between the ages of 20-64 years in the United States. The treatment like photocoagulation, vitrectomy, antiinflammatory injections etc. may help before the retina has been severely damaged. There is no permanent cure for DR. There is no exact correlation of DR in Ᾱyurvēd . But the reference of CharakaĀchārya all the innate disorders do not arise without Vāta,Pitta&Kapha . The wise physicians having observed the location, characters, & function of Vāta,Pitta and Kapha define the disorders caused by them. Kapha is the main Dōsha involved in Samprāpti of Pramēha. ĀchāryaSushruta has told that when PramēhaVyādhi manifests, if it left untreated will cause Māmsa, ShōnitaDuṣti . In this stage, if proper treatment is not given, Upadravās of Pramēha occurs. So we can contemplate DR as MadhumēhvidagdhaDriṣti . As Madhumēh can becorrelated with DM. Vidagdh means destroyed or decomposed and Driṣti means retina. Thus,“ MadhumēhvidagdhaDriṣti ” can be defined as “ Driṣt (Retina) which is destroyed by Madhumēh (DM)” Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, MadhumēhvidagdhDriṣṭi , Driṣṭi , PramēhaUpadravās INTRODUCTION Diabetes Mellitus affects almost every system in the body. It is associated with long term complications involving eyes, kidneys, nerves and blood vessels. Eyes are specially subjectedto diabetic disturbances because of their peculiar structure and metabolism. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the eyes is one of the major vascular complications of diabetes INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (June, 2017) 5(6) A CONCEPT OF MADHUMEHVIDAGDHA DRISHTI AS COMPLICATION OF MAD- HUMEH W.S.R. TO DIABETIC RETINOPATHY Varsha B. Solanki 1 , Hemangi Shukla 2 , Jayesh Katrodiya 3 , Dhaval Sojitra 4 1 PG. Scholar, 2 Associate Professor& HOD, 3 PG. Scholar, 4 PG. Scholar,Department of Shalakyatantra, Govt. Akhandanad Ayurved Collage, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Email: slnkvrsh@gmail.com ABSTRACT Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose & either insufficient or ineffective insulin. Complication of elevated glucose levels in the blood, over a time, results in microvascular retinal changes. These retinal changes develop retinopathy known as Diabetic retinopathy (DR). It is a serious sightthreatening complication of diabetes. If left untreated, it is the number one cause of blindness in people between the ages of 20-64 years in the United States. The treatment like photocoagulation, vitrectomy, antiinflammatory injections etc. may help before the retina has been severely damaged. There is no permanent cure for DR. There is no exact correlation of DR in Ᾱyurvēd . But the reference of CharakaĀchārya all the innate disorders do not arise without Vāta,Pitta&Kapha . The wise physicians having observed the location, characters, & function of Vāta,Pitta and Kapha define the disorders caused by them. Kapha is the main Dōsha involved in Samprāpti of Pramēha. ĀchāryaSushruta has told that when PramēhaVyādhi manifests, if it left untreated will cause Māmsa, ShōnitaDuṣti . In this stage, if proper treatment is not given, Upadravās of Pramēha occurs. So we can contemplate DR as MadhumēhvidagdhaDriṣti . As Madhumēh can becorrelated with DM. Vidagdh means destroyed or decomposed and Driṣti means retina. Thus,“ MadhumēhvidagdhaDriṣti ” can be defined as “ Driṣt (Retina) which is destroyed by Madhumēh (DM)” Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, Madhum