Abstract

DIABETES MELLITUS: SHIFT TOWARDS HERBAL TREATMENT

Prashant Kumar Bharti*, Nidhi Gupta, Jyoti Yadav and Dheeraj Kumar

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Abstract

Over past three decades, prevalence of diabetes mellitus has quadrupled worldwide, making it the ninth most common cause of death. Today, 90% of people with diabetes have diabetes mellitus (DM), accounting for 1 in 11 cases worldwide. With China and India acting as the top two epicenters, Asia is a major hotspot for the global DM epidemic. Genetic predisposition plays a role in an individual's susceptibility to diabetes mellitus (DM), but poor diet and sedentary lifestyle are major contributors to the current global epidemic; prenatal exposures and other early developmental variables also play a role in an individual's later-life susceptibility to DM. Making healthy lifestyle changes can prevent many cases of diabetes mellitus. A growing number of individuals are predicted to live with diabetes mellitus, a complex chronic health illness that impacts a large percentage of people. Given that the vast majority of diabetic patients (about 90–95%) suffer from type 2 diabetes mellitus and that this study focuses on potential drugs that target many targets involved in treating type 2 diabetes, as mono-target treatment often fails to regulate blood glucose levels and other problems.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, epidemic, blood glucose level, type 2 diabetes mellitus.