Pancreas

What are different home remedies for treating Low Blood Sugar or Hypoglycemia?

What is Hypoglycemia or Low Blood Sugar?

• Hypoglycemia is low blood sugar and is a condition in which there is an abnormally low level of glucose (sugar) in the blood.
• Reactive hypoglycemia occurs when blood sugar drops to abnormally low levels two to five hours after eating a meal.

Symptoms of reactive hypoglycemia

• Sweating
• Tremors
• Rapid heartbeat
• Anxiety
• Hunger
• Fatigue
• Dizziness
• Heart palpitations
• Nausea
• Blurred vision
• An inability to concentrate
• Lightheadedness
• Headache
• Irritability
• Fainting spells
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Cravings for sweets
• Confusion
• Night sweats
• Weakness in the legs
• Swollen feet
• A feeling of tightness in chest
• Constant hunger
• Pain in various parts of the body
• Nervous habits
• Mental disturbances
• Insomnia

Causes for low blood sugar

• Over secretion of insulin by the pancreas.
• Pancreas not functioning properly.
• Abnormal carbohydrate metabolism.
• Stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol kick in at high levels.

Measures of Blood Sugar

• Normal Blood Glucose levels in people who do not have diabetes:
• Upon waking—fasting: 70 to 99
• After meals: 70 to 140
• Target Blood Glucose levels in people who have diabetes:
• Before meals: 70 to 130
• 1 to 2 hours after the start of a meal: below 180 (All units in mg/dL.)

Home Remedies for Low Blood Sugar

1. Herbs
The following herbs help to normalize blood sugar:
• Angostura bitters (or any combination of bitters)
• Artichoke leaf
• Gentian root
• Astragals
• Licorice root
• Echinacea
• Parsley
• Pau d’arco
• Raspberry leaves
• Uva ursi
Note:
• If overused, licorice can elevate blood pressure.
• Do not use this herb on a daily basis.
• Do not use for more than seven days in a row.

2. Bilberry and wild yam aid in controlling insulin levels.
3. Dandelion root is an excellent source of calcium. Dandelion supports the pancreas and liver.
4. Gudmar (Gymnema sylvestre), an Ayurvedic herb, suppresses the intestinal absorption of saccharides. Gudmar prevents blood sugar fluctuations.
5. Licorice nourishes the adrenal glands.
6. Milk thistle rejuvenates the liver.

Dietary precautions for Low Blood Sugar

Avoid:
• Alcohol
• Canned and packaged foods
• Refined and processed foods
• Dried fruits
• Salt
• Sugar
• Saturated fats
• Soft drinks
• White flour
• Foods that contain artificial colors or preservatives
• Sweet fruits and juices such as grape and prune

Dietary Supplements
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Eating two small apples (with peels) daily is beneficial.
• Molasses in the form of sherbet can help prevent fainting due to low blood sugar.
• Taking pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and raw nuts.
• Chestnuts, cashews, and coconuts have a lower potassium / higher sodium ratio and hence useful in sustaining higher blood sugar levels.
• Drinking fresh tomato juice daily can treat and cure hypoglycemia within two weeks.
• Wild Yam and bilberry assist in controlling insulin levels.

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Aftercare Treatment for patients / victims of Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreactectomy is the surgical removal of the pancreas. Pancreatectomy may be total, in which case the whole organ is removed, or partial, referring to the removal of part of the pancreas. A patient suffering from pancreatic cancer, if successfully treated, then this treatment is normally done by surgery only. Very few cases are there where medications can remove the cancer except when it’s treated in the very first stage. The aftercare treatment is as important as the surgery. If the aftercare precautions and treatment are not undertaken properly then there are fair chances that the cancer is going to be effective soon and the survival rate of the patient is decreased.
Pancreatectomy is major surgery. Therefore, extended hospitalization is usually required. Some studies report an average hospital stay of about two weeks. Some patients are also treated through radiation therapy or radiation therapy or a combination of both after surgery. Results have shown that this has definitely increased the survival of the patients of pancreatic cancer.
Removal of all or part of the pancreas can lead to a condition called pancreatic insufficiently, in which food cannot be normally processed by the body, and insulin secretion may be inadequate. These conditions can be treated with pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, to supply digestive enzymes, and insulin injections, to supply insulin.

Chemotherapy: A treatment of the cancer with synthetic drugs that destroy the tumor either by inhibiting the growth of the cancerous cells or by killing the cancer cells.

Radiation Therapy: A treatment using high energy radiation from x-ray machines, cobalt, radium, or other sources.

Early Post operative treatment: Hospital stays vary from 12 to 23 days, depending on the seriousness of the intervention. Following discharge from hospital, a number of concerns can arise. These concern both the asymptomatic patient, and the identification, differential diagnosis, and therapy of possible late complications.
Aftercare of asymptomatic patients: no aftercare is initiated for patients with any symptoms (patients who feel well, with no pain or weight loss).

Patients might suffer from the following problems post treatment such as:
Bile duct stenoses: Bile duct stenosis requiring treatment occurs in around 2 to 4 % patients. In this case either percutaneous transhepatic or other surgical revision must take place.
Pain: Around 80% of the people suffer through pain after treatment of pancreatic cancer or post surgery. In this case of persistent pain, it can be related to the progression of the disease or a result from complications and should be treated according to the WHO staging system.
Vitamin deficiency, Weight loss after pancreatic carcinoma resection, Exocrine insufficiency, Malnutrition and maldigestion are some other common problems that can arise post treatment and hence proper aftercare medications and procedures are necessary to be undertaken.