AN AETIOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY ON DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IN AYURVEDA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME LABORATORY PARAMETERS

Dr. Gitismita Borah; Dr. Hemen Kalita

Volume : VIII, Issue : X, October - 2019

AN AETIOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY ON DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IN AYURVEDA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME LABORATORY PARAMETERS

Dr. Gitismita Borah, Dr. Hemen Kalita

Abstract :

Diabetic Nephropathy is one of the most long term complications in terms of mortality and morbidity for individual patients with diabetes. It is due to long standing diabetes mellitus and is characterized by persistent albuminuria associated with progressive decline in the Glomerular Filtration Rate and elevated arterial blood pressure. Though, there is no direct nomenclature of the disease mentioned in Ayurveda, but there are references of diseases with manifestation of symptoms suggestive of diabetic nephropathy. The present study aims at ruling out the possible aetiological factors responsible for developing diabetic nephropathy from an Ayurvedic perspective and establishing a relation between the aetiological factors in Ayurveda and some most sensitive tests. The study is performed in 60 patients of known and newly diagnosed cases of diabetic nephropathy in a specially designed proforma. After assessing all the Ayurvedic parameters, the aetiological factors-both dietary and lifestyle factors responsible are evaluated.