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IMPROVED PULMONARY FUNCTIONS AND POSITIVELY ALTERED GLYCOSYLATED HAEMOGLOBIN LEVEL IN NIDDM SUBJECTS AFTER PREKSHA YOGA THERAPY
JPN Mishra*, S K Gupta** and PS Shekhawat***
Introduction
Diabetes mellitus is not a single hereditary disease but a heterogeneous group of diseases, all of which ultimately lead to an elevation of glucose in the blood (hyperglycemia) and loss of glucose in the urine as hyperglycemia increases. The two major types of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are there, in which Type II is a worst form ofendocrinological diseases and is widely found in today's so called modern society. Type II diabetes is defined in essentially negative terms: it is a nonketotic form of diabetes that is not linked to HLA markers on the sixth chromosome; it has no islet cell, antibodies or any other immune component: and it is not dependent on exogenous insulin therapy to sustain life, thereby being termed "non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus" (NIDDM). In most cases of this type of diabetes, the cause is unknown'. This represents a heterogeneous group comprising milder forms of diabetes that occur predominantly in adults but occasionally in juveniles. Circulating endogenous insulin is sufficient to prevent ketoacidosis but is inadequate in the face of increased need owing to tissue insensitivity.
More than 2600 years ago Charaka, the father of Ayurvedic system of medicine? visualized NIDDM to be a disease where the body constituents are melted (converted) into sugar which are eventually excreted via urine; up-to-date, the concept albeit somewhat crude, remains valid. Every fifth person of the Indian
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