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Background:Diabetes mellitus is one of the oldest characterized diseases in the world. By today diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic that is associated with the modern lifestyle, increased stress, improper nutrition or eating behaviours and lack of physical activity. Material And Methods:330 patients aged 30-76 years were administered to the study. All the metabolic marker analyses were conducted using an automated clinical chemistry analyzer (Dimension Xpand Plus, Siemens Healthcare, Germany). Random Plasma glucose levels (RPG) was taken 2-4 hours post meal.Sujok treatments were carried out by certified Sujok Therapistsaccording to the Diabetes treatment protocol (ISA R&D center, Nagpur, India).Result:A major decrease in plasma glucose levels was recorded 30 minutes after theinitial Sujoktreatment. Following 5 treatments, 70% of the patients responded in decrease in glucose levels (52.45±10.49 mg/dl) while 24% increase in glucose levels (22.2±7.4 mg/dl), 6% of the patients did not show any change in glucose plasma levels.HbA1c was monitored in the patients that undergone 3 months ofSujoktreatment.Aconsiderable decrease in the percent of HbA1c was observed in the plasma of treated patients (5.53±0.98%), in comparison to the initial level measured prior to the treatment procedure (8.13±1.29%).Conclusion:This study is a pilot study to evaluate possible effect of Sujok therapy for thetreatment of diabetes. Overall, it seems that Sujok therapy may decrease glucose levels and HbA1clevels. These results can support the efforts to de velop improved therapeutic and preventive strategies for diabetes. A following research regarding the treatment of diabetes complications by Sujok therapy is currently running with promising results.
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O desejo pela amputação de membros saudáveis tem sido chamado de apotemnophilia, transability, body integrity Identity disorder e xenomelia. Nessa condição rara, o indivíduo considerado saudável física e mentalmente apresenta um desejo intenso e duradouro de amputação. Ao relacionar esse fenômeno com outras formas de transformação corporal, como a body modification, tatuagem, piercing, cirurgias plásticas estéticas e cirurgias com fins médicos, verifica-se que o desejo pela amputação voluntária representa um caso único, singular. Ainda sem uma nosologia médico-psiquiátrica, esse fenômeno tem sido capturado por diversas áreas de saber em uma tentativa de conhecer sua etiologia, compreender sua fenomenologia e propor critérios diagnósticos e de tratamento adequados. Enquanto as formas de tratamento medicamentoso e psicoterapêutico têm se mostrado ineficazes, a cirurgia cada vez mais emerge como a única solução viável mas ainda não possível legalmente. A autonomia dos corpos é regulada pelas leis e pelo dispositivo médico que, até o momento, consideram essa demanda uma forma de agressão à integralidade do corpo e uma possível expressão de um transtorno mental ou neurológico. Devido ao estigma que essa condição recebe, os indivíduos preferem se manter no anonimato e esconder seu desejo. Suas causas são ainda desconhecidas, mas sabemos que é na infância que esse desejo se instala. A quantidade de membros a ser amputados varia, chegando a casos extremos de quádrupla amputação. A linha de amputação pode ser exata, mas o desejo pode migrar de membro. Esse desejo, mesmo sempre presente, pode apresentar variações em sua intensidade. A simulação da deficiência desejada e a automutilação são algumas práticas realizadas pelos que não sustentam a angústia desse desejo. Nesse contexto, as demandas por cegueira, surdez e paralisia também devem ser contempladas. Ao desejarem voluntariamente representar um corpo fora da normalidade, esses indivíduos questionam e desafiam as definições de autonomia, normalidade, integridade corporal, deficiência e incapacidade
The desire for amputation of healthy limbs has been called apotemnophilia, transability, body integrity identity disorder and xenomelia. In this rare condition, the individual considered physically and mentally healthy presents an intense and lasting desire for amputation. By relating this phenomenon to other forms of body transformation, such as body modification, tattooing, piercing, aesthetic plastic surgeries and medical surgeries, the desire for voluntary amputation represents a unique, singular case. Even without a medical-psychiatric nosology, this phenomenon has been captured by several areas of knowledge in an attempt to know its etiology, to understand its phenomenology and to propose adequate diagnostic and treatment criteria. While forms of drug and psychotherapeutic treatment have proved to be ineffective, surgery increasingly emerges as the only viable solution but not yet legally possible. The autonomy of bodies is regulated by the laws and medical devices that, to date, consider this demand as a form of aggression to the integrality of the body and a possible expression of a mental or neurological disorder. Because of the stigma that this condition receives, individuals prefer to remain anonymous and hide their desire. Its causes are still unknown, but we know that it is in childhood that this desire is installed. The number of limbs to be amputated varies, reaching extreme cases of quadruple amputation. The amputation line may be exact, but the desire may migrate from limb. Even this desire, which is always present, may vary in its intensity. The simulation of the desired deficiency and self-mutilation are some practices performed by those who do not sustain the anguish of this desire. In this context, the demand for blindness, deafness and paralysis should also be addressed. When representing a not-normal body, these individuals question and challenge the definitions of autonomy, normalcy, bodily integrity, disability and disability