Patient's question:
My friend's grandfather is 63 years old. During a health check in 2017, his blood sugar was found to be too high, and he was diagnosed with diabetes. Over the past year, despite long-term medication treatment, his condition has improved somewhat, but his blood sugar is still unstable. He has to check what he wants to eat, and he dare not eat foods with high sugar content. So, he wants to switch to traditional Chinese medicine. Can xiankezheng (a type of diabetes-related condition) be cured?Doctor's answer:
The kidney disease caused by excessive thirst must originate from the expansion of excessive thirst. Clinical diagnosis primarily identifies diabetes as the most dangerous complication, so it is essential to control diabetes well to prevent further complications. The main symptoms include proteinuria and (or) edema. The root cause of excessive thirst is yin deficiency and dryness. If the condition is prolonged, untreated, or mismanaged, the yin fluids will continue to deplete, leading to further yin damage and subsequently affecting yang. This is the fundamental pathological mechanism and developmental trend. Wishing the patient a speedy recovery and good health!