Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: July | Volume: 8 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 44-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210708
A Review on Nonpharmacological Treatment of Diabetic Mellitus: Myth V/S Reality
Sandhrima Sudhakaran, Ateendra Jha, A.R Shabaraya
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Srinivas College of Pharmacy Valachil, Farangipete Post, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Corresponding Author: Sandhrima Sudhakaran
ABSTRACT
There are many reasons for medical myths occur. Most often they are passed from one generation to another by word of mouth. The origins of some myths are difficult to find out. Understanding those myths and misconceptions in patients with diabetes is important in providing better care to those.1
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a lifestyle related painless morbidity that produces complex behavior of an individual 'living with disease'. There is a strong influence in the life of those individuals during the treatment of illness. Understanding those myths and misconceptions, and providing education to those individuals and their caregivers are necessary. In the more recent effect of this lifelong disease many factors affect prognosis including education, occupation, attitudes, values, beliefs, and perceptions of need for optimum management, which are shaped over time by cultural and social exposures.2
Myths existing about diabetes in the public have become a major hurdle for its proper treatment and control.3
Keywords: myths, diabetes and lifestyle.
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