Alternative Treatment
CAM treatments are recognised to ease the suffering of many people with chronic diseases, including diabetes. However, before subscribing to any alternative therapies, it is necessary to consult your diabetes health-care team and your doctor, to see how each individual therapy will affect your personal condition.
This section of diabetes.co.uk provides a detailed selection of useful information about alternative therapies, and how they can affect diabetes. Complementary medicine, when practised correctly, considers all aspects of a patient’s life, as well as their physical and mental health, before prescribing anything. Some therapies will work for some individuals, others simply will not.
Please click on the links below for more information:
- Chinese medicine, acupuncture and diabetes
- Diabetes and Ayurverdic medicine
- Diabetes and dietary supplements
- Diabetes and Vegetarianism
- Diabetes and Aromatherapy
- Relaxation Therapy, guided imagery and diabetes
- Diabetes and massage therapy, Reflexology
- Diabetes and homeopathy
- Diabetes and Biofeedback
- Diabetes and Colour, Music and Art therapy
Diabetes and other Complementary or Alternative medicines
There are numerous subsidiary CAMs and therapies available in the UK. Some of these are derivatives of the treatments listed above, others are their own disciplines. Before partaking in any of them, a patient should conduct thorough research, consult with their healthcare team, and make sure the treatment is being offered by a professional.
Other therapeutic approaches include colour therapy, hydrotherapy, biofeedback, craniosacral therapy, magnet therapy, meditation, Alexander technique, chelation therapy and humour therapy. Each of these may or may not be able to help you as an individual in the treatment of your diabetes
