During any festive season, as in Diwali, while everyone’s merrymaking and pleasing their desire for sweet dishes and other specific food delicacies satisfying their taste buds, people suffering from chronic conditions have to be extra cautious when it comes to their sweet intake and other high caloric specific food intake. It is not uncommon to see very high levels of blood sugar which could lead to symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, blurry vision, dizziness, headache, hyperventilation, and sweating, which may even lead to convulsion or coma. These are some of the medical emergencies that are seen by physicians in the festive period, so join us LIVE with Dr. Samatha Tulla to get a quick overview of healthy eating during the festive period so as to rightly educate the patients of the same!

Calories, Celebrations and Patient Care

The symptoms of diabetes can be managed with medications, but they cannot prevent the progression of the disease and have rarely led to complete remission and reversal of the disease. Although it is generally accepted that lifestyle changes are the first line of therapy for diabetes, this is not the case in India at the moment. Join us live for this insightful conversation with Dr. Samatha Tulla, Diabetologist & Lifestyle Medicine specialist, where she discusses the relative importance of pharmacotherapy and lifestyle modification in the management of diabetes.

Lifestyle Modification vs. Pharmacotherapy Mx of Diabetes

Endocrine disorders are common among Indian population out of which thyroid disorders represents an important subset of these endocrine disorders. The prevalence of these thyroid disorders varies widely according to geographical distribution, diet and nutrition and patient population. The occurrence of hypothyroidism in India is 11%, compared with only 2% in the UK and 4.6% in the USA. The prevalence of hypothyroidism increases with age, and the disorder is nearly 10 times more common in females than in males. Let's understand the increased risk and Mx of hypothyroidism pertaining to Indian population.

Hypothyroidism

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