Prognosticating Diabetes Mellitus

Sugar is ruled by Venus and sweet water elements by the Moon. Virgo sign and the 6th House denotes the part of the body which is the seat of the disease. Diabetes being associated sugar; Venus becomes a strong Karaka for the disease

- A. S. Fernando

Diabetes Mellitus is the most common disease after heart disease in the world. This is nowadays widely referred to as a lifestyle disease, because the general lifestyle in the modern world affected by stress and strain, unhealthy food habits and environmental pollution has made people become increasingly vulnerable to disease – Diabetes Mellitus and heart disease in particular.

Diabetes is classified into two clinical types:

1. Primary Diabetes with two clinical types namely: Insulin-dependent Diabetes which normally afflicts young people below 50 years Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes mainly affecting the middle-aged and the elderly