Comprehensive Medical Consult on Diabetes

Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is a metabolic disorder in which, elevated blood glucose levels can be measured in the blood. The cause is a lack of insulin or a decreased effect of insulin to the body cells. In Germany at least 5% of adults are affected by this disease. Mild Diabetes often causes little or no symptoms and therefore may remain undetected for long.

The disease can cause changes in many body organs long before its discovery, which is mostly a coincidence, and  mainly damage the small and tiny blood vessels. The resulting circulatory disturbances lead to the feared consequences of diabetes: the damage to the eye vessels may cause limitations of vision and even blindness, diabetes mellitus is the most common single cause of kidney failure  and therefor the most common cause of dialysis in Germany, poor circulation in the feet and legs enhance the risk of a necessary amputation. Diabetics often suffer from impaired wound healing. In addition, diabetics often have high blood pressure.

Diabetes is a serious disease and needs treatment. Depending on the severity it will be treated with diet, tablets or insulin. The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus always means that a significant change of daily habits is necessary.

Affected have many questions:

• Is a regular medical care required?
• Which doctor should I choose for my treatment?
• Do I benefit from the special programs for health insurance (DMP)?
• When and how often should I see a doctor?
• Do I need a specialist?
• What tests should be done?
• When is the treatment with insulin useful?
• Do I need  to change in my diet?
• Is “sinning” allowed when eating?
• Do I need to take medication in any case?
• With which symptoms and complaints, should I go to the doctor?
• Which organs can be damaged by diabetes?
• How will the already existing organ damages be treated?
• By treating diabetes, can an  improvement be achieved?
• Are there other treatment options?
• How much exercise / sport should I be doing?
• How do I detect a hypo-/ hyperglycemia?
• How should I act if I get any different disease?
• What can I do by myself?
• Where can I find additional information?

We devote our time to your questions. Well-versed physicians advise you with best care and high expertise. We customize the counseling to your specific individual needs and wishes. Your questions about your disease and the appropriate treatment will be answered comprehensively. Our emphasis is on your well-being: Our commitment is the quality of your everyday life coming along with best treatment of your disease. We supply you with the newest information. We take responsibility for the organzation of your therapy and arrange the necessary appointments. We will act as your medical advisor and attend to you as long as qou feel the need.

For a preliminary talk just call us. You can specify your questions and communicate your individual needs. A date agreement is always manageable at short notice. During working-days, you can call us from 9 a.m. through 6 p.m. At 0049-6221-7263888. The preliminary talk is free of charge. Or, send us your request by email health@patientconsult.de . We will answer each request.

Medical Consulting Center PatientCONSULT Ltd., Sofienstraße 13, 69115 Heidelberg, GERMANY,

phone +49 6221 72 63 888, fax +49 6221 72 63 889, e-mail: health@patientconsult.de .