Jet Therapy brings relief to diabetics suffering from numbness, cold feet, stiffness, tingling, pins and needles etc , by stimulating and increasing blood circulation to the area. Pure air massage provides the #1 circulation treatment available, carrying life-giving oxygenated blood to the feet and helps to avoid diabetic ulcers and subsequent amputation of limbs.
Jet Therapy brings relief to people suffering from diabetes by improving circulation. This occurs in two ways.
Diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS) is a disease caused by the pancreas gland not producing the right quantities of insulin and glucagon's, which are needed to control the sugar levels in the blood. Excess sugar in the blood eats away the micro blood vessels in the body over a period of time. This results in extreme parts of the body being starved of blood. Without the oxygen carried by the blood, body tissue dies. Lack of blood also affects the nerve endings, causing numbness, cold or hot feet, stiffness, tingling, pins and needles and pain. Lack of sensation often leads to foot burns and foot injuries. Insulin stimulates the cells to take up glucose (sugar in it's most simple form) from the blood and so lowers the blood-glucose level. Its principal action is to facilitate transport of glucose into most cells, especially muscles and fat cells.
It also stimulates the storage of glucose, amino acids and fatty acids and promotes the entry of potassium into cells. Glucagon's stimulate the mobilization (release) of glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids from storage depots into the blood. Its principal action is to raise the blood-sugar level. It acts in the opposite way to insulin.
There are 2 distinct clinical varieties of diabetes:
In more serious cases, orally taken drugs to stimulate the cells that produce insulin are administered.
Diabetes is a disease that causes both vascular (circulatory) and neurological (Neuropathy) symptoms for the sufferers. Once the disease develops to a stage where either or both of these conditions are present there are not many options available to medical practitioners to treat complications that may develop. As a result the discomfort associated with neuropathy can only be treated with medication. The wounds and non-healing ulcers that develop due to poor circulation can only be dressed, in the hope of recovery. These usually result in surgical intervention as a last resort.
Complications associated with the disease are gangrene, amputation, sores and ulcers that won't heal, throbbing pain, kidney failure, blindness and nerve damage.
Many people do not know that they have diabetes and yet the test is simple and inexpensive, available at most pharmacies and clinics and all Jet Therapy clinics.
| Type 1 | Type 2 |
| Frequent urination | Type 1 symptoms |
| Unusual thirst | Frequent infections |
| Extreme hunger | Blurred vision |
| Unusual weight loss | Cuts and bruises that heal slowly |
| Extreme fatigue | Recurring skin, bladder or gum infections |
| Irritability | Tingling or numbness in hands or feet |
Type I diabetes (IDDM) occurs most often in children and young adults (juvenile onset) and accounts for 5-10% of all diabetics. There is an increased risk of developing Type I diabetes if you have a sibling or parent with this type of diabetes.
Type II or non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM) usually occurs in adults over 40 years, and accounts for 90-95% of all diabetics.
You may be at higher risk for Type II diabetes if you are:
This disorder increases the person's risk to:
One of the most terrible worldwide health problems is the rapid increase in diabetes, which causes severe illness and many deaths.
Obesity, unhealthy diet, insufficient exercise, environmental and viral trigger factors, and the fact that we live longer, are all contributing to this disease.
The World Health Organization reports that although the lowest incidence of diabetes is in Africa, it will increase 300% by 2025.
Europe and the Americas have the highest incidence (30-33 per 1000 of population), expected to increase by 50-100%. Most of the increase is in non-insulin-dependent diabetes, but in the developed countries a major increase in insulin-dependent diabetes is expected.
The approximate number of diabetics worldwide in 2000 is 175.4 million. Projected figures for 2010 are in the region of 239.3 million.
With the rise in prevalence of diabetes, the burden of the disease to society will become progressively greater. In the US, estimates of the proportion of the national healthcare expenditure on diabetes and its complications have increased from around 4% of the total expenditure in 1980, to 13% in 1996. In 1997, the total US expenditure on diabetes was estimated at US$ 98 billion.
Jet Therapy has successfully been used to save limbs. Treatment of the diabetic is from the foot to the knee ONLY. The treatment stimulates the circulation, increases the blood flow in the affected areas and thereby provides relief of pain, burning sensations and cold feet. The treatment is painless and requires no surgical or medical intervention as it uses pure air to treat the area. Any cuts or open sores are covered and avoided during the treatment and the improved circulation assists the surrounding tissues in the healing
Be sure to look out for our New Diabetic Lifestyle Programme designed especially to help diabetics deal with this disease.
