Review on etiopathoganesis and diagnostic criteria of prameha w.s.r. to diabetes mellitus.

Prevalence of life style and metabolic disorders are increasing in the present era due to unhealthy modification in the diet and life styles. Prameha is the one of the disease of life style and abnormal metabolism. All the urinary and systemic diseases that causes copious quantity as well as abnormal quality of the urination are comes under umbrella of Prameha. The etiopathogenesis and diagnostic methods of Prameha are explained in Ayurved before thousands of years. The lifestyle and dietary trend has been changed drastically with the course of time due to change in the environment. Change or disturbances of the environment is most often caused by human influence and natural ecological process. So it is needed to review the etiopathogensis and the diagnostic criteria of the Prameha. In Prameha most of the diagnostic variables (signs and symptoms) are nominal and categorical; hence diagnosis is often made by some degree of subjective interpretation of the clinician. To make the reliable, valid and consistent diagnosis of Prameha, modern investigation (objective paramenters) must be include in the diagnostic criteria of the Prameha and the types of prameha.

This study gives insight into review of etiopathogenesis and diagnostic methods of Prameha.