Steroid Induced Diabetes Mellitus: An Overview

An Overview of Diabetes Mellitus

A study of steroid-induced diabetes mellitus in leprosy.

Steroids, while still the most powerful drugs to manage leprosy reactions, predispose some patients to other morbidities such as diabetes, glaucoma, hypertension etc. A prospective cohort study was done in Kolkata, India among leprosy patients in reaction to determine the extent of steroid induced diabetes mellitus (SID). All leprosy patients with type 1 or type 2 reactions or neuritis admitted...

hyperglycemia induced hemichoreoathetosis, an uncommon presenting symptom of diabetes mellitus

chorea is brief, quasi-purposeful, irregular muscle contractions, not repetitive or rhythmic, but flows from one muscle to the next and athetosis is slow, writhing, continuous, worm-like movements of distal extremities (chiefly the fingers) which show bizarre positioning without posturing. metabolic causes have been documented earlier, note worthy of that being diabetes. choreoathetosis has bee...

Diabetes Mellitus and Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction: An Overview.

A host of diabetes-related insults to the central nervous system (CNS) have been clearly documented in type-1 and -2 diabetic patients as well as experimental animal models. These host of neurological disorders encompass hemodynamic impairments (e.g., stroke), vascular dementia, cognitive deficits (mild to moderate), as well as a number of neurochemical, electrophysiological and behavioral alte...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus: the grand overview.

Type 2 diabetes currently accounts for over 100 billion dollars in annual healthcare expenditure in the United States and 28% of the national (Medicare) healthcare budget for elderly Americans. In our inner-city hospital, 20% of all 950 beds are occupied by patients with diabetes; and 28-38% of patients receiving cardiac care in Coronary Care Units, catheterization laboratories or cardiovascula...