background: the clinical symptoms of diabetes mellitus in oral cavity are xerostomia, pathological changes in periodontal tis­sues and caries. it has been suggested that the determination of salvia`s components in diabetic patients may be useful in de­scribing and further understanding the oral findings in this condition. the aim of this study was to detect differences be­tween the salivary alb...

Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) is one of the significant microvascular consequences type 2 diabetes mellitus with a complex etiology and protracted course. In early stages DKD, majority patients experience an insidious onset few overt clinical symptoms indicators, but they are prone to develop end-stage renal disease in later stage, which life-threatening. The abnormal amino acid metabolism tigh...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of hypogonadism in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and evaluate its clinical and pathologic correlates. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional survey of 200 type 2 diabetic males aged 32-69 years, total testosterone (TT), follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, waist circumference (WC), glycated hemoglobin, and lipids were measured. Clinic...

Radiation exposure accelerates the onset of age-related diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neoplasia and, thus, lends insight into in vivo mechanisms common to these disorders. Fibrosis and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, which occur with aging and overnutrition and following irradiation, are risk factors for development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. We previously demo...

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis has been a well-known entity in association with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) following insulin resistance and absence of overt hepatic manifestation. We aimed to study the histopathological features of liver in autopsy cases of known DM and identify the significant features and evaluate the extent of hepatic fibrosis seen in DM. Materials and Methods:...

background: despite the effectiveness of drug therapy in diabetes management high rates of poor adherence persist. the purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing the medication adherence and dietary regiment in type2 diabetic patients. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 300 type2 diabetic patients referred to general internal medicine clinic, yazd shohdaye ...

OBJECTIVE: To screen the females presenting with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) for underlying pre-diabetes and to correlate various diagnostic criteria of PCOS. METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan from March, 2020 till December, 2020. One hundred & fifty one cases PCOS, ranging in age 17-40 years, were selected throu...

Case A 64-year-old Japanese woman with diabetes mellitus was admitted for hypoglycemia. Her diabetes had been under good control with glimepiride, voglibose, exenatide, and metformin for a few years. Although overt proteinuria was observed, the serum creatinine values were within normal range during the routine outpatient follow-up. Hypoglycemic attack caused by glimepiride and loss of appetite...

In a series of 126 patients with Bell's palsy, chemical or overt diabetes mellitus was found in 39% of the cases. A high frequency of disturbances of taste was found in the patients who had no diabetes (83%), as compared to only 14% of diabetic patients whose taste was affected (p less than 0 .001). Thus, the usual site of facial nerve lesion in diabetics appears to be distal to the chorda tymp...