Dear Editor, Singapore has a high prevalence of diabetes, with 12.4% of the adult population living with diabetes in 2013. Up to 1 in 6 diabetic patients develop diabetic foot problems1 and these are estimated to account for 15% to 25% of healthcare costs for treating diabetes.2 At present the costs of treating diabetic foot problems in Singapore are not known. Our study aims to evaluate the co...

Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes. The objective our study to evaluate the prevalence diabetic via DN4 questionnaire in patients and identify factors associated with neuropathy. We included 231 patients. average age was 45.77 years, 67.1% women, 36.8% type 1 63.2% 2 diabetic, duration diabetes evolution 7, 21 years old. HbA1c 10.4%. 28.1%, it more frequent unbalanced pati...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment in the working age population in high-income countries. Since DR is asymptomatic until it reaches an advanced stage, early detection by retinal examination is crucial. This is the goal of a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (DRS) Programme. In keeping with guidelines for screening programmes, it must adhere to a stan...

Objective: To determine the frequency of diabetic patients having Odontogenic Maxillofacial space infections in local population. Methodology: This cross sectional study was carried out from 1-3-2020 to August 2020 Department Oral and Surgery, Pakistan Institute Medical Sciences, Islamabad, assess association diabetics with facial infection. A total 70 both genders maxillofacial infection were ...

Background: From January 2018 to July 2018, a study was conducted at Hayatabad Medical Complex's Department of Cardiology analyze the angiographic results female patients admitted for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The group consisted 75 with ACS; thirty were diabetic, while remaining forty-five non-diabetic. Results from angiography revealed that single vessel disease (36.67%) most common find...

abstract diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases and in the long term affects many parts of body, including liver and kidneys. this study was to investigate alcoholic extract effect of alhagi camelorum on functional tests of liver and kidney in diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin. in this study, 28 wistar male rats were divided into the four groups (n = 7): non-diabetic contro...

introduction: one of the main mechanisms by which diabetic complications occur is an alteration of the structure and function of proteins due to hyperglycemia. aspirin (asa) affects cellular pathways through different mechanisms, including glycation inhibition and antioxidant activity. the aim of the present study, as a follow up to our previous one, is to investigate the effect of long-term, h...

background: diabetic men have been claimed to have lower serum free testosterone (ft) concentrations than non-diabetic men. the aim of this study was to investigate if serum ft, luteinizing hormone (lh), and follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) concentrations are different in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with healthy men and to identify factors associated with low serum testost...

background: to assess the effect of supplementation with vitamins a, e and c and ω-3 fatty acids on lipid peroxidation in strepto zotocin (stz) induced diabetic rats. methods: sixty four male wistar rats weighting 250g were divided into four groups as normal control, diabetic control, dia betic with vitamin a, e as well as c supplementation and diabetic with ω-3 fatty acids supplementation. aft...